Show A D A 1 ca tenneta jackson bu I 1 I 1 11 ala t by the cerii MASSA LAFITTE SYNOPSIS under the name of 0 captain Soza rac and disguised jean lafitte former freebooter ut of Bar barataria Bara tarla ataria proscribed returns to the city of new orleans 11 lie 0 Is recognized by two of his old alderman dominique and beluche at the gaming earning tables mazarac has won much money from colonel carr british officer john jarvis the cites first bohemian bohe of the arts anti and letters an friend of lafitte tells of a womans comans face and smile As his last wager carr puts up a woman presumably a slave lave custom compels mazarac to accept the stake he wins his old associates and count raoul de Al monaster ace accost 0 at him as ac Lal lantto litte A project of 0 the youthful adventurers of new orleans is the rescue of napoleon bonaparte from st helena and a ship the seraphine has been m made a de ready from de almonas ter e r mazarac learns that the girl he be won at the card table Is white of high estate and that the matter has been made a by ard in the cites resorts saz artic finds mademoiselle lespron Le stron a fellow passenger on a river steamer a few days before and with whom lie he had fallen in love to Is the girl and in chivalry foregoes his revenge against carr jarvis admires mademoiselle les tron lie he Is a witness of the meeting and picks up a camellia which the girl had thrown unnoticed to Saz arac ae jarvis Is dangerous he talks too much in his cups his old associates of the barataria Bara Bar tarla ataria days urge lahitte to take command of the seraphine ostensibly to rescue napoleon but really to fly th the black flap flag and cruise the seas lie he hesitates jarvis Is a witness of the of mademoiselle lespron Le stron but his story Is not given credence de almonaster Al monaster entertains mazarac Saz arac now admittedly jean lafitte at his country house Lal gallitte litte accused of the abduction of mademoiselle les tron Is warned of the approach of a military party seeking to arrest him CHAPTER VI continued 8 mazarac arose the old buccaneer was sheathing his sword then he sprang to the great windows and drew the silken curtain 1 I see the boats lights he grumbled the city Is in an uproar monsieur the guest est turned to de Al monaster ahr thing I 1 feared has come my name in some brawl on the waterfront water front 11 your name shouted Jo Joh banness anness no it Is mazarac they seek baza rac the packet ga gambler D n they put the affair straight on mazarac Saz arac acl what of mazarac Saz arace arac raoul advanced wonderingly the old boson laughed his eyes glittered ne ile turned to his chief if you had told us jean we would have had the woman miles beyond recovery ere the word in was as out the woman mazarac eyed him sharply old man tell me this first they rout the packets then beat out tle the levee wine shops all that they knew was that you had vanished with the english bomani woman I 1 jarvis the fool first told the tale and no one believed him then the colonels wife then carr himself like a madman to the authorities she was as heard to scream a river gilard says there was some commotion on oil a small boat off the rue conti but he be thought it was a drunken revel hurried me here to warn you lie ile alone knew you were a guest of mon literl blaurl I 1 did not believe you would be here unless the english woman i thelea the sea adventurer had bad sprung as it if to seize the 01 old d mans throat she taken kian aped why the tale runs down to the barataria Etra Bar tarla ataria swamps sandarac was heard to say he would possess lier her bond girl or tree free hohanness Joh anness grinned here la Is my sword jean before you and the english woman wherever tilie she be de Al almonaster monaster was watching a boats lights on the dark river they seek mazarac Saz arac then monsieur can we explain sufficiently where here you were nere last night I 1 do not question but you will tee bee the position was she not fair game it if my captain desired her glowered hohanness Joh anness you will be quiet Jo Joh banness anness stand ty by to watch the approach lie turned to his host this seems some soine incredible jest the lady vanished it appears appear worthy of jolin john jarvis telling old Jo banness Joh anness gaped galled upon him unbelievingly it would seem you deny knowledge of it mazarac was recognized standing before tier her hotel when all the town was nas abed mazarac swore he would claim her it seems seeing that not until late afternoon did a servant discover she had been seized in her room then came jarvis story piecing the thing out there Is no doubt the nu flu lea are informed the consul the governor the wili military taryl ile he stopped watching his chief and gazaras has vanished you see Is work for me muttered mazarac to his host it is enough to bay I 1 had no hand in this C come ome throw the doors wide Jo John banness PI you will nill have no chance clin nce you will be recognized at once it Is 19 a tale to ban hang on jenn jean lar lafitte LB itte fitte the swamp my captain ere the dragoons cornel comel monsieur mazarac spoke apart to raoul she was nas to speak of so some matter of thich aich her life appeared to be the price the mystery carrs mission the consuls embarrassment who could bave taken miss bliss lespron Le stron to the swamps without doubt gro growled aled Joha uness but she cannot ile he roro rom samp mamp r eyes jean it if y you oil seek her hel there la Is the trail I 1 swept to action truel true 1 my place is there and free to follow her de almonaster tl Al monaster grasped his hand as lie he steeped ped to the dark you will send me word sir I 1 nm am at your service monsieur saz mazarac brae I 1 the ganie game Is up for mazarac Saz arac lafitte then threading the secret sm swamp amp trails to unknown buds lafitte again the fugitte fugl fugI the tie driven back to his old haunts as the hounds bay at the fox adieu monsieur 1 I 1 am lafitte de all Al almonaster monaster no naster heard a whispered laugh as the exile mounted a horse which the blacks lind had hurried from the stables As lie he passed the gate the old yardman yard man raised a frightened cry and dropped his flambeau massa lafitte de almonaster Al monaster ground his teeth in fury furt silence that fellow he hissed to the house blacks death to the one of you who whispers a word of this nights matters silently lie he ran back up the rear way and a moment more stood idly by the candles that shone on the remnants of the feast the bronze knocker 1 I demand him monsieur Monsie url the young officer was getting angry at the door dropped loudly the frightened servant opened it A young captain of the american dragoons stepped in hastily ile he saluted embarrassed barr assed now at his abruptness your pardon monsieur de almonas ter ali ah captain rochel will you enter thank you we are seeking information A young woman of the party of colonel carr of the british mission waiting to embark for vera cruz has been seized the clues lend lead to this west shore apparently near your place monsieur the british consul threatens to involve the two governments it Is said that the gambler a mazarac Saz arac lias has done this trick and that he be Is in reality jean lafatte turned up from the dead ah incredible murmured de al monaster the famed beauty miss bliss lespron Le stron possibly I 1 am tile ie one man in vew new orleans who has not seen her the young officer seemed more embarrassed barr assed 1 I cm am sorry to say sir that my mv information was to the effect that this th is mazarac was your guei aguet t it Is regrettable gret table that I 1 must ir quire and search the host bowed my compliments to tile governor and say that tonight Blons monsieur leur de Al monaster roxas did indeed entertain at dinner capt gaspar mazarac of the american explorations ali ah but gasped the dragoon captain it Is a villainous affair that la is charged to lafatte HIP flit returned freebooter erl where mon leur Is lie he 4 where could lie he have gone the river on one side the swamp on tile the other othe r it Is lamentable 1 I demand him montleur Mona Monal leur eurl the young officer haq wa getting angry the host concealed a 3 awn 1 I recall that once in the old days the governor of louisiana deni demanded him ile he sent word to tho the governor that lie he evou would id recel m the governor at any time tle the goer governor nor wished 1 to call at the red ned house on grand tt wre the governor did not call I 1 belleve leve cattail roer e glanced at the tall black hats of 0 his dragoons dragoon glistening in the torch lights ts T well ell then I 1 A cordon of troops ps on th the back plantation roads the man will be taken before morning A long day monsieur murmured de almonaster Al monaster the officer turned perplexedly at least this did tills this mazarac resemble lafitte the outlaw they might have been brothers sald said raoul 11 a I 1 languidly what did ne me have to say this bin bandit adit retorted captain roche lie ile praised the woodcock As for the broiled pompano it was super a tive and my wines all ali you should have heard I 1 perdition flirl sir roared the amerlan american americ c captain it must be as I 1 have been told half of old louisiana wa in league with this pirate the town Is laughing even at this infamy put upon the subject of a friendly power it if mazarac was lafitte they gossip that she probably fled willingly Illin gly with him not to my broiled pompano mused de Al monaster see he leit left nothing of it save the bones CHAPTER vil VII in the old haunts now see the captain captai nr roared old hohanness Joli Joh anness shaking the pole support of the palmetto thatch in his h Is truculence 1 I the bosn bjoin n of the petral brought him you tier older fellows there he commands you in tills this affair of the english woman and you he leveled savage eyes upon the younger islanders who crowded under the thatch does any man speak a against ainest me there was no answer the sweating motley crow crew pressed closer to stare at jean Lafit tee gaspar caspar mazarac henceforth jean lafitte to the alie gathering me members era of his old adventuring crew wile which on once had numbered a thousand men at the th red tort fort on grand terre tene reef sixty miles to the southward arose end and looked at the silent faces first he said sternly 1 I fiant ant to know this matter of the muskets stolen from the english ship hip at the algiers it has a hearing bearing upon this mystery of mademoiselle lespron Le stron I 1 imagine the customs officers and the british skipper alike are in an uproar over it black mike blike speak an itch to be looting chat and the drink muttered black michel uneasily an irtcher in the english crew who once had sailed with paul jones and later taken arid and impressed into the kings navy he wished to desert and meeting up with bohon find john brackley Cr ackley who had fled from the navy but a week before he be proposed to seize the muskets it appears they were unloaded by a mischance from the benaron Ge naron the skipper protested to the customs that the tha arms were destined for the lind find not for this port and while they quarreled of it our fellows lugged them off old budge was the dock watchman wat climan which made it easy and you black mike what was your part in it oh nothing they smuggled the on my lugger that was all and cached it on st josephs island surly my captain you will not reproach me over a little affair ilke that there was a hoarse laugh even the captain smiled thirty cases of new muskets three t ree thousands rounds of ball who knows when we might need them the captain looked out to the tidal bayou winding through the pathless morass to the ble gulf at the waters edge past the scraggy aggy hurricane rhen oaks lay a dozen trappers pl rogues slender s swift canoes hot hollowed from a single cypress log beyond at their moorings wung a trio of red sailed buggers lug gers with the smoke of their charcoal pots chir drifting ting lazily into the air bohon bobon P jean summoned the swarthy portuguese smuggler from the throng your lugger twelve men to the sweeps for or there is no air I 1 must see the deserters from the english ship the benaron was to convey the british mission to vera cruz see here you has there been among you 0 of late any roan man who whispered against the american occupation of louisiana not openly as did captain lockyer of the sophia who as you older men will remember landed at our tort fort with a royal commission for me and the kings gold for all who would betray new orleans to chams fleet there was a shout ayel the british got our answer at Chal who fought the yankee batties ba bat tries rles but our grand terre gunners even old hickory did not dot question where they got their skill wl wil uio the tv ta en ty four mademoiselle lespron on the benaron Ge naron and the bark adrift to 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