Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-06
LEGEND OF A BAYOU.


r.lIv aerl-. f-sa OBJ. left brow % the right
aide OF the chin Its hair and mustache
had been i.t black. ike his eyes, but now
a soft touch %. white WIS blended with the
dusEy cur.s
iorug.a., on a broad wooden settee fac
Ing the Bayou Galere, the actor Bently
Rav stretched his -hapely limbs and hall
closed his dreamy gray eyes.
Mile. Armeuiiue RoGquette was Jhe
third Of the group and a very DeauJllul
voung woman she was, as she BehUiy
swayed iu a1 ample antique rocking chalr
and played with the leaves OF the mover III
her lap.
Nv permis-iOu. the gentlemen were
umoking long. dark Mexican cigars. vines
fegtoo,ed the verunda. and some heavy
Tna,..,- Of foliage wcI, thrust against the
ro,f by the outstretchcd gnarled arms OF
a great live o1k. In the air wandering
aouuds of leaf rustic, bird song and wave
ripple testified of the tropic summer at
hand
Twilight WIS coming on, but the moon
would soon prevail, and the delicious
dpyyy GOODNESS was suhused with the ira
GRANGE OF many flowers
NuIe Rouguttte had been reading aloud
The story was romantic, with a ghost ulJ
tipg through e. A dead girl who came
back 90 haunt her recreaut lover and TO re
dect a CHASTITY terror into every pleasure
that offered itself TO him
Asthe light failed the book was aoan-
doucd al "a point where the spectral maiden
seemed about 20 force her lover to commit
suicide.
what nonsense" exclaimed Nile. Rou
oustte "A- 10 man ever could be at
"N'hst DO Won think of it'" she asked
4,-,ip., CD f5.g-rar 1t Is neither prob
able nor dramatic, Is i,s'
"Your reading has dazzled my Judg
neut. or the story is very fine" he an
syyr-,,f. with a certain abseutmlndednes
IN his r6na and manner There seems Z
he A story within the story. Don't yo'
fsaI the singular influence OF the strange
the weird suggestions that eNhale from lJf
PIsriae Rauuuette looked from Ray
1IIe. A-ururIue and laughed rather ms
chAnilaly
The v5aur lady shrugged her fine shou
der sud maize pretty little creole gestul
with her hands gesture half Of lndlHe
exec aslf o. playful impotence
a servant l.a-E as night came 70 brln
hs- lELt wrap she TOOK the raIh'
rzu1r s-La- -l.-- and flung 10 careless
about uar bay regarded her through p
-lrs- smoke .-Htl -la eye 0i an artist, Wi
ale -a4-.l.r. l- rs "a lover
--aue Wild L-tt. SISTER mine, you "
So s.--a.......- ghost remarked Placid
-iur.r- forth 81 slender white hand a.
souet-- per -fy I'M s1rt Of sardor
-iera. mess Hlr fisherman lover, he
sbs -I-.r frame al" aaesalger uustaci
VII tlaar despair and send his spirit
hHu1- y1l- o.,
aHusH. will u1t permit such TAN
she r.uIeEfv responded. with cJu,idera
show u Ye-lt Hl You know there
-io.--nr Cd. tant Why are you alw'
vnaF.na such aI.u-Isusf Z do u1i rel
rber pIaaIHa .u.e.. ] d. not.
Trae acllr prose .1I iazly paced up
down ru She IHs.. while tbe WHITE To-
te-r1 81 show tflJl-nu riit in The ioL
ola Iv. G--r. The breeze ha- sunE .
mere a.plyr. od1rau- spicy touched "
lnde=rr lau.e balm.
Tn tl1ae days plantation life iu the
~surfry Of The south wac NOT what b
81. IL rad lot nothing Of it- almost M
ysval charm The actor felt the suDtl'
auen-s with which he was sIrrOuu
Arnertire Rouquette bad captvated
At New Orleans. and be had followed
10 her country home Here be had. Al
urgent invitation of her brother, ling
fora fortnight Of delicious. almost deli
experience.
The luxury OF a hospitality that
no limit. the restfulness Of the old, n
furnished mansion, the drives, the :
abe sails, the conversations. the I'm
ahe siestas and, above all, the iascinl
beauty Of Mile. Rouquette had enve
and entranced him.
One thing however, he had discoy
a. 4 OF HsfUh =
hut ne remained near her, very cain
apparently self possessed, after this
bad fallen upon him He felt tn
,on,ybt TO have gone away immedi
thaf IL ,gas quite foolish In him TO j
- tbc smell OF the old, dreamy, Ian
ous south was upon him. lie could n
The remark just made 10y Placid
r,,,.l,aI the actor in tender spot II
ICON the stalwart and romantic &c
- ,..raian. and &c was not In Ia
81. Da4r him mentioned with
t,..,. az hitter resentment. Ray
--.b.r..- but not all of tle Nery b
f,t he aouth. NotulthHtanans MI
--eoti8.'- quick and Indignant nel
80 uiat this big fellow bad crowd
,ut Of her thoughts. and he e'u'"
e.at letting fan sarcastic reii"fA.
when M.ic. Rouquei.e "s-o, .'-
I3ruyere,' hc --lid- non i''i IN.
fore her. .'the fish oi tne ga anu "
81 The ar wtI know th,ir qnee"
her homage
when you connect my name " y
80 fruvere you insult me,
~i.ined rising and looking back az
from tie actor 70 her brother. u
nv aocial equal--he is but a rough
-1an a the bayou viii no' REM
hear more of your rudeness ,
Her tone and manner we're
curuest prosest and mere ~hi ms,
f4n.e q vexation. She was . ha''