The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-05-10


nothing had caught his fancy like the
"gumbo French" And the major, proud |
of his requirement, snapped out sem
fences at tradesmen he knew,
DO jo, mo comeare: com val"
C'Good morning, my friend: how are
your he would call to one; then to his
neishbor: "E tou' moon CHI vooY How
are all the folks at homeYO
But suddenly turning, just as they
moved for their horses, the major had
come into vigorous contact with tall,
strange figure following his party. He
was apparently in Pierrot costume, from
the white mask through which shone
two fiery black eyes; but the rest of his
costume, save loose Tapping white
trousers, was hidden by light Mexican
serape.
ga tn moon lar the major had roared,
in veritable gumbo; using the tn of con-
tempt instead of the gardez of form or
courtesy. But the other, with courte-
GUS Pardon, monsieur" had slipped
away; and the veterans good humor
was now bubbling high again, as he led
his guests to a breakfast of welcome at a
unique restaurant.
Only the keen scent of a veteran quar-
termaster had shifted out the famous
Green Perch Cafe;" but the majors
fluent French, albeit tempered by strong
Ohio twang, permitted exploration of
the ever varying terrain incognitam of
Erenchtown. And his most precious
find was this unpretentious front to un-
surpassed cuisine.
Passing the low doorway into the
plain room with sanded floor the federal
officers found few occupants at that
hour, the outdoor attractions of Sunday
inducing late breakfast for the habitues.
A parchment like old Frenchman, with
his chocolate and toast, and swarthy
Creole, appetiZing on absinthe and a
cigarette, held the fort at that momenti
and the three strange officers glanced
doubtfully at one another and not UNI
suspiciously at the plain surroundings
Interpreting the glance, the major an
swered it cheerily:
} "Wait bit, my boys Here, especial
ly, appearances are deceitful. Madame
is SINCE cat All! bonjour, Nine
Pietro. Voici nous autres amis" Ant
the veteran ratified out volubly, in hi
| western French, orders for the choice O
3 the larder; while dried up specimen
| of the Diego, with snowy mustache an(
fiery eyes under bushy white brows
t moved round with catlike tread and lait
D the snowy cloth and glistening glass ant
silver upon it.
: Pietro Bartol, master of the house and
h by the marriage fiction, of Madam
f Pietro as well, was an unknown quaint
= ty in its nomenclature. The fame @
Madame Pietros belonged to civic his
t tory, far beyond Canal street, but non
u of it had touched her quietly omnipre'
t ent lord and master. Taciturn an
d wooden, this caro- sposo had his Sc
formula, which the major fshed for wit
a his best French;
Y Comment va, mon Creole?"
| Not feature moved and not ray {
}, intelligence lit the ligneous seams
| Pietros face; but the spoons might hay
flashed back a venomous CLEAN from b.
Is meath the bushy brows as hard voie
1t jerked out in English:
or "Me! ANA not Cre-oll!-am SpaI
I'd mol, mel Loyal! no REBEL lika Gre oil
le Minda ma bizonez-mekka dolla! De
t. Cre-oll no ikka Federal. Me!-likl
t. much; keep-a bizonez good-a; mekl
n money saf-a; no riska lose; no Comic
ly nota-caramba"
s. That's his creed in words" the maj
" answered Dales querying glance,
of Pietro glided away catlike. He grur
TO- bles loyalty like maledictions, but hea
o. quarters have an idea that Senior Bart
TO- knows more rebel secrets than the me
fire eating Creole would be trusted wit
an But that matters little now, and l
ad carte is always perfect. See for yor
lie. selves"
tn And here came the court bouillO
veritable essence of the red snapper
nd the Gulf, boiled into an almost jelli
an form and favored with dozen indiv
he ual condiments that tempered withC
he Disgusting the inevitable chile pepp
his And the white wine of France Piet
en- Bartol himself uncorked and pourt
lat caressing the not too cool bottle w.
raj something nearer to human sympat
vel than belonged to his makeup
ut "Ah senior, Q me aa no wine likka {
1t today. E come-a fro farm-a of sist
eft to madame en- France herself! NADIA
vas has mekka voyage each-a year, wen
mel ese not to getta dat wine-dat an {
lde ozere-one ozere, you know-a, maj
his One-a more"
ty- And the major, superior to the gu
tioning eyes of the two aids winked
les Pietro and drained his glass witt
cen smack. Next, following thimble 81
lad of strongest favored punch came
int. triumph of the Maison Bartol-its ma
It'll specialty-the rare green perch, Il
are ping ten minutes before in the osier
d ket that brought them that dawn fl
en- the high waters at Metairie Ridge; re
. to perch, with broad backs and clear f
INTO and with firm faxed meat of such /
quet as held it's own with the know
dav ones, even against that of the far pra
his pompano. Then were served outlet
nch startling thickness, brown in coat,
ress weeping blood like martyrs at the Il
,uld cruelty of the knife, and with them
lied French peas, small, plump and v
and favor-not the meretricious mast
raiders that hold musty carnival in
on grocers' trade. And the snipe!-tl
cas-. pepper favored fellows with the glo,
heir the sun and it's foster insects activ
relv them, as they lie sedate on beds of CT
the impaled upon their own bills. /
,rer crunching head of these, tho IN
al. turned TO Nine. PietrO,