The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-10

the islands and inlets that border the
Georgia coast line-stories Of phantom
ships. Of lost vessels, Of hidden treas
ures. Some Of these have been handed
down from generation unto generation.
until they are familiar 10 the children
of every household.
A story Of this kind picked up some
days ago from an old islander near
Darien. He had tilted his chair under
the heavy umbrage of a spreading live
oak and told the story apparently
without any mental exertion, listlessly
and drcamily. as IL it awakened fond
memories.
LATTE. you know Lafittc. the great
barbarian pirate who turned the gulf
into pool of blood and strewed the
seas with tie heads ofcountless victims.
the same man who seized the boat car
rying the beautiful daughter Of Aaron
Burr to New York from New Orleans
and kept her captive in his tropical
retreat: who enlisted in the service OF
the United States against Great Britain
in the war Of 1872, and was pronounced
bv Gen. Andrew Jackson 70 be the
most daring SCI captain that ever
flashed sword s,om scabbard, well,
that's Lafitte-that's the man | mean.
and he started his career right here on
the Georgia coast.
IT was love scrape--that's gem
orally the matter with young fellows.
you know.
Now. history makes an error. That
mans right name was Wilson, Morti-
mcr wilson. and. instead Of coming
from France, as everybody suppoSe~,
he was an American. pure and simple.
and hailed from New York. Westche>-
ter county. There lived not very far
from here at the plantation Of rich
rice grower two girls who We're said to
be- more beautiful than any of the
thing that their hearts could desire
and were queens among their sex.
1T was way back yonder when the
nineteenth century was just begin
ming to sprout, and this part Of the
country was owned by one or two men.
Wilson. or rather Lafitte, came
south. He was only nineteen years Of
age. and came as a representative Of
his uncle's mercantile house, which
was doing business then with the Sa.
vannah people. The young man ar.
rived. attended to his business and was
waiting with impatience for the sailing
Of the vessel which waste convey him T.
his home again. when he was attacked
by fever OF the most severe kind. His
reason was gone entirely for the time
1T happened that the Savannah
house where the young man had traded
was the property Of Col. Mornton. the
father Of one Of the beautiful girls Of
whom have told you. Her first cousin
lived with her.
'.Here the young man was removed
and for weeks he suffered in delirium
When he awoke from the stupor, and
the first CLEANS Of returning recol.ec
ton and imagination began to shoot
across his bewildered mind. there came
vision more lovely than he evel
dreamed of--Mary Mornton-hoverinG
about like an angel Of mercy. and ad
ministering to nil his wants with con
sideration and love; for the gradua
emaciation Of that splendid physique
had called forth her pity, and very
often that awakens love. His health
returned slowly, but the days were
never more delightfully."- spent thar
those which glidcd away In the magic
company Of the fair maiden. She hat
gained an asccndency over his Who'll,
soul.
II believe that the other young lad,
Who lived with the Morntons cam'