The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
A L E SOUTHERN NOOK
LIFE IN AN ACADIAN sETTL EMEy
IN LoUISIANA,

Hont nuI10er-Wenuty of the CWnrn..
Forest - Nmc. sidonIo's Romnuoe ana
observation-disclosures Plantation WAS,
NJ, ,oouoz. rr, S,,S ooo,otDoa
80, - III a. ononoir .hono 80 80
,ho toot ~ . ,o,ooranh nolo 7, ron,inaoS "
roodor % nm oronoIr ,hnn no boa socn - ~, wv
horr ~ Ioro Ar,hrr In Iouisiono
mr. 80 who.o niooo - hn.tnos,
foot o,tho tc,c,rOnh no,e had M roof oy.rh.aS
Co., nuror ho,yoyor yho hod ,ho ID r.Ss
Iovisiano ohon r,s rro,oo,od ,ro,, ho;L wy
All civ Itis root Voc Tho ol,nost innono,a.,1.
lrnfv capopv or nm enormous 1.-Two o,k ,ro.
which .rrcaS its Inv. dcnso foliage ovor = 80
o,,,os, M t,ot In diomo,or Thai nod -
shon ~ vcry rcsn.ctnhlo sivc oven for corron,nS
on, hoo,hni,di,a Witch zoe Tho contain,. H.,
~ vorl
Tbcrc ia n riloo. y, ,ho ANNA n ,.u.
loLc-o moro honaTr, NJ hulIdirgs ircludina 49,
general store. containing n Post Oa1cc nj tho "A.
n,o,sio,so ~ =, rooisI,oa Az, ooods No.. $50,
s,oro ,noyi,nhio In ,hot nort ~ m. .on,h 80
,no,her nowc tor n ro,,ors .,oro. +. .uon ,."
min ,rhoro ,bo croot cyrro.o ,roos tron, Az.
.wn,nn = ont irtn stoorS ~ rradv lrrhor wy
tho hotel larro enough to occornodoto a.
,i,ro. n a NAM cros,. osi, oror no. tn ~
10 ront nv Sor,nornor. onS 4. ano,,ossIu aI.a"
ma sbaG.I hr ci"nt Itvo o.t. thioriy 49,
with gr,v hammers ~ EIorid, r,oss
Thcrc isn,t n railroad for ,n,,os around. uuo.
NJ nroiries given ovor IN wild grsss ana boron,os
In along tho horizon nv tho grav.bIuo xvo,l ~ 81.
swami forest. All around tho lake itaolr ,hO,o
> treos live oats mud cvnroso srcomoro nns
Gum ,rccs Can't Dwvor,z live o.t a. irs, ~
Tho hrinp NJ tho uotor which bns ooton -
tho hank NTH one.bolf NJ tho troo oyorhorr.
thc lnEc md its roots IN that aida ore Nil 90
posed SIN tbore ia n,entv NJ rom ,o,t for ~.
shon Tho hi, ,,orrbonch % oIo,o ~ ,ho 81
huci,o,s brrsbcs tir,be-s oil m. n,ronhn-noIs
~ Tho Contoin,s ,rorr Iio noro orno.od 20 -.
weather. and tho u ilos ~ tho Ioke Artbnr MI, -.
tho wnr,d
II is a oueer md interest;ns acron ~ ,ho unit
80 49, ,ro,na ~, he .a,La.. 80"
N,ot 90 tbo n.onio NV ,coions nosai.nu -"
wal orIv Eronnh Eron ~. ,orn.a.mo.sM
,i,r snooL vow hrot,on Enn,i.h - - 80 ~
rho oldor charao,ors = rnoarsur smIaHS
and tho r,oco 20 t,Linc or nm irdoso-Iho H. ~,
NJ having hcon r.connu.rod nv nature ~.
vooro AGO thoro ,yoro rioh thorrh sn,.i ...n-
sroros around tho I.Lo haoL -, ~. III 80
,roo. Tho do.,Ir u;at.r - 100, os $50"
,rooo do,yn olrno., 10 ~. nnorna 80 ,haS.
.ro y, Tho nIon,o,ion. 80 1891 ta.s.o"
i Il pinn'"''ohS never soemeo 10 recoVeR
II one follows around the lake for half n miln
or mora ono oonos - 49, IA taohtann, "o
almost swallowed up by tho forest. In late
winter or early spring this forest is wonderfully
interesting. From a distance it looks like a
only dead. but fairly bieached. like bones which
houses are generally implanted. and they. too,
Eohr,,nrr honorou ~ 80 %a go Lux IN
swO ruofy yorn However von an you go closer 10 these
colors through them. 40 fine and 40 dellca,o
that thew ore almost No imnn1n,b,. a., a. ~
were the actual breath Of the spring,
There ia the frat green of the cynrcss tins
colorinp so EXQUISITE and y.t 40 ,ntsnse " t%,s
1t is as II the twiGs OF the tree had grown fairly
incandescent with green at their points. Onc.
IN a "hlle there Is Il spray OF scarlet across and
through the gray mist of bare branches. LISA
boforo is Ioaros oawo 49, az r'
ooLo : ave CONF. anu nhaiiy, on the
wonderful licbsns s,T oiaht tom inohos ~ n,'
on,otor n,a 49," So ~ INC
ame.ef. anu enaalns IRON a rose PINK In the
1t is through such a forest as this that ono
nov yaIL TO-, 80 ,uIa~s - '"aS NV
around to Mime. Sidonie's. In the winter some
detours are necessary, for there are pools of wa.
tremendous renort liz he hoon, 90 n nan "
~stnrtles one. II comes from the swamp n milo
trees at The rate Of bve or six 4 dsv WAN III
one of tho tall cypresses fails II sirikcs he
water with such force that it can be- heard
Nine. Sidonie's is now Nine. Somebody Else's.
Nine. Sidonie died a few wears AGO. n lit iit,lc
biack-eyet old jady with a bistory ont ~ which
to write a romance. she was n gyeat hciIe VIM
she was a girl. You should Td have heard pdI bcr Tell
of her life In New Orleans them or the niohts
Mt the French onere and 81 tho crand hnIIs
where she wore brr Parjsiar no a. Snd 4; r'odJ
"Oh, cici Fl She sighed and dashed her black
ewes Mt the recollection Nine S1donie's homse
contains n great onen drenisce IN he c6rner NJ
which the little did ladv mad n ali and icon
warm and teII taIes If byor u 40 ~ - an A. AZ
mand. with a fever Of curiositv tx news NJ tho
world she had Iona since tnrncj H. hacL rnn
She was n nueer oenfIs p"opio dn,Sn tbor:
raise a breed Of Thin baif+,vjILd 0 bpaY "a II liza ynTro
backs They brand bem 9th their oSn nacn.
liar mark and than lei thar, M lose y ,ba
forest roundina tbau IN Mbnn " Us ~ ~
NM Siinnie - ia w "hoI tnoJ wnnI Ihenl;
proftabis mower ~ 9oine u nnt u pGcu Tn,ndTrnnH a
nueer orI,ptino cou 49, ~ a. ma y
hoas r,nnIns : - 49, oi.hH .LoaJ
hcr oSnnrsh{n the n auoPIeo; as mar ~
animal n vapv ~ al oto5pinf OF oo'h Mt u tmS
afiictei wiz n nuieotion, ny oeil3
LADY would simmnn ali '%n sSIuPie5; IN hTn ~
heayrinS cu+ ~ ,pn al ~ IaH9rpacks MI'nln
n@ainI u a o cnns e cars anu iSt men 20
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