The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
CONTINUED.


When General Andrew Jackson
caue to New Orleans, be came as a
typical Anglo-Americau, rs contradis-
tinguished from the Latin creole. He
was q man OF iron, rough, resolute,
fmperious, even impetuous, with the
training Of an Indian fighter and bor-
der chisftaiu, who had never known
defeat But here in the fsr-famed
city of romance, here in the warm.
iaaguorous South. he found to his
surprise that these pleasure-!oviEs
creoles, these descendants OF princes
and of buccaneers, these vivacious,
picturesquely handsome men wish the
soft voices and the courtly manners,
did not particularly admire and cor
txialy did not fear him. They rather
looked upon him as an interloper.
Ths up-country mon were not in good
reputo there, anyway. Burr and Will
kiascn aud Claiborne and a whole
claa OF losser fellows had given these
creoles o great deal Of trouble while
preparing the way to lift them into the
great American Union, and now jack
son was looked upon as the arch in.
tsrioper. But not few OF the in
hahitsuts Of New Orleans who called
themselves French were in reality
Easlish, Irish. German, Scotch or
Polish refugees; aud at this partic-
ulsr iuucturo, when the British army
Was about to assault the gates of the
city, there were those among them
wao we're glad to hsvo the adamaut of
JAekson's will aud the prestige of his
courage aud generalship thrust be-
tween them and the coming foe. One
ef these was Mr.. Vernon. To him the
thought of an English commander
Eesting control of New Orleans was
tae vision of absolute ruin. Not only
would it be the end of all his wealth
and influence, but there would swiftly
fellow terrible visitation OF so-called
justice upon his head. But for this
he might have been indifferent, as
verc many of the population, or he
might have preferred British success
to the domination of men like Jackson
eaa Claiborne.
He left thu theatre on tho night OF
che alarm with great burden OF
trouble expressing him. Fairfax had
observed before this that Ccionel Lor-
ias seemed to exert singuls. infa-
once over Mr.. Vernon, or rather, it
hooked as if Mr.. Vernon had some
deep interest in the welfare OF that
dark, sasurnine man who was. 60 he
s.in beliered, Pierre Ramesu, the
Both Mrs. Vernon and Paul.
ane had noticed this remarkable in
Gmacy and had moro than once woa-
dersd together regarding it. On
certain occasion, Pauline had acci-
overheard her father, when
alone with Loring, address
Rin with impatisnco and speak as
though chiding him for some fault.
3 -'.Yy these rash acts," Mr.. Vernon
vss Baying to him, on tho morning
fslto wing tho scenes recorded in our
last chapter, "you have made it prob
ably impossible for you TO stay in this
v They we:s sitting facing each other
In the library; Loriug had come into
the house by O side entrance from a
private alley.
-'Oh, well," was the careless an
swer, eff can't stay can 60. There
rs Mexico; I can return to my mines"
Mr. Vernon gszed steadily at HIM
With eyes that burned half wistfrlly,
haif in anger
-'But," he presently said, SIT is
time for you to quit this rowing life;
grs yourself under control, and make
the most OF your talents. You arc
still young, just coming into the pine
OF ife."
sT knou-pve been thinking of it."
s.B1t what does thinking amount to
NJ you keep on? No man over did
acts more absolutely uniustifable or
moro desperately foolish than"
1'Oh, certainly, there's no use tell
ing me that; but I couldn't help it.
The only wonder is that I didn't kill
thsm both; I usually do"
Loriag spoke with IN indescribablo
expression; it was if no felt no special
inforest in what he wss sayiuE-as il
III wero hollow mockery for him to
speak at all. His eyes, bis lips, the
Encs of his face gave forth a hard,
hopeless, unfeeling light which
seemed to como out OF physical
rather than O mental dilemma.
-iI saw no excuse whatever nr your
trcatment of Ballarche," said Mr.
Vernon. eft looked like piece OF
wanton viciousness."
The old mans face had grown as
cray as his beard, and the wrinkles
deepened strangely.
Loring sat upright, not rigidly, but
with q certain animal elasticity Of
Iimb and body which suggested sur
plus of vital force. He made no rs-
sponse in words, and appeared to
throw off with some superficial effort
sIo whole burden of the subject.