Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16

looked into his strange. deep eyes,
they were quite inscrutahle,
''What DO you think Of the pian?'
the young man inquired. 1t IS not
worth trying"
at may be; but Whist DO Won know
OF the feeling among tho frecbooiers
themselves on the subject"
81 have some reason to believe shat
most OF them would be glad % quit the
life Of outlaws. IL the leaders can be
reached the thing eau be accomplished,
] am almost sure.
"Who are the leaders2"
cit is not easy 90 find ous or course
L.aftte has all the Baratariau pirates
under his thumb. But. although the
mysterious Pierre Eameau Is called
F King OF Honey Tslauj. have found
ont 20 my satisfaction that there Is
+ one above him in command OF the
great Pearl River aud inland orgsni-
z.tion: and that one lives IN New
Orleans. directing che proceeding
from has safe position IA She midst OF
the highest society az the city"
and who Is hes'
"I thint shat I know, but I cannot
yet breathe his name IN Sans conuec-
ton; IL would create q Wild scene. 7
can assure son. sir.
Mr. Vernon folded his arms high
npou his broal chest and appeared 10
iiis himself until lao showed taller than
oven the tall creole.
''It you begin to star MP records in
New Orleans" he remarked. 'you
viii soon have a heavy Load on your
hands. Ny own opinion is that moth
ing viii be gained 10y any negotiations
with pirates. The country can fight
les battles without them.
AT an events. I shall make my re-
port 90 the governor, and he may DO
rs ho shall see &c. s."
care you sure tha. the governor
. himseitis entirely clear OF entonsle-
ment with the powerful alliance %.
lrceb0otcrs3'
Again tae eyes of tue iientenan, be
camc sharp and searching as D.,
scanned M. Vernon massive face
. AMI said:
. ''Do you suspect him2'
"aumpA" with % shrug. wac th'
Only answer Mr. Vernon gave. T. wa'
SIS il the ejaculation were meant g.
toss BAllanclc aside.
a half-hour later the young Office
took his leave
Ian rcvoirr he called from ihe 81.
, as his crew pulled away toward tia
schooner. His farewell comprehensive
| the whole group on tho Water Bird
. deck; and yet he was looking straigh
at Pauline. Fairfax noticed this. hu
=. seeing him going farther and farthe
4 away, while Pauline seemedqu con
4. tent 10 stay where she was, the artis
smiled very complacenuy.
Mr.. Vernon ordered the vessel pu
under sail a. once, speaking 20 hi
men with an iutonal0n that suggeste
impaiience or great haste.
The most careless observer coui
have seen that something in the cor
! versation between him and I.icutenar
Ballanche had stimulated him; bu
~ whether with anger or some Othe
II passion no one would have determine
n from his appearance or actions.
I, Up through the Bigolets the httl
II vessel went. with o fair breeze aud
- as golden sunlight as ever drove ava
= o fog. The channel. "a broad an
/, beautiful river connecting Lake Borgr
20 with Lake POntchartrain, flashed lil
silver between it's grassy mars
,. meadows, over which the herons au
n, Wild geese, the pelicans aud I'll
plovers Few back aud forth lil
%. shuttles through the warp OF d
dreamy weather. Here and Their
~. scattered from distance to dis,auc
picturesque clumps Of live-oaks we
Z set AGAINST the almost viOlpt skv lfl
y orchards on prairie.