Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-06-23

oEhpiia' anu WIS pTOUlStu lTStCOHs
IN e-change for n truthful statement
OF the motive which brought his COM
panion AM himself to the spot.
He said that the other man had been
unknown To him until that same morn
ing: and all he now knew OF him was
that he was n scout, picked up from
| among the Indians. and bought to
| serve the English. Capt. Lockyer.
who was In command OF the English
| fleet upon Lake Borgnc. having
learned that Lafitte was In that vicln-
ity, had selected this scout to find and
capture the man upon whom he longed
! TO execute personal vengeance. His
| orders had been to bring LATTE to
him. alive. II possible. and dead.
rather than not at all: and the sailor.
fnving been one OF the crew who
rowed the British officers TO their
mortifylng conference at Grande
Terre. had been sent with the scout In
order to identify I.afItte.
Such was the end OF the man In
whom Bnrbc had recognized the bril-.
liant oiiioeT OF former ycars-rccog'
nlzed. despite tho shock OF srIzzicd
hair. and the changes wrought by time
aud iawicss iifo In the face and
form that had tempted the new years
elopcmcnt
Meantime. HaptIstInc had landed:
and leaving his men in the boat. he
came i"IsuFcly to where I.aat,e was
questioning the English sailor. The
nafainT!an'S ThEcwd eyes had glanced
over the scene: and the fallen bodies.
the group OF excited womcn-ail that
hH saw. told his alert perceptions
what hal presumably taken place.
Will. III" sight of his commander.
! standing nHhaTncd. and ShapIra'H at.
'i,udc. Hs he leaned upon his gun. as'
sured him that the danger. such aa IL
might haV" been. was past.
Hence his ronchaiani. EtFoiiins gait
to wh"Tr l.aaIio stood.
The ihtlrg saw him At once. and In.
'cErup,ci himself 10 bid Shapiro sec
that the sailor awaited his further ar,
| Gers. Thea drawing napIisiin. aside.
h. gave him Instructions in regard Ia
tiaeiaE n. adde's aud their maids
aboard bis b1al.
"iiri II seems E-ry dreadful To i~av"
Ho1F Z"avy lying there" said Rose.
with fearful backward look. ne La
aiis uss assisting her lnIa the small
toat.
II, Is rot possible To do otherwise.
child. b. answered gently. Tightening
his pressure upon III. small hand hu
uss bidding. ~Aii that can ba done
inT her snv. I will sec is don. before
Join you VIII yuu not trust mo To
10 thaig-
The CSpTrssinn nt the t-aTss,ainrsi
/ rJrs raised tn meet his iDak answered
him NIihbui the need IL speech.
'Ioi ate aus cunning With usg-' she
rrssa. phSn tiaiamU nirfrt intus,
sup'Ud her with a shFiii-~Soi coming
With us' oh. Capt. Latte. NC can
DOT - without you. And these
strange mra: iHd~Sd--aow saETily
We ujIl nos:"
iIu had put Rose aboard the boat.
and turned ta assist i.asaiip. uhiin he
answered Madasnp Rejects oatburs,
rsifaly. although there vas evidence
II impsiirHru held in check.
= in,cnd to escort you personally
~ Shell Island. madame: but IL Is
brst tha, yuu all go aboard the beat
ms captain here has waiting around
the point. lie will take yoa to IL. and
thea return for me. ss ! have a duty
here which cannot SsFy veil perform
ubtIi yug and the other ladies hav.
sn'sp. There may bo other English.
men pTovIins in the vicinity: aad tho
spsiad us the firing may bring them
this way II this should happen.
can manage matters to far better ad.
vantage by knowing that yoa arc out
ut harms way
Madame made no reply. but permit.
ted him 10 place her in the boat.
/ Ms'nam Brizida followed heT. viuis,
coming last: and the sailors pushed
uT as Dap,isiiae sprang aboard.
Why does no; barrie come with
usf~ Madame Ricfet demanded alb.
| ruptiy. as she saw the French woman
walk TO where Shapiro vas bending
over the body Of zeney. intending
rs oSisrcd by Laftte-to carry II into
the woods for burial
LATTE answered from the shore.
"IiaTbp will come with me: there IL
something wish her TO do. Madame
Riefe;. II you will kindly permit
He had. unnoticcd by the others.
! laid a OBTAINING hand on Barbe's arm.
| and whispered. 4 wish TO speak with
| you. walt here until the boat returns. -
She gave no sign Of having heard
him. but stood silently. until. as Violet
/ was following Brisida into the boat.
she turned ard walked over to where
lay the dead.
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