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to let him rut the various dainties

| hOm1ny; an after dat, nice slice or
ven son." he said coaxingly, evident
! ly wishing to air his English, or else
| supposing that she did not understand
French. La Capitaine Laftte, he say
| how cook eem."
| She smiled up into his face, but Of
fe-ed no objection to his helping her
and LATTE, who was watching the
two, did not appear to have heard
Madame Rejects remark, which was
now repeated rather sharply, as il
that lady were bent upon acquiring
the information she sought
| Il beg your pardon. madame" he
| said, starting slightly, and turning to
her.
Il wish you to tell us how you hap
pened to entertain the opinion which
has resulted in such benefit to us-I
mean in regard to what the English
were going to do?"
Her tone was quite caustic, and her
sharp dark eyes regarded him specu-
latively over the rim of her sherry
glass.
Il had, for some time, felt mis-
giving that something of the sort was
likely to occur, and l therefore pre-
pared for it; that was all, madame"
He spoke hurriedly and as if the
matter held little interest-while his
looking at him.
But, If you thought this, why was
it that others-my brother, for in
stance-did Eot?" Madame persisted,
putting down her glass, and taking
up her fork with a vigor suggestive
OF an inclination to enforce an answer
by sticking the silver prongs into La
fitte, rather than into the juicy veni-
son steak upon her plate.
That, madame, is a matter | can
no more explain than can you your
self" he replied smilingly, but scarce
ly glancing at her.
But you warned Gen. La Roche, by
telling him what you thought" de-
clared Lazalie, "for he told us so,
himself"
Yes, senorita; informed him of it
several weeks since"
And what did he say" asked La
zalie; and Madame Riefet answered
with:
you remember, LazaIie, that he,
like others, declared such thing to
be impossible"
Gen. La Roche smiled at the idea"
~
shrug of his shoulders.
well, l, for one, am thankful for
your forethought, which has saved us
from meeting with those hateful
Englishmen,' said Lazalie, with a
flash of her eyes that bespoke the in
heritance of her uncle's hatred Of
that nation.
Indeed, yes, Capt. LATTE; all of
us have cause to feel most grateful to
you" Madame now admitted, in a
more amiable tone. But to think"
she added, "of that cave being on the
plantation, and none of us knowing
anything about it?'
''Its secret was given to me some
years since by an Indian chief" said
LATTE, and then, as if wishing to drop
the matter, asked Madame Riefet if
she wished any message taken to her
brother, as that night must find him
returning to New Orleans, in order to
report to Gen. Jackson.
IF you can go why may not we?"
she inquired with alacrity. Surely,
Capt. LATTE, you do not intend to go
off and leave us alone in this Desc
late placer"
Here is surely the safest place for
you at present, madame" He smiled |
encouragingly at Rose de Cazeneau,
who was looking perturbed, while La
zalie shot scornful glance at Mad.
anne, as if impatient at her show OF |
fear
Madame, with sigh, sought relief |
in a silence that was acquiescing; and |
she could not but admit to herself
that, in the present annoying predica.
mcnt, the mysterious life of Bara.
.aria had proved to possess certain
advantages.
Ito be continued.)
Big Alaskan Bear.
Alaska is particularly rich in bears
Ind most of them belong to group
lncwn as the Alaskan brown bears,
# which the Kodiak bear is one. So
vide is his reputation that sportsmen
rom all over the world spend thou
ands of dollars in order to add a
kin to their collection of trophies
The weight of a full grown Kodiak
ear is not known, although specimens
ave been killed that were estimated
o weigh between fifteen and eight
en- hundred pounds, and some hunt
rs claim that they will go as high
S twenty-five hundred. While at Ko-
lax several summers ago l measured
he skin of one of these huge animals
Thich stretched the tape nine and a
alf feet from the nose to the tail,
nd ten and a half feet across the
utstretched front paws. Mr.. A. G.
oss, who handles all of the brown
ands of the Alaskan Commercial
ompany at Kodiak, told me that he !
ad seen skins that were three feet
Alden Loring in Recrea.
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