The Holly chieftain., 1905-06-30

yen'son," he said coaxingly. evident
Iy wishing to air his English. or else
supposing that she did not understand
French. La Capitaine Latitte, lie say
ole Scipio done know bes' in dey worl'
how. cook eem."
she Smiled up into his face. but Of
fered no objection to his helping her.
and Lahtte. who was watching the
two, did not, appear to have heard
Madame Riefet's remark, which was
now repeated rather sharply. as II
that lady were bent upon acquiring
| the Information she sought.
81 beg your pardon. madame" he
said. starting slightly, and turning to
her.
II 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
we're going to ,do?"
| Her tone was quite caustic, and her
| sharp dark eyes regarded him specu-
latiyely over the rim of her sherry
glass. t'- -
II had. Tor some time. felt a 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 II the
matter held little interest-while his
| eyes went back to the violet ones now
looking at hum.
But. IL you thought this, why way
1t 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. rataer than into the juicy veni-
son steak upon her plate.
'That, maaame. is 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; I Informed him of it
several weeks since
"And what did he say?" asked "a
zalie: and Madame Refet answered
with:
you remember. Luzalie, that he,
like others, declaroh such thing to
be impossible"
Gen. La Roche smiled at the idea."
answered Laftts. with careless
shrug~ OF his sA>ulders.
well, I. for one, am thankful for
your forethought. which has saved us
from a meeting with those hateful
Englishmen," said Lazalie. viii /.
flash of her eyes that bespoke the In
heritance of her uncles 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 Dy an Indian chief" said
Lafitte, and then, as il wishing to drop
| the matter, asked Madame Riefet IL
| 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
ame, as II impatient at her show of
| fear.
Madame, with sigh, sought relief
in silence that was acquiescing; and
she could not but admit to herself
that. in the present annoying predica-
mont, the mysterious life of Bara-
taria had proved to possess certain
advantages.
Ito be continued)
Big Alaskan Bear.
| Alaska is particularly rich in bears
and most OF them belong to a group
known as the Alaskan brown bears,
of which the Kodiak bear is one. So
wide is his reputation that sportsmen
from all over the world spend thou
sands OF dollars in order to add q
skin to their collection Of trophies.
The weight Of full grown Kodiak
bear is not known. although specimens
have been killed that were estimated
to weigh between fifteen and eight
cen hundred pounds and some hunt
ers claim that they will go as high
as twenty-five hundred. While at Ko.
diak several summers ago measured
the skin of one of these huge animals
which stretched the tape nine and a