The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-07-14

Mademoiselle de Cazeneau. her man.
ner softening somewhat at Zeney's
evident sincerity. "And why should
you. and every one. like him so much
such a wicked, dreadful mani?
The adjectives were indisputably
harsh--more SO than the manner In
which they were uttered, and the vio-
let eyes held a suggestion that the
speaker would not object to knowing
that her application Of them was mis-
placed
"Wicked--dreadful!" echoed Zeney.
shaking her head violently. mo, no.
never is Captain Jean either of
these"
but Mamman Zillah once told me,
said Mademoiselle de Cazeneau, with
the air of one seeking to remove IN
pleasant doubts from the mind. "thst
years ago when she belCnged 20 a
man up at Contraband bayou, she saw
Cant. attic and two other men 30
INTO the woods with a horse. They
had shovels and picks, ard she fol,
lowed them to see what they would
| do. She saw them digging hole,
like a grave but 1t was c big chest
! they dug up And there was gold in
| the chest. for she saw 1t when the
men began filing some bags. Then
| she was so frightened fer fear they
would see her that she ran home to
| her cabin. And" tere Mademoi-
selle de Cazeneau's eyes opened wide
| to their full width and her voice took
a minor note, while her manner be-
| came imbued with horrible suggest.
iveness-"a few hours later she saw
| the horse come out of the woods, with
the bags across its back; but only
| Capt. Jean came out of the woods
with the horse"
Zeney laughed derisively. and again
shook her head.
| THAT story came on horseback,
Missy, along with the others you have
heard. and Zillah ought to be well
whipped for telling such a wicked lie.
II she ever saw such thing, then the
two men had gone off in some other
way to look after their own business,
which was what Zillah ought to have
been doing"
But Mademolselle de Cazeneau was,
although apparently against her
own will, still unconvinced
for she added impressively
"Zillah said that they afterward
found the two men dead In the woods.
And I have heard other stories, too
of how he has made men jump into
the sea when he burned or scuttle6
their ships, and took all they had on
board"
Capt. Jean steal! Capt. Jean muir
der!" cried Zeney, her eyes flashing
with indignation. "Such things he
never did. and all such stories are
lies-black lies. How can you be
lieve them. or think of them. my
honey, when you once thought him
so good and noble?"
The question was unanswered, and
Zeney, after moments pause, added
"If there is any truth in such talk
1t was wicked Capt. Laro who die
these things; but Capt. Jean-never.'
"Laro-Capt. Laro!" said her youns
mistress, with puzzled little frown
and raising a hand to push back the
clustering hair from her now cooled
cheeks. "Ah. yes; 1t comes to me.
have heard my mother speak Of him
H. was he who brought her from
France"
1T was he, too, who brought Capt
Jean here to Louisiana"
"He did," the girl asked in sur
prise. And did you know him thel
when he was boy?"
The negress nodded. "He seemed
a comrade then, young as he was, o
the captain's-a comrade in business
He was a wicked-very wicked man
'scallerat,' this Capt Laro; and |
was surely he. and not Capt. Jean
who did the wicked deeds you hav,
heard about, my honey"
"And where now is Capt. Laro-
do you know, Zeney?"
Dead and gone, Missy-so Nv
been told. And II so, then re Is dow
with the devil, reckon" answered
|, tho old woman grimly, rising to he
feet as Lazalie's voice was heard iron
,, the hall below, calling, Rose, my III
tie Rose, where are your"
ITO be continued.)