The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
Sentiment VS.. Realism


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morning ia the sunny state OF
"a group Of men were loung-
Zee porch OF a plantation store
uses. Jean BenoIt, q creole,
g 455T. The French people are
n 20 rhapsody. and Benoit
eepti0n 10 the rule. A drum
the north sat on the head Of
y. listening to the creole's tale
siF Coquenard came from La
: .iie france with his son Adolphe and
his YER beautiful daughter Lucille.
When M'seur Coqusnard come TO
America his little girl was 1--WE year
old. and she grow up with all the brav-
cry Of the true southern girl She could
ride and shoot and pull at the oar.
Fer eye 6Rsh like lightning. her hair
was black as the raven
Black cats L. better 70 descrlbe hair
oE that kind" interrupted the drum.
meE.
Her neck was like the swan
-Jugt the kind for the new CO.. -
ene Begnhardt-just out" put IN tie
drummer. "Tve got samples In my
trunk"
The STORY teller cast glance at tie
Yankee. but seeing no trace Of any
latent TO poke fun. continued:
'-Ons YER nne morning Mam'sclle
Lucille was pulling her boat on the
river. and coming 10 an opening In
TIE eAnsbrake where there was
ferry abe go ashore 20 look for wild
flowers. The FIRST thing she see beside
the path was the dead body OF her
brother Adolphe with q dagger In his
heart on the hIlt OF which sparkled a
YER large and beautifgI diamond. With
q shrek abe threw herself on the body.
calling on her brother ike the wall ~
q harp 70 speak to her.
"When this brave girl get more com
posed she TAX the body Of Adolphe
put Il in the boat and row to the plan.
tation. At the landing she leave II. -
to the stable and mount her milk white
horse
"Kaintuek' stockT Inquired the
drummer
"Mam'seIle ride away 70 avenge the
murder Of her brother" continued
Benoit. without noticing the query.
''How did she get her clewT'
''She know YER well who kilt
Adolphe. M'seur Octave Moustot wish
10 marry her. She not wish to marry
M'seur Moustot. and her brother tell
him to come no more to the houc
"Mam'selle Lucille ride straight 4.
M'Seur Aioustot's plantation. She rei,i
IN her horse before the gallery an
drawing a dagger from her bosom. call
on M'seur MoustOt TO come out and she
win kin him. But his slaves tell he.
that their master have gone away that
morning, They sag he gone down IL
road toward the city. She wheel be-
horse and follow like the wind"
shed ought TO have had one OF tn
new autos. They've better n the wind
When the wind makes a hundred miles
an hour. that's hurricane. Thee
autos do hundred an hour with the
chauffeur asleep"
The listeners cast a look OF i'm
patience 81 the drummer and the story
teller continued;
'Mam'selle Lucille ride till the after
noon, when she come 10 a river. Tie
ferryboat was inst lea glng aud she wes
YER certnin Der brothers murderer
was on H. Just as she got q hundred
feet from the stream her horse fell e.
hauated. imselle Lncille ran TO the
boat, but Il hal left the shore. On II
was a man holding a foaming steed.
Mam'selie went back TO her horse. and.
opening a holster on tho saddle. too
out pistol
''Hhat maker from the drummer
-How I know what make the pistol
was when this happen bsfo' the WARP
cried the creole. a. last becoming I'm.
patient with the dFummers Interrupt
lions. Presently be continued:
Then Mam'aslls Lucille ran forward
again and frqd. biting
'sThe horser@