Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-05-18
And he held out paper he Lad'


The count, having put on his
glasses. took the document; and hlr
wavering hands made the blue par eI
culver as if his own startled pul,ie
beats had stolen into it while he esd
the contents aloud.
Whereas the nefarious practice of
running in contraband goods, which
has hitherto prevailed in different
| parts of the state, to the great injury
| of the fair trader, and the diminuson
| of the revenue of the United States
| has of late much increased; and.
whereas it has been officially known
| to me that, on the 14th of last month
quantity of smuggled goods, seized
| by Walter Gilbert, an officer Of the
revenue of the United States, were
| forcibly taken from him in open day
at no great distance from the city OF
New Orleans, by party of armed
men, under the orders of certain
Jean Lafitte, who fired upon and griev.
ously wounded one of the assistants OF
the said Walter Gilbert:
Il have thought proper to issue this,
caution all and singular citizens OF
| this state against giving any kind of
succor, support or countenance to the
said Jean LATTE and associates, but
| do call upon them to be aiding and
abetting in arresting him and said as,
| sociates, and all others in like manner
| offending; and | do furthermore, in
the name of the state, offer reward
| Of five hundred dollars, which will be
paid out of the treasury to any person
delivering the said Jean Lafitte TO the
sheriff Of the parish of Orleans, or to
any other sheriff in the state, so that
the said Jean LATTE may be brought
to justice"
The Island Rose had heard the
her grandfather's voice, low, to be sure,
but with a clear enunciation which
made each syllable as distinct as
though she had been the reader in
stead of a listener And when he
ended, she heard the voice of him
heretofore known to her as Captain
Jean" and its tone was one of banter.
the one to claim this five hundred dol
lars, and do your governor and state
brilliant service by delivering to
them this body of mine"
Then came her grandfather's stern
ly cold reply:
What have I ever done, Captain
Jean Laftte, that should lead you to
suppose l would stoop to traffic in the
blood of my associates"
1t was this that made the small
hand go fiuttering toward the girls
frightened heart. 1t was the revela-
ton that her Captain Jean" was none
other than Lafitte, the terrible pirate,
of whom she had heard such dreadful
tales, He was the freebooter, SNUG
gler and outlaw-the leader of that
fearful band of men she had shud-
dered to hear the slaves mention!
And not only was her grandfather cog
infant of this, but he was this mans
abettor-his associate and friendi
Her brain in a whirl, her heart terri
fed by dread of an undefnable terror,
she fled from the house, and into the
woods, wandering on, scarcely hnOW-
ing or caring where, until her steps
were arrested by the matted thicket
into which she had penetrated with
unseeing eyes.
Now all was revealed to her The
man whom of all others she trusted
in this new, strange, and fettered
world into which she had been brought
from the peaceful island home, where
life had been happy and free from
fear-he was the notorious LATTE,
the pirate of the Gulf" who scuttled
ships, who murdered men and women.
and whose hands were red with blood.
shed that he might plumber his vic
tins.
ITO be continued.)