The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-09

aoo'ner, as II each we're waiting Tor
1ue other to speak. until the forrner
"niie ne fingered the package he had
'aRen from the table. said in a time
""oSe gravity held something akin IN
'enuerness, Capt LATTE Won undor.
s.and' OF course. that /. an officer OF
'ne army, cannot criuclse in your
presence anything that took place
prior TO my assuming command here.
BUT speaking as a man. and as one
VINO mas had his own share of hard.
sup and sorrow, may venture to ex-
lehd TO you my regret and sympathy
Tor the trouble and bereavement that
seem to have been yours"
LATTE bent his head silently.
Claiborne, who had been fdgeting
impauently now fastened TO say,
You will 90 me the justice Capt. La
rtte' TO believe that | wished TO ac-
cept your offer But my personal
views were overruled by those upon
whose Judgment | relied; and the ex.
petition to Barataria was sent at their
ihStigation-not mine"
And yet said LATTE. with dry
sarcasm that brought faint smile to
J%ckson's firm lips, YOU are the gov.
crnor of Louisiana"
Claiborne WINGED: but before he
could answer the thrust LATTE add.
cd with a shrug of his shoulders,
But 1t matters not at whose nstiga.
Ton the outrage was committed. The
facts are as | have stated. and what
is past must stand. Now, Gen Jack
son, may | ask that you open that
package, and read the papers il con.
tains?"
AS Jackson perused the first pa.
per, the impressions he gathered were
plainly observable in his look, anu
falf-audible comments.
Fine bombast," he growled before
going very far. Then, little way on
"Sophomorical rubbish, Savors OF
Elton, with some of George the Third s
silly maunderings" And so on, until
tuS Gnu was TedCutu.
Claiborne had seated himself closer
to Jackson; and presently, the latter
with an exclamation of the strongest
disgust handed him the paper.
Here, Claiborne, you have seen u
copy of this; but you had better re-
fresh your memory by reading the
original"
The governor took the paper an6
lad begun to read it, when CHANGING
to glance at LATTE, he was puzzled b..
the expression of the latters face.
He was leaning back in his chair
his lips half-parted, and his face soft
ened by a glow seeming to come from
an inward light, as his eyes rested
upon something hangihrs against the
wall, back Of the governor.
1t was an old engraving of Napol
con, one that. as the governor knew
vas brought from Barataria by sol
der from whom he--an ardent admir-
CT of the emperor-had rescued it.
The thought of this made him--iI
the new light thrown by Lafitte's ac
cusations with reference to the attack
upon Barataria-feel uncomfortable
for, should LATTE recognize the pic
ture as his own property, its present
possessor would be placed in an unen
viable position.
He had forced his eyes back to the
| paper, whose contents he recalled
quite accurately. But now, with the
impression already made upon him by
Lafittte, and the latter's face-as he
had Just seen Intending itself be
tween his eyes and the writing, he
was forced to acknowledge to himsel
that, pirate and outlaw as he had beer
named, the Barbarian leader hat
shown the greatest generosity ant
patriotism, together with a persona
courage which appealed strongly t
his-the governor's-sense of loyalty
Possessed by this feeling, he glanced
again at the younger man, to see hin
still looking in the same direction, ap
parently oblivious of all surroundings
while his rapt expression made thu
governor wonder.
Jean Lafitte's heart was In com
m union with that pictured face, anC
with its original, whom he seemed t
| be once more facing upon Elba, look
ing into the eyes that had rested 81
kindly upon him at the last, and hear
ing the voice uttering words of old
time affection.
Ito be continued.)