The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-08-07

more violent each day. 1&ere was
talk tnat when Gen. Jackson arrived
he would find but scanty support, and
the little man ended with: If, my cap
tain, the fools begin to fight among
themselves, what will hinder the Eng
lsh from stealing in upon, them, while
they are busy calling one another
names"
He spoke in French. and Lafitte re-
piled in the same tongue, Truly they
are fools, to quarrel among them
selves at such a time as this. OF
course" he added, dropping general
ties, you saw our men before you left
the city"
Il did, my captain. They arrived
the second day before I left, and told
me l was to pick up Nato on the Owls
Point. Captain Beluche went ashore
with Lopez as soon as The Lady lnez'
dropped anchor, and neither Of them
had been heard from when | left"
Now, let me hear-if you know
of what Nato has been trying to tell
me. It seems that Shapiro has sold
his place to Count Cazeneau."
Shapiro has not sold-only rented
it, to M'sieur lie Comte, for the winter,
as the count Is far from well and
does not wish to return to the city
until matters there promise less of
excitement"
And his granddaughter is with
him?" inquired Lafitte, in a tone Civ
ing Baptistine no hint of how the
questioner's pulses were thrilling.
Yes, my captain; she, and all his
household-every one He has brought
all his slaves from New Orleans and
come to live at Kanauhana. 1t was
Shapiro himself who told me this
when | saw him at the Owls Point.
He said he was tired of playing plant
er, and would sooner be back here at
Barataria. He told me that he in
tends offering his services to Gen.
Jackson; and, being so fine shot, he
can surely render a good account Of
himself
LATTE nodded and again asked,
But where is he living now that
Count de Cazeneau occupies his
nlace?"
Il asked him that question, my cap
ain, but he laid finger along that
hooked nose of his, and winked at me
rs he said that if ever | sought him,
he would not be found intruding upon
the hospitality of Msieur lie Comte.
Of course, the men had to hear us
talk, with me on the boat, and Shapiro
standing upon the Owls Point; so
take it that he intended me to under
stand he was living below, in the
Ravens Cave. You know, my cap
tain"
Never mind speaking of the Colon
neh," LATTE broke in, with a warning
gesture. BE careful" he continued
in low voice, how that place is
mentioned; we may before long, have
need of it for important purposes"
Baptistine said nothing, but nodded
wisely.
The so-called Colonneh, meaning Ra-
ven, was the Cherokee name for hid
ing-place known to but few of Lafittes
men; and Cherokee also was the
me-Kanauhana-of the plantation,
taken from the hominy produced
there, "Ka-nau-Ea-na" being the In
dian term for the crushed corn, cooked
to the consistency of paste.
The night it was of the seventh day
after Beluche's departure tnat LATTE
left Grande Terre for Gen. La Roches
plantation, with sundry bags of silver
hidden in the cabin Of the polacca that
was to convey him up the narrow
waterway to Lake Bargne, whence
his course lay westerly, up Bayou
Bienvenue, an obscure stream, at
whose head was the plantation
Now and again panther's scream,
or the whining cry of a wildcat, made
the darkness seem still more dismal;
and the booming note of the alligator
was heard along the sluggish water.
But little cared LATTE as to the
nature of his surroundings, for, from
out the darkness, he seemed to see
the pure face and violet eyes he was
about to look upon after all these
eventful months.
Ito be continued)