The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-16

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We! Lazalie began when Msaoms
heHet, having recovered berseIt to.
nrrupted with; TELL us all about n
NIP How could he know Napoleon
ana where did you hear such an I'M
probable story?"
from himself" was the Iaconic ra
| ply, accompanied by a look ~ go
satisfaction. VI eies'
me general was filed with exu,ta.
ZION at his ability to give his sister-
, mno mad frequently expressed her dis.
me Oh his intimacy with Latte
PIECE OF information which he u,as
q quile aware would, with her-a wor.
sniper OF the illustrious Corsican--
t.ace the barbarian leader in a no.
sltion second only to him whose nc.
uualntance he could claim.
cannot credit such a thing" abe
declared. sue
lou could, and you would. had You
oeeh where was, to hear what he
'"iu W zen. Jackson. It came abou,
"a tnis way: A week or ten DAYS ago
Unite rendered an important service.
u private nature, to Claiborne, and
'ne governor urged him to name some.
.nlng as reward for his services
what LATTE asked was a picture OF
Napoleon, which 1t seems was his own
r'ope ", although he was not aware
o' II at the time. 1t had been looted
one OF our men during that Sen.
teihper attack on Barataria. and Clai.
oorne had rescued 1t, being about as
h'ad over Napoleon as you. yourself
sister mine; and Lafitte had seen II
ranging on the wall of the governors
study.
The other day, at headquarters. |
vas present when Jackson and Iafitte
Fere having conference. duripa
"fich the general spoke of the ma
er and rallied LATTE upon the senti.
entail price he had named for so val.
able a service; he added that prob.
IDLY, like all Frenchmen, he made a
iort of male Madonna out of Ma.
yoleon
Il wish you could have seen Laftte's
zee when he answered. 4 revere him
~ the man | have known and loved
'lnce | was young boy and who has
cen as truly my guardian angel rs
9ver a good Catholic could pray tue
Holy Mother to be And | wish you
Guild have seen Jackson's face as he
card II"
Madame Refet gasped, and the two
girls exclaimed in amazement.
1T was in France, then, that Cart
Jean knew him?" Madame said won
Geringly.
Naturally, Louise, as Napoleon has
never been in this country" The gen
eral now consulted his watch, and
added, Il must be off; and. by the
way, let none of you mention the sur
prising fact that / have just related
as it might not be pleasing to Capt
Jean. He said no more than have re.
peated, and was Enthusiastically averse
to enlarging upon the subject"
He always seems averse to talking
of himself, or of his past life" Lazalie
said, as If thinking aloud, while they
rose from the table; and Madame
Riefet remarked rather severely that
it was perhaps because there was
some disgrace connected with his past,
and that this it might be which had
made him leave France.
The look of resentful indignation
which this uncharitahle comment
brought to Mademolselle de Gaze
peau's face was softened somewhat
when the general, laying a hand on
either of his sisters plump shout
ders, said, as he kissed her cheek,
For one SO naturally kind Of heart as
you are, Louise. it is curious what
wrongful things you occasionally think
IN regard to other people"
After he was in the saddle. and the
ladies' we're standing On the veranda
to see him depart, he warned LaZaIie
that, for the present at least. she
should confine her aquatic excursions
to the immediate vicinity of the plan
tation. Then, observing the perturbed
EXPRESSION his words had brought to
Madame Rejects face. he added that
they were not to worry about the Eng
lish, as the latter were not at all likely
to appear in the neighborhood of Lake
Borgne.
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