Putnam patriot., 1909-04-02
A Bayou That Was Larger H Than the Mississippi.

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 There Is par af fbe present Fifi Hail park 10 New Orleans which was formerly called fas oaks and was famous dueling ground Lying on the noted sneil road io Lake PenfehariraiL mol far from fhe cify yet de~s'riei Ii afforded eon8enjeHr sls1i fef the du' els s, freqa.ut afsoHe the eFesiis.s
 often when fwe rivals wished t0 Eoncesfi tbe eause nf their quarrel they
 would invent reasgBs. Halali3 absurd
 For instance. one would dTeldrr that the others hair aas rfd sheb it was raven blaek af fhaf the sun rey0lyed around The earth Instead of Ylee versa
 It was during winter soHie bere about Is.O that Miss Caroline Dickin son. visiting her aunt Mime La Tour. ln New Orleans took iiie piffe- ss'cial
 V by storm Though beautilul. Der character sei 70 t0 speak. 10 Der charming msuaer-. won the hearts of
 many of Ire fouus btoods of tue Crescent Gity Amnng thetp were tsastoD LIIommfdieu. recently from Paris. and EIist Nhuford. whose fa
 tAer had originally gone thefe from Virginia AefEher could feel ah} e"bh dence in ming secured the ladys h ver but eaeh aas jeaIous If The other The truth was fhal Miss Dickinson preferred NIT Nhfffurd One morning abauf o'clock Mime La Tour enfefsa her nis9ess bedr""n. They had hpeu t5 some enterfainment bad sat up .Hfe mixing il ofef aud tad | few miAG.es hsfare parted for the night Mi4s Dl kinson had begun t0 dlsfehe
 -Ms dear safl her amt. your un
 eie has Just ea#e in from the club sah some ue4z which my interest
 rou NJ. f.'HoHmedieu and N Whit
 ford are going to mect at o'clock dawn al the oak.. and yeu are the
 cause of the meeting "Thc neH4 aet4 interest me" re niIrd inc sai uith dismat Suppose one of them stsnid be eiliedn
 Fl would facilitate your making q choice between them. replied her
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 "They shall mol hghi on my dcs count" repiicd Miss Dickinson Tn
 going on to The ground te stop them" "A lonef
 No. aunt. yan are going with me An hour IafPr caleche driven by Mime. La Tour containing the two wo- men. was speeding along the shell road The moon. which uas three quarters full. rendered the road less difficult 10 follow al night. though. being white. II was dlstinguishable al any time. Just as a faint streak appeared fin the east the caleehe entered the Oaks and pulled up near what had often been pointed out to Mime. La Tour as the duellng ground Presently q carriage rolled up to the historic spot. followed by another. md by the carly twilight two parties of men were seen confer. ring as to the placing of the principals in the coming fight.
 Who's the man with the box under 1 his arm?' asked Miss Dickinson. "Dr Jules Eubldoux. He is always called ulpn an such occasions Heavens, How horriblel What abomiuable customs you have here And the man with the bundle of l sticks whe is hef
 Those are not sticks; they are ras l piers See. the principals are taking
 position.
 The two women alghtea and walked cautiously toward the dueiists The oaks still cast sufficient shadow te conceal their advance Suddenly IS 1 there was a elash of steel Miss Dick. inson, walking in advance of her aunt. appeared on the scene Both contest
 ants lowered the points of their ra- | piers and stood looking at her with as- | tonishment
 Gentlemen" she said. may I ask | the occasion of this mcetine2 ?" There was no reply for time: then
 one of the seconds stepped forward
 and. lowing profoundly said: M Hemmedieu mademeiselle has asserted that the Seine is larger than | the Mississippi This NJ Whltford con. sldered an insult to our noble river | and replied that the Bayou Lafourche | k larger than the Seine. Thereupon | NJ LHommedIeu tn defense of Ia belle | revlcre of France challenged Nj. Whit | ford
 T am aStenished." said Mss Dlckln- son. that two gentlemen should quar-
 rel about such m ahsurdify. of
 course the Seine is nor larger than the Mississippi
 @MademoISelle." said L'Hommedieu.
 'l accept your decision 1T suu also
 decide that the Bayon Iafourche is
 larger thaa the Seine, will apologize
 10 NJ Whifond .
 And if ! decide that the Seine k
 larser than the hayouTH
 That mademol>ele. should con
 slider a great blessing
 And thIs affair will eesseFf'
 t.rhay ls fer NJ Whitford to say" And how would you decide thats~
 asked tue lady turning to whltford. "Hew would 1 dtSide thatf Why. l should then feel obliged to enforce my opinion 10 favor of the bayou at the point ot the sword" s'NonSeuseT
 The two men. as If by mutual con sent. raised their swords for the pur- pose of renewing the contest Que uloment said Miss Dickinson. Cannot you gentlemen be Induced to .Nreeo this encounter without my de- eidins she point of disputey No renlled both at once. Well then" she said in an almost tna,AsA.L. ....i..aA ..fhn laNtAn Is larrrr