The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-12-30

'"''' wa AAAS"u "AIiaI udu gone with
her. "Fie! Partial, after all. von
owed her more!' l said to myself.
But In few moments | heard
faint sound at my door ] opened
There stood Partial in the dusk, grave
Iy wagging his tail. looking at me
without moving his head And 1 saw
that he held daintily in his mouth a
dainty note. addressed to me in the
same handwriting MS that on the note
had sent out from the heartless Jade
to yon varlet And it was sealed and
marked with instructions for it's open-
ing-"When You Two Varlets Meet"
No more.
PETERSON said l. advancing to the
forward deck. where | found him
smoking. I've been getting up some
correspondence. since Wen be ashore
by tomorrow noon
II don't know as to that, Mr.. Harry"
"Well, know about it, So tell Will
'lams that even il he has to work all
night we must be moving as soon as
it's light enough to see. I've got a
very important MESSAGE
by wireless. MI Harry?" chuckIed
the old man
Yes. by wireless" land looked at
Partial, who wagged his tail and smt-
ed). so must get into Manning is
land the first possible moment tomor.
row."
IS IS Is
Before the white sea mists had roll
ed away l was on deck and had sum,
moned Il general conference of nv
polyte." ! demanded of our ODD
pilot, lit will be three days, four days,
before a letter could get from the light
house to New Orleans?"
"Qui, maybe So
and how long will it take us to get
in to the plantation of NJ. Edollard,
above there?"
"lL'I'n could not said. monsieur.
Maybe three. four day-'sais pas
Holy Mackinaw!" | remarked soto
voce
BY now Williams. who, Judging by
certain rAppngs. hammerin@s and
cankings heard through the cabin
walls back ana above the engine room,
had been at work much of the night,
had reported and. much to my pleas
reported we could 90 ahead
SO at last. after many Windings and
| dOuhlingS. we came in at the rear OF
the timbered slopes and could see the
mansion houses and the offices OF the
stately Old plantation where dwelt my
friend Edouard Manning, who knew
nothing OF my coming.
After custom | signaled loud and Of
ten with the boats whistle, so that
the men might come to the landing for
MS. and in order that Edouarl himself
! might he warned i gave orders to my
hardy mates TO make proper nautical
salute OF honor
Cast loose the stern chaser Jean
Latitte," said |, land do you and
L'Olonnois load and fire her often as
you like until we land or until you
burst her.
GleefUiIy they obeyed. and soon the
roar of our Geek sun echoed formitasl-
bly, along the slopes as had no gun
since the salt seeking Union navy in
the civil war had pounded at the gates
OF Gdou~r0's father and until scores
of roots and rail chattelel in excited
chorus for answer and long clouds of
Wild dHck~ arose and circed over the
marsh
I saw now the two ladies'. their fin
gers in their ears also on deck, pro
testing mt this cHnnnnading at their
cabin door, and so raised my hat TO
a very radiant and radiantly appareled
Helena for the first time that day and
heard the answer Of L'Olonnois to the
dour protest Of Auntie Lucinda:
We follow Black Bart the Ayenger,
and let amy seek to stop US at their
per-ruI. Jean, run up the flag while
load her up again"
And Jean having once more hoisted
f the skull and crOssbeleS at our mast
head and assumed Il specially savage
scoW as he stood with folded arms
Oh our bow deck, we made what a
mild imagination might have called
rather. an impressive entry as we
swept into the Manning landing
was not surprised to see Edouard
himself there, and his wife and some
thirty odd dogs and as many blacks,
waiting for us at the wharf. Nor was
| surprised to see that all seemed
somewhat to marvel at our manner of
advent. though l knew that Edouard,
through his fieldglasses, had recog
nized both my boat and myself long
before we made the last curve and
came gently in to the wharf where the
grinning tlarkies could catch our line.
What did surprise me--and perhaps
for a time | may have shown sur
prise-was to see, in all this gay
throng, two forms not usual on the
Manning landing. One was the ele-
4 oar t1v oar ho1 op1 thnr .t,1 Gor