The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-12-17

- md vanished up the seas III TIN
II "" M would not even have all. Hi
T.. at tho gold in the bowels OF I'M
and ct plenty to fill my paun .ns HI
men / while I've enough. II 'ef, HI
in the Ut 60 in time that get iei' | HI
ana MATS what he sa'u' or II
went aftel> right; for other me. Il
it, and weh.old and got some ., l.
South Ameriyht by French anu 4
they had gainevates and lost al \
went and brought another group \
pounds, and lost>y ten thousand \
Spanish buccaneers fighting Win a
| right, and went away Biatt was ~
| stayed here-because ent, while II
| bought the land and huust-and M
| have my great sugar plan.where
an enterprise of volume. bn- 1t Is l$
beyond my capacity, and all Is not III
we'll if / were normal in mfl be MI
| body; but l am not. l have ana W
that stinks to heaven, as ShakesPt Y
says.
"Men do not treat me badly herr.
for l have property and money, ana
| this is q land where these two things
mean more than anywhere else, even
more than in republic like that where
you live. But what can you expect
of chief justice who need not be
a lawyer, as this one is not, and has
other means of earning income which,
though not dislOyal, are lowering to
the status of chief justice? And
not the chief justice alone. l have
seen French officers entertained at Gov
eminent house who were guilty of
inhumanities and cruelties. The gov
ernor, Lord Mallow, is much to blame.
On him lies the responsibility to him
must 90 the discredit. For myself, l
| feel his enmity on every hand.
suffer from his suggestive opposition;
l am the victim of his dark moods.
| IF l want a concession from To-
cal council, his hand is at work against
me; if see him in the street, l get
a courtesy tossed, as you would toss
bone to a dog. If appear at the
| kings ball, which is open to all on
the island who are respectable. / am
treated with such disdain by the vice
roy of tne king that all the island is
| agOg.
"He does not spare me in his re-
citaJs to his friends. who carry his
speech abroad. His rancor against ME
is the greater, l know, because of the
wealth l got in the treasure ship, to
prevent which he tried to prohibit my
leaving the island, through the with
holding of a leave-ticket to me. His
argument to the local authorities was
that had no rights. that | am MUIR
derer and a mutineer, and confined to
the island, though not on parole. He
almost succeeded; but the man to
whom / went, the big rich man, in
tervened successfully-how l know
not-and / was let go with my per-
mit-ticket.
"What big things hang on small is
sues! If my Lord Mallow had pre-
vented me leaving the island,
shouldn't now own great plantation
and three hundred negroes. l shouldn't
be able to pay my creditors in good
gold Portuguese half-johannes and
Spanish silver, and give no heed to
the existence of the bitt, which. as
YOU perhaps know, Is equal to five.
pence in British money such as you
and | used to spend wien you were
queen of Ireland and WAS your slave
"Then worshiped you as few WON,
en- have been worshiped in all the days
of the world-oh, cursed spite of life
and time that l should have been
Jailed for killing your bad father Aye
he was bad man, and he is better
in his grave than out of it, but 1t puts
a gulf between you and me which
nothing will ever bridge-unless ii
should some day be known did moi
kill him. and then, no doubt, it will
be too late.
ION my soul, I don't believe I put
. my sword into him; but il l did, hi
, well deserved it, for he was worse
than faithless to your mother, he wa.
faithless to his country-he was 9
! traitor! did not tell that story Of
! his treachery In court-I did not tel
it because of you. You did not de
| serve such infamy, and the truth cam,
4. not out at the trial. I, In my view
T dared not lest 1t might injure you
! ! and you had suffered enough-nay
! more than en0ugh-through him.
' 81 did not go to the United States
as you asked me to do. Is II not nlain
, could notl My only course was I,
avoid you. You see. your mothe
. knows the irulh--knows that I wa
jailed for killing your father and he
I divorced husband. Therefore. the onl
: way ~ DO was as did -;
:, 20 where you were. There should b
!. hid from Won the fact that Erris Boyn
: was a traitor. This Is your right
In my mind. Looking back, I fee
: sure ! could have escaped Jail IL
. had told what knew of Erris BOVINE
4 and perhaps 1t would have been be,
ter. for should. no doubt, have bee
). acquitted. Yet ] could not have gan
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