Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-12-19


payne bubbles; then the lauph,no
groups scattered. But about Cantain
nosslere flushed youths clamored on.
DeVll take the dances Monsieur
Glrod's banquet awaits us on the Sierra.
phlne. Let's finish the night there"
ana score Of young men took Nm
the cry. De Marigny came crowdins
to Raoul's side. "Come, there! You-
FELIX, La Barre-all of you! You can
uance on the decks-but no women
mind! This is a secret session of the
Napoleon plotw
Yes, and you with us. De Almonas-
ter! You are a third hacker of the
enterprise since you took over the
baroness interests"
lie Almonaster started as the lest
Ing groups closed about him. II wos
put eleven o'clock! The conspirators
across the river would never dream
that the MISUNDERSTANDING wouId
quit the ball so early! He began TO
protest as the youth streamed to the
street. But one glance at the gold
laced hat Of the Seraphine's COM
mander now leading the way. and
Raoul whirled back and to the court
yard where the servants awaited.
At his low hail his groom CANA
watchfully. "Teton, the ball is break
Ing up! With all speed the word ia
the MARKET"
Inc octoroon vanished silently.
Raoul turned back through the ball.
room, his heart beating wildly. He
wondered If any saw his perturbation.
1t was too late to warn the Barata.
rians that the plans had changed. Al
ready, far across the rue Royale past
the cathedral to the Place d'Armes.
the ar1stocrats were troopina. un-
armed, save for their swords Of fash
ion, to encounter unsuspectingly the
desperate renegades of Laf1tte sum-
moned again from their deep swamp
refugees.
Madness !" the young man NUT
tered. "They are ascending the gang
way! The plot is lost Sazarac will
not dare lead his swamp bandits TO
face the gentlemen of the city already
at their banquet SeatS!"
He fingered irresolutely and then
went to the Plaza. If he could find
one of the spies who had been all eve
ming watching the course of events Mt
the revel and passing the word, mouth
to mouth, out to the upper levee so
that the Baratarians across the river
might be apprised, he could, even yet,
ward off a disastrous failure.
But nowhere did he find one whom
he could trust as being in the con-
spiracy. The groups of idling mar
ket men had scattered from the stalls
The crowd on the rue de la Levee,
gathered to watch this outdoor revel
of the Observation-Disclosures of tina
Napoleon ship, was thickening. Along
the roped path between these onlook-
ers the gold hat Of Captain Bossiere
moved with the gallants cheering in
his wake. The gay rosettes and Ian
terms festooning the ships rigging re-
f1ected upon the yellow flood murmur-
ing along her side.
81 must be seen with them" MUIR
INJURED De Almonaster. "It is a sorry
joke. Sazarac dare not face this revel
to seize ship-no, not for all his
lovesi"
He found his place to the right OF
Commander Bossiere. De Marigny
had started song of the day among
the flushed youths near him:
mo Paimin vous
CONNIE cochon amin la boue!"
"Ah" shouted one, catching sight
Of De Almonaster; and he translated
the doggerel for young American en-
sign: 81 love you as little pig loves
the mudp 1t must be Raoul, seeing
that he loves the Barataria swamps."
Raoul smiled; but his glance was
out from the quarterback awnings to
the yellow, silent flood Of the mighty
river Big honest Commander Bos-
siere, real seaman oddly ont of place
among the laughing youths, was I'M
steady from the toasts he had drunk.
"And there" cried La Barrc, "comes
another guest who must love the mud,
SGOluS IlIdL lC AOIlS III IL
The guests shouted as another be-
lated one cane unsteadily down the
carpeted gangway to the deck. Jarvis,
it was, the towns profligate, whose
hours tribute to his lady had turned
to Bacchus promptly with the clock.
The first bohemian of the FrencA
quarter raised his hand. In it was
staff with folded colors. And behind
him marched six grim fellows in tar
paulin hats, red shirts and the new
tight pants Of the period, cutlassed
and pistoled, who, without word, took
position along the rail, and came to
salute as Jarvis bawled a hooking
order.
The flushed aristocrats stared, then
cheered, when the hummer pirates
broke to hoarse song, Creole air of
the day:
'.Di TENS NJ sieu LATTE,
Ye te menin monde la baguette--
Tho puaSts seized IL in glee An.