The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-07-20


the flash Of carriage wheels, sleel
coated animals turning among ii
bright-coated gentlemen and shoutin
hostlers, there came one BROW
skinned fellow tugging to hold back
spirited steed. Unsteadily, as b
chance he was jerked ON by the hors
the groom finally held up at the bar
quette of broad stones on which stoo
the idle candle seller. To him til
| groom muttered:
Monsieur Almonaster is here. Fl
thought 1t best. They glbe him round
ly about the affair Lafitte, but he Pre-
tests-he has given half his plantatIo
force to the military and the cit
guard who are beating out the wood
for the stolen lady. He has dc
nounced as deeply as any against tn
outrage-and he thought 1t best t
come join the gallants. How goes II
Gorgio?"
with the few of us In town-well
And. be assured. across the river tn
Captain Jean will have his fellow
ready Be on. nowl You must no
talk to me overlong. Only, Teton. W,
idle here, armed and watchful-and
word from your master"
"Monsieur de Almonaster is to sent
word by mel am to hang abou
drinking with the servants at our side
Misunderstanding
"Word must come In time-befort
the party leaves for the ship-wt
must know that an hour before"
my master will be assured. The
fun grows furious alreaGy-it will be
drawn ere they think of supper on the
Seraphine."
BE gonel Here comes one of the
police guardl"
The quarter-blood groom led on De
Almonaster's horse. And again the
candle seller raised his monotonoue
cry down the rue Royale. And from
the river end of Antoine's alley wan
dered another figure; at the deep en-
try to the Padres house, midway In
the tree-shaded obscurity. the old An
dalusian beggar sank on the stones
with sigh-and adjusted the pair of
pistols at his belt to more ease.
When Gorgio wandered this way
again, the vagrant seemed asleep.
the rue de la Levee-by the first mar
ket stall, there might await Gus
toner. Thou art too noisy at the best
for the Padres street, eh-Frere
Dlable?"
Custom is bad at least" retorted
Gorgio, "but you-the police will
harry you on as we'll"
Not with Padre Antoine, my good
friend above at his book" growled the
other. do as l bid was sent"
And on idled the candle man, with
his owl-cry to the galleried homes.
Under the thick arches Of the ancient,
market he bantered hoarsely about the,
cabbage and fowl stalls. At this hour
he market was little visited and few
Sept open. A few lazy Indian women
md mulattoes grumbled back at Core
;io's jests; an early cart or twor
'acked in to unload for the morrow'sc
BUSINESS, and it was to one of these, 0
IN which a trio of trucksters smoked
dly, that the old man came.
They shot down dark, inscrutable, :.
lances.
"Pierre," muttered Gorgio, "you are :,
n charge Of these?"
"In all, sixteen of us, sleeping about =
he stalls" came in the patois. "The =
olice guards note nothing. But of
he fellows who must cross by the
liver, there is delay. What was theoi
our?" W
ut cannot be set to moment Ats,
lidnight the ball must have takenh
very idler from the plaza to crowdbl
bout and cape at the gentry. Savehi
'r the cursed lights about the ship
self, all would be clear. 1t must be
'uch and board quickly" ~
1.-TWO Of Johanness' men are already uh
llisted in the crew. They report all On
ell, save that old Bossiere fussestn
bout the tables on the deck-there
shts and wine and cuisine keep the
rvants all astir." of
HE Will go to the ball later. Asa
OF the Napoleon expedl- eli
IN, and the affair in honor of the
'raphine's departure On next weeks
lie, the young braves will have him IA
the wbirl - in.
Monsieur de Almonaster's groom Isle
fetch the first word to mel to Pc
r, the beggar. who plays the sot onde
e steps of the Padres house l1efo,
you In the market-then you to thete,
ltern signal under the rue Toulouserh
!. men .ne sA poats snooepal
the first commotion as they swing
Dard, your fellows rush openly fromno'
; market, cast off the mooring lines cry
join. 1t is overheard with any ror
10 oppose" ha'
Lai
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