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Before I could even cry out to hio white and put his hands over his head, the while his

da toward the tent--Ji her not to get a gun, else her life's blood

would dye the strand

Here, noas a pretty pickle for a sworn servant of the law to aid

in inative

youths, and I no less than accessory, to boot; for, surely, I had

given them aid and violent counsel in this dra so naturally, if not so nobly I hastened over to Lafitte and

called loudly to L'Olonnois, and commanded Partial to drop the renewed

encounter with the cla, which now, also, swiftly threatened

us So, in a moment or two, I restored peace

I held out my hand to the clammer "I didn't know you seen me," said

he simply; and placed in my hand three pearls, either of them worth

est and best I

had ever seen--it is the pearl famous as the "Belle Helène," the

finest ever taken in fresh waters in America, so it is said by

Tiffany's

I looked at him quietly, and handed him back all but the one pearl "I