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Standing near the rhymster, story-writer and journalist, was a tall young man, dressed in creole fashion. He followed the glances of Straws' questioners and a pallor overspread his dark complexion as he looked at the object of their attention. "The stroller!" he exclaimed half audibly. "Her counterpart doesn't exist." He stepped back where he could see her more plainly.
The Creole was a vessel engaged in the domestic slave trade. In 1841 this ship, bound for New Orleans, was seized by the slaves on board, who killed its crew and carried it into the port of Nassau. The local courts punished some of the negroes as murderers and set the others free. Speaking for the American Government, Webster demanded of England an apology and compensation for the slaves.
And the same with Dubroca and with Castanado Ducatel he's different he's come into that antique businezz by his mizfortune and he's oh, he's all right only he's not of the same inspiration to be of that li'l' clique. He's up-town Creole and with the up-town Creole mind. And those De l'Isle' they also got a son, and Mme.
Edward Gottschalk, who came to America in his young manhood and settled in New Orleans, and his wife, a French Creole lady, had five children, of whom the future pianist was the eldest, born in 1829. His feeling for music manifested itself when he was three years old by his ability to play a melody on the piano which he had heard.
"He was to have got here three days ago," said Mary, shutting the glass and gazing in anxious abstraction across the prairie. The Spanish Creole grunted. "When win' change, he goin' start. He dawn't start till win' change. Win' keep ligue dat, he dawn't start 't all."
Take the purse, man!" "Indeed, Monsieur, I cannot after what I pardon me if you knew " "Then must I play for you remember the purpose that brought us here! Remember Aurore!" "Oh!" This ejaculation, wrung from my heart, was the only answer I could make, before the young Creole had turned to the faro-table, and was placing his gold upon the cards.
It will be recollected that the poet Burns passed a whole day in taking leave of his "Highland Mary," when he had made his arrangements for going to the West Indies and obtaining a situation as overseer on a sugar plantation. Very few cases ever came to my knowledge where a creole, a white person born and "brought up" in the West Indies, was engaged on an estate in any capacity.
By some such route as that at least one trader, a French creole, agent of the firm of Bryant & Morrison at Kaskaskia, had penetrated to the Spanish lands as early as 1804, while Lewis and Clark were still absent in the upper wilderness.
He felt his pulse spasmodic, terribly rapid. Could it possibly ? ... No: this must be some pernicious malarial fever! The Creole does not easily fall a prey to the great tropical malady, unless after a long absence in other climates. True! he had been four years in the army!
I prom " On the uncle's side of the fence a quick step brought a newcomer, a Creole of maybe twenty-nine years, member of his new staff, in bright uniform: "Ah, Général, yo' moze ob-edient! Never less al-lone then when al-lone? 'T is the way with myseff "
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