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He told Blount of the discovery of Miss Lady living in the care of the old Frenchwoman, Madame Delchasse Miss Lady, as they had both more than suspected, none other than Louise Loisson, the mysterious dancer in the city of New Orleans; told of the plot which he was satisfied had been the motive of Henry Decherd in inducing Miss Lady to accompany him upon the steamer.
When Henry Decherd and I took the baby back to New Orleans, what was there to hinder my being Louise Ellison-Fanning, the widow of Robert Fanning? Decherd was my attorney. The old notary helped these supposed descendants of his friend. It was he who helped us find the lead lands in St. Francois County. The old notary was as much a lover of the old nobility as Raoul de Loisson was a flouter of it."
Oh, shall I never know shall I never understand why I am not myself!" Decherd caught her hands. "We shall not wait," said he, "we'll be married to-morrow." His voice trembled in a real emotion, although on his face there sat an uneasiness not easily read. "Dearest, forget all this," he repeated. "Go home and sleep, and to-morrow "
"If I had known all that was going on here, I wouldn't maybe have felt altogether easy about it." "Well, Miss Lady's going away helped Decherd. By this time he had to lighten cargo somewhere. We don't know about his first relations with Mrs. Ellison, and we don't know just how he got rid of her. Perhaps he didn't quite want to dispense with Mrs.
The confusion of these two names was one of the most singular legal blunders ever known in the South. It was this entanglement of the records that gave Henry Decherd his chance. "The Comte de Loisson was a widower, and he brought with him from France a young daughter.
I only know that we went out to Fanning's plantation sometime about the year 1877. Mr. Fanning was away in Texas, and there came news of his death somewhere down in the Rio Grande country, where he had gone to purchase cattle. I don't think his wife ever knew of his fate. Henry Decherd and I were there together at the plantation. "If I told you the truth now you would not believe it.
But, in some way, though I am easy to frighten, I don't seem easy to frighten from things that I think I ought to do." Knowing now that he had found obstacle in this girl's will not thus to be overcome, Decherd allowed his anger to get the better of him. "Go, then!" he cried brutally.
I need only say I was frightened, and I needed a friend, and I knew the Big House was the best home we were apt to have, and the safest place. It was a terrible situation down there, and only three of us knew. Of the three, Decherd was the only one who knew all the facts." "I'll say for him," said Eddring, "that his boldness was startling enough. He was a dangerous man." "Yes, he was dangerous.
"Why, Mr. Eddring," he went on, "he could stand in on both sides draw a salary from the company, an' divide with the niggers and the white folks that has claims against the road. It's easy, especially with the niggers, because they never do know what's going on, anyhow." Decherd puckered up his lips, and paused for a time in thought. Carson went on.
"Decherd," said Eddring, simply, "I want to talk to you. Come and sit down." They moved a pace or two forward, Eddring taking care that the other should sit facing the light which streamed through the glass doors of the cabin. "Stop! Decherd, I wouldn't do that." Eddring glanced at the hand which Decherd would have moved toward a weapon.
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