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"There is nothing like dressing the part of the shipwrecked," said I. "For myself, these same flannels will do." "Pshaw!" said young L'Olonnois, "suppose she does pitch a little it ain't any worse'n on the Mauretania when we went across. I ain't scared, are you, John?" "No," replied Jean Lafitte shyly. He was almost overawed with the ladies. But I liked the look of his eye now.
Never had ambitious villany been more successful. A Just Reward When L'Olonnois and his buccaneers entered the town of Gibraltar they found that the greater part of the inhabitants had fled, but there were many people left, and these were made prisoners as fast as they were discovered.
"Let me carry it, Hiro," said I; and I tucked it under my own arm. "Good!" exclaimed L'Olonnois. "Then you are going with us? And did you write the letters that you promised us?" "I always keep my word." "And it'll be all right back home about mother and the boat? I'll give you my six dollars!" "There is no need.
So, this morning, after that rare and unconventional meeting on the after deck, one easily may see how much I wished all Gaul were divided into but two parts, and that the occupants of the reserved after cabin would come to lunch in the saloon with their captors, Black Bart, Jean Lafitte and Henri L'Olonnois.
At this moment L'Olonnois saw, through the open door, a red squirrel which scampered up a tree. At once he forgot all about his Auntie Helen and scampered off in pursuit, followed presently by Lafitte. This gave me time to decide upon a plan.... At last, I lifted my head again.... Why not, then?
Jean Lafitte," said I at length, rousing myself from the old habit of reverie, of which I had chiefest dread; "and you, Henri L'Olonnois, scourges of the main, both of you, listen! I have a plan to put before you, my hearties." "Say on, Sirrah!" rejoined the younger pirate, so promptly and so gravely that again I had much to do to refrain from sudden mirth. "Why then, look ye," I continued.
I do not know that there were any companies formed in those days for the prosecution of buccaneering, but I am quite sure that if there had been, their shares would have gone up to a very high figure. The Story of L'Olonnois the Cruel
But although a great many of the poor, miserable, unfortunate citizens were captured and brought back to the town, there was found upon them very little money, and but few jewels or ornaments of value. And now L'Olonnois began to prove how much worse his presence was than any other misfortune which could have happened to the town.
With one look at the gasoline tank to assure himself that all was well, he made fast the painter of the old Sea Rover, and even as L'Olonnois with grim determination planted the Jolly Rover above our bows, and as I tossed aboard the cargo of our former craft, Lafitte cranked her up with master hand, threw in the gear, and with a steady eye headed her for midstream, where town marshals may not come.
These bloody pirates had always conquered in their desperate fights because they were so reckless and so savage, but now they had fallen among thoroughbred savages, more cruel and more brutal and pitiless than themselves. Nearly all the buccaneers were killed, and L'Olonnois was taken prisoner.
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