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Tonton: From a portrait now in the possession of Mme. Veuve Alcibiade De Blanc

STRANGE TRUE STORIES

OF LOUISIANA

BY GEORGE W. CABLE

AUTHOR OF "THE GRANDISSIMES," "BONAVENTURE," ETC.


ILLUSTRATED


1890


TO MY FRIEND JAMES BIRNEY GUTHRIE
CONTENTS.
  Page

HOW I GOT THEM
1

THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR
23

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE.
 
I.The Two Sisters34
II.Making Up The Expedition37
III.The Embarkation43
IV.Alix Carpentier51
V.Down Bayou Plaquemine.—the Fight With Wild Nature55
VI.The Twice-married Countess61
VII.Odd Partners In The Bolero Dance65
VIII.A Bad Storm In A Bad Place69
IX.Maggie And The Robbers73
X.Alix Puts Away The Past80
XI.Alix Plays Fairy.—parting Tears.84
XII.Little Paris90
XIII.The Countess Madelaine94
XIV."Poor Little Alix!"99
XV.The Discovery Of The Hat104
XVI.The Ball108
XVII.Picnic And Farewell116

ALIX DE MORAINVILLE
121

SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE.
I.Salome and her Kindred145
II.Six Months at Anchor148
III.Famine at Sea150
IV.Sold into Bondage155
V.The Lost Orphans159
VI.Christian Roselius16
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