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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Strange True Stories of Louisiana, by George Washington Cable
Title: Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Author: George Washington Cable
Release Date: June 10, 2004 [eBook #12577]
Language: English
Character set encoding: iso-8859-1
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STRANGE TRUE STORIESOF LOUISIANABY GEORGE W. CABLEAUTHOR OF "THE GRANDISSIMES," "BONAVENTURE," ETC. ILLUSTRATED 1890 TO MY FRIEND JAMES BIRNEY GUTHRIE
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| CONTENTS. | ||
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HOW I GOT THEM |
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THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR |
23 | |
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE. |
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| I. | The Two Sisters | 34 |
| II. | Making Up The Expedition | 37 |
| III. | The Embarkation | 43 |
| IV. | Alix Carpentier | 51 |
| V. | Down Bayou Plaquemine.—the Fight With Wild Nature | 55 |
| VI. | The Twice-married Countess | 61 |
| VII. | Odd Partners In The Bolero Dance | 65 |
| VIII. | A Bad Storm In A Bad Place | 69 |
| IX. | Maggie And The Robbers | 73 |
| X. | Alix Puts Away The Past | 80 |
| XI. | Alix Plays Fairy.—parting Tears. | 84 |
| XII. | Little Paris | 90 |
| XIII. | The Countess Madelaine | 94 |
| XIV. | "Poor Little Alix!" | 99 |
| XV. | The Discovery Of The Hat | 104 |
| XVI. | The Ball | 108 |
| XVII. | Picnic And Farewell | 116 |
ALIX DE MORAINVILLE |
121 | |
SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE. |
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| I. | Salome and her Kindred | 145 |
| II. | Six Months at Anchor | 148 |
| III. | Famine at Sea | 150 |
| IV. | Sold into Bondage | 155 |
| V. | The Lost Orphans | 159 |
| VI. | Christian Roselius | 162 |
| VII. | Miller Versus Belmonti | 163 |
| VIII. | The Trial | 169 |
| IX. | The Evidence | 173 |
| X. | The Crowning Proof | 178 |
| XI. | Judgment | |