The Project Gutenberg eBook, Strange True Stories of Louisiana, by George Washington Cable

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 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.
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[180]
XII.Before the Supreme Court[185]

THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET.
I.As It Stands Now[192]
II.Madame Lalaurie[200]
III.A Terrible Revelation[204]
IV.The Lady's Flight[212]
V.A New Use[219]
VI.Evictions[223]

ATTALIE BROUILLARD.
I.Furnished Rooms[233]
II.John Bull[236]
III.Ducour's Meditations[239]
IV.Proxy[243]
V.The Nuncupative Will[248]
VI.Men can be Better than their Laws[257]

WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH		[261]
I.Secession[262]
II.The Volunteers.—Fort Sumter[266]
III.Tribulation[269]
IV.A Beleaguered City[274]
V.Married[279]
VI.How it was in Arkansas[281]
VII.The Fight for Food and Clothing[285]
VIII.Drowned out and starved out[289]
IX.Homeless and Shelterless[296]
X.Frights and Perils in Steele's Bayou[302]
XI.Wild Times in Mississippi[308]
XII.Vicksburg[320]
XIII.Preparations for the Siege[326]
XIV.The Siege itself[334]
XV.Gibraltar falls[343]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
From photographs of the originals, in possession of Mr. George W. Cable.
"Tonton" [Frontispiece]
Some of the Manuscripts [1]
Part of François's First Page [34]
Part of First Page, "Alix Manuscript" [121]
The Court Papers [168]
The Entrance of the "Haunted House" [194]
Printed on Wall Paper in the Siege of Vicksburg [339]
Fac-simile of a Letter from Adj.-Gen. Thomas L. Snead [349]