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Show 192 Til£ LII,Y AND Tlf£ TOTE~r. "tlu~y arc no authors of seditions-no rebels unto the king's ser~ vice. Ye appeili to them in vain." A corps of t!Jirty ~olcliers with their matehloel•s re:1dy1 and under the command of Alphonse D'Erluch, who had returned fmm his lnd iun expedition, and who now stood ready and prompt to execute th t! ord ers of the chief, were, pedmps,morc potcut in silencing the appeal of the mutineer, and c1uieting tl1e acti\•e sympatlJics of those to wl10m he prayed, than all the words of Lau~ douuicre. Dut, at the entreaty of l1is people, the form of punishment was changed, and the criminals, instead of perishing by the rope, met their death from tlJC matchlock. Among the vic~ thus of this necessary justice, were three of the original conspi~ rators, and the ringleader, Stephen le Gcnt!vois. Thus ends the history of one of our roviug vessels. The other, commanded by Bertrand Conferrent, which we parted with, on her progress towards the Lucayos, was uc\'er heard of after, and probably perished in the deeps, with all her besotted crew. Let us now leave the ocean, aud follow, for a season, the progress of Alphonse D'Erlaeh upon the land, and into the territories of ParacouSili llostaqua. XVI. 'l'll8 ADVENTURE 011 D'ERLACII. h was in sullen and half resentful mood that Alphonse D'Arlach parwd from ilis superior at the gates of La Caroli1u.. Not that be felt any chagrin because of an outraged self-esteem, on account of his rejected counsels. His mortification and annoyance arose from his vexation at leaving a man in the hands of his enemies, wlJOm l1e could not persuade of his danger, and who wa~, by this very proceeding, depriving himself of the only me11ns with which he may have safely combated their hostility. It was probably with a justifiable sense of his own efficiency, that D'Erlach felt how neceS~>ary was his presence in the garrison at this juncture. lie was quite familiar with tlJC vanity of Lnudonniere, l1is se\•eral wcnkncsses of character, and the facility with wl1ich he might be deluded by the selfish and the artful. Dut he had counselled him in vain ; and it was with n feeling somewhat allied to scorn, tlmt he was taught to see that his superior, having hitherto regarded him with something more tl1an friendship-as a fav orite indeed-had now, in consequence of the most important sen· iccs, begun to look upon him somewhat in the light of a ri\·al. \\-e have witncsseJ the last intcn·icw betwel'n them. \Vc are already iu possession of the events which followed the absence 9 |