Outing . They weremen without a country, or a conscience,respect for law, or any hope in life be-yond the gratification of lust and ap-petite. They knew well the exhilarationthat comes to wild souls in deadly con-flict, and defiance of law and authoritywas the chief feature of their chosenoccupation. Yet Jean Lafitte ruledthem. They spoke of him as the oldman. They addressed him as were his friends as well as his fol-lowers. A silent man he, but by no meanssullen or devoid of humor. When Gov-ernor Claiborne offered a reward of $5,-000 for his head, Lafitte offered $50,000for the hea
Outing . They weremen without a country, or a conscience,respect for law, or any hope in life be-yond the gratification of lust and ap-petite. They knew well the exhilarationthat comes to wild souls in deadly con-flict, and defiance of law and authoritywas the chief feature of their chosenoccupation. Yet Jean Lafitte ruledthem. They spoke of him as the oldman. They addressed him as were his friends as well as his fol-lowers. A silent man he, but by no meanssullen or devoid of humor. When Gov-ernor Claiborne offered a reward of $5,-000 for his head, Lafitte offered $50,000for the head of the governor, and wordedhis advertisement in a way that set everyreader, including the governor, laugh-ing. A sly story or a flash of Frenchsaved many a blow, but when a blowwas needed it came with crushing a pirate chief and guilty notonly of the blood his sailors shed but ofblood shed by his own hand, he was byno means lacking in some of the qual-ities that go to the making of a
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