Strange True Stories of Louisiana. George Washington Cable

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA.

       HOW I GOT THEM.

       1882-89.

       THE YOUNG AUNT WITH WHITE HAIR.

       1782.

       THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE.

       1795.

       I.

       THE TWO SISTERS.

       II.

       MAKING UP THE EXPEDITION.

       III.

       THE EMBARKATION

       IV.

       ALIX CARPENTIER

       V.

       DOWN BAYOU PLAQUEMINE—THE FIGHT WITH WILD NATURE

       VI.

       THE TWICE-MARRIED COUNTESS.

       VII.

       ODD PARTNERS IN THE BOLERO DANCE.

       VIII.

       A BAD STORM IN A BAD PLACE.

       IX.

       MAGGIE AND THE ROBBERS

       X.

       ALIX PUTS AWAY THE PAST.

       XI.

       ALIX PLAYS FAIRY.—PARTING TEARS.

       XII.

       LITTLE PARIS.

       XIII.

       THE COUNTESS MADELAINE.

       XIV.

       "POOR LITTLE ALIX!"

       XV.

       THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAT

       XVI.

       THE BALL.

       XVII.

       PICNIC AND FAREWELL.

       ALIX DE MORAINVILLE

       1773-95.

       SALOME MÜLLER,

       THE WHITE SLAVE.

       1818-45.

       I.

       SALOME AND HER KINDRED.

       II.

       SIX MONTHS AT ANCHOR.

       III.

       FAMINE AT SEA.

       IV.

       SOLD INTO BONDAGE.

       V.

       THE LOST ORPHANS.