Alice of Old Vincennes - Classic Reprint Author:Maurice Thompson ALICE OF OLD ViNCENNES CHAPTER I UNDER THE CHERRY TREE Up to the days of Indiana's early statehood, probably as late as 1825, there stood, in what is now the beautifullittle city of Vincennes on the Wabash, the decaying remnant of an old and curiously gnarled cherry tree, known as the Roussillon tree, Ie cerisier de :A1011,sieur Rou,ssilIon~ as ... more »the French inhabitants called it, which as long as it lived bore fruit remarkable for richness of ,flavor and peculiar dark ruby depth of color. The exact spot where this noble old seedling from la belle Fra1}ce flourished, declined, and died cannot be certainly ~pointed "out; for in the rapid and happy growth of Vincennes many land-marks once notable, among them le cerisier de M o Hsiettr Roussillon, have been destroyed and the spots vhcre they stood, once familiar to every eye in old Vincennes, are now lost in the pleasant confusion of the new town. The security of certain land titles may have largely depended upon the
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Contents; I; Under the Cherry Tree I; 11; A Letter from Afar 17; III; The Rape of the Demijohn 34; IV; The First l-1ayor of Vincennes 49; V; Father Gibault 68; VI; A Fencing Bout 86; VII; The IVlayor's Party 104; VIII; The Dilemma of Captain Helm 122; IX; The Honors of War [43; X; M Roussillon Entertains Colonel Han1ilton 163; XI; A Sword and a Horse Pistol 183; Contents; XII; l1anon Lescaut, and a Rapier-Thrust 203; XIII; A Meeting in the Vilderness 223; XIV; A Prisoner of Love 245; XV; Virtue in a Locket 263; XVI; Father Beret's Old Battle 280; XVII; A March through Cold vVater 302; XVIII; A Duel by Moonlight 320; XIX; The Attack 339; XX; Alice's Flag 359; XXI; Some Transactions in Scalps 380; XXII; Clark Advises Alice 402; XXIII; And So It Ended 417