And in half an hour afterwards the whole party took leave
of Doctor Pierre St. Jean and his "institution in-comparable," and
set forth on their journey to New Orleans, whence in two days
afterwards they sailed for the North. And now, dear reader, let you
and I take the fast boat and get home before them, to see our little
Cap, and find out what adventures she is now engaged in, and how she
is getting on.
CHAPTER XXX.
CAPITOLA A CAPITALIST.
Plumed victory
Is truly painted with a cheerful look,
Equally distant from proud insolence
And sad dejection.
--MASSINGER.
How glad I am to get back to my little Cap, for I know very well,
reader, just as well as if you had told me, that you have been
grumbling for some time for the want of Cap. But I could not help
it, for, to tell the truth, I was pining after her myself, which was
the reason that I could not do half justice to the scenes of the
Mexican War.
Well, now let us see what Cap has been doing--what oppressors she
has punished--what victims she has delivered--in a word, what new
heroic adventures she has achieved.
Well, the trial of Donald Bayne, alias Black Donald, was over. Cap,
of course, had been compelled to appear against him. During the
whole course of the trial the court-room was crowded with a curious
multitude, "from far and near," eager to get sight of the notorious
outlaw.
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