| Subject: The New World - Part #20 |
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Date Posted: 14:20:36 06/08/03 Sun
PART #20
Bowregard arrived at the ship, tied his horse, and then walked the gangplank into the ship. He stowed his clothes, and then called the three men to his office. He told them they were going out to the Le Bleu plantation, and they would need to set up a diversion to draw the servants out of the main house. Bowregard said there was a cotton field to the south of the main house that would be set on fire. With the cotton being dry, it should ignite a fire that would draw attention from people within the main house. When the servants ran outside to put out the fire, Bowregard and his men would slip in the back way. Bowregard would lead them to the study where they would open the wall safe, remove the money, and place in a satchel. He told them they would also be taking paintings from the walls. They would have to be efficient with their time, and not be in the house longer then five or six minutes at the most. Bowregard felt they would be able to accomplish the robbery in that time, and then escape to the woods behind the main house where they would leave their horses.
As the men rode to the plantation, Bowregard asked them if they had any questions. Both said they understood completely. One of the men, called Adari, asked how Bowregard could be sure the money would be there. Bowregard assured him he had been given the information, and had every confidence they would find the money.
When they arrived at the plantation, they left their horses in the woods; and crept towards the main house. Bowregard gave the torch to Bo Cameroon and told him to move as quietly as possible to avoid attracting any attention. He was to light the torch, set the end of the cotton field on fire, and take off. Adari, Bowregard, and Oromo would enter the house from the back as soon as they heard the commotion, and saw the servants rushing out to put out the fire.
Bowregard watched as Bo walked calmly towards the cotton field. He was sure the cotton in the dry pods would ignite easily. Oromo was to make a circle and re-enter the woods where their horses were located, and they would join him as soon as they had stolen the money and the paintings.
Soon Bowregard could see smoke, and heard someone yelling, “Fire!” He saw several people running out of the house with what he presumed were wet towels and sacks. They ran across to the cotton field, and began beating on the burning cotton.
Bowregard and the other men quietly entered the main house from the back door. Bowregard looked around, but as he had suspected, everyone had left the house to fight the fire in the cotton field. He hurried to the study, went directly to the wall safe, turned the dial, opened the safe, and quickly removed the money placing it in the satchel. He quietly pointed to five paintings that were hanging on the wall. Each man took two paintings, and Bowregard took a small one that fit in the satchel nicely. They closed the wall safe, pushed the painting across the top, quietly left the house, and ran toward the woods where their horses and Oromo were waiting.
Once they had joined Oromo, they placed the paintings in sacks that were tied to the saddle horns, then mounted the horses and rode back toward town. No one spoke until they had gotten away from the plantation and were on the main road. Adari said, “Mr. Bowregard, how did you know all that money was in that safe?” Bowregard said, “To tell you the truth, I guessed that was where it was located.” Oromo said, “What are you going to do when Mr. Joshua, the lumber man gets back and finds his money gone?” Bowregard said, “There is no way that Joshua Sallier is going to find out we took that money. If I thought anyone of you would say anything about this, I would turn you in, and you would be facing the hempen rope. Now I really don’t think that any of us want to experience that, do we?” Adari said, “As long as I get the money I was promised for this job, you won’t have any problem from me.” Bowregard said, “I have never cheated you yet on what I owed you, have I?” “Adari said, “No Sir, you sure haven’t done that.” “Well, you can be assured, I am not going to start that now,” said Bowregard.
When they reached the ship, they carried the paintings on board, and Bowregard took them to his office. He said, “Men, I will be looking for buyers for these paintings, and whatever money is made from them will belong to you.” Oromo said, “How do you know they will sell, and what happens if you don’t get as much for them as you promised?” Bowregard laughed, “Don’t you worry, Oromo; these paintings will sell for far more then I promised you.”
To be continued...
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