title: Dark Tales: from Cajun Bayous
author: Lyman J Wilson
description: Lyman J. Wilson was raised on the banks of a bayou in south Louisiana. He traces his ancestry back to the Acadians who were forced out of Nova Scotia by the British. Many of those French speaking Acadians settled in Louisiana and became known as Cajuns. They lived along the bayous of the state fishing, hunting, and trapping. Lyman attended the University of Louisiana in Lafayette and received a BA degree. The then went on to the University of Mississippi and received a MA degree in education. He lives on the banks of the Teche bayou, where he has lived all his life.
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  # Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### William Gilmore Simms
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. THE STERILE PROSPECT AND THE LONELY
  
  
  TRAVELLER.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE ENCOUNTER—THE CHEVALIER
  
  
  D'INDUSTRIE.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. YOUNG LOVE—THE RETROSPECT.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. A RUPTURE—THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. MARK FORRESTER—THE GOLD VILLAGE.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. CODE AND PRACTICE OF THE REGULATORS.
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE YANKEE OUTWITS THE LAWYER.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. NEW FRIENDS IN STRANGE PLACES.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. MORE OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE BLACK DOG.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. FOREST PREACHING.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. TROUBLE AMONG THE TRESPASSERS.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. NEW PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. CATASTROPHE—COLLETON'S DISCOVERY.
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. CLOSE QUARTERS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. CONSPIRACY—WARNING.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. REMORSE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. PARTING AND FLIGHT.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. MIDNIGHT SURPRISE.
  
  
  CHAPT