Excerpt from Lovers of Louisiana (to-Day) In 1914, lengthened far out to Bayou Saint John, with its two separate roadways and a grassy tree planted parkway between them, it still was socially best among the score of streets, once so short, Of the Old franco-spanish City. One of its most attractive dwellings, Of brick under a rich brown stucco, was near Rampart Street. It may be gone now. It was Of three stories, the first sixteen feet high, the second twelve. That was for coolness. A dozen yards back from the sidewalk, in courtly dig nity, Without a blemish of architectural parade, this fair home awaited its visitors' approach through a gate of wrought-iron Openwork in a wall eight feet high, also Of brown stucco and covered, the 'year round, with climbing roses. Along the wall's coping ran an iron balustrade patterned to match the gate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.