Kirjahaku

Le r cit de l'aventure de Pierre Beaujour et de Jean De Lacroix d crit la situation terrifiante des r fugi s ha tiens. Pierre et Jean voulaient conna tre un meilleur sort mais des obstacles formidables leur barraient le passage, les acculant la ruine et la mort. Tout commen a une nuit de Juin, au d but de l' t . Pierre et Jean quittaient Ha ti la recherche de la fortune. Dans un autre pays, ils esp raient r aliser leur r ve de libert et de bien- tre conomique. La Mirabelle, bateau faisant la navette entre Ha ti et les Bahamas, fut le principal th tre de leur trag die. Au coeur de la nuit, les deux amis prirent place sur le bateau destination de Nassau. Ils travaill rent dans l' le pendant huit ans et accumul rent assez d'argent pour retourner dans leur pays. Une fois de plus, ils d cid rent de voyager sur le navire; mais une surprise mortelle les attendait: Jean est tu et Pierre, gri vement bless , est abandonn la mer. Les parents des deux jeunes hommes connurent des heures d'angoisse indescriptible. Chantale, la fianc e de Jean, fut particuli rement touch e par les v nements. Ce dernier revenait en Ha ti pour l' pouser. Dans la ville de Port-de-Paix, leur histoire d'amour devint l gendaire. Au cours des d bats publics organis s pour exercer des pressions sur les autorit s afin de les porter arr ter les coupables, Chantale devint la muse des po tes de la ville. Gobino Chalamar p re, le propri taire de La Mirabelle, avait des relations politiques lui permettant de poser impun ment des actes crapuleux. Lors de leur travers e vers Nassau, les deux jeunes hommes avaient voyag en sa compagnie et avaient fait l'exp rience de sa rage et de son arrogance. A leur retour vers Ha ti, Gobino Chalamar fils tait le capitaine du bateau. Sadique comme son p re, le jeune marin montra un d dain incroyable de la vie humaine. Jean et Pierre se trouvaient sous sa protection et tomb rent victimes de sa cruaut . Leur histoire m morable a t l'origine d' v nements extraordinaires dans la ville de Port-de-Paix. Sous la pression populaire, les autorit s prirent les dispositions n cessaires pour arr ter les coupables. Honnis de leurs compatriotes, ces derniers subirent les cons quences d'une action criminelle qui causa beaucoup de troubles travers la r gion. Ayant chapp miraculeusement la mort, Pierre narra l'aventure effroyable au cours de laquelle il faillit perdre la vie. Son r cit bouleversant claira les habitants de Port-de-Paix sur les actions horribles des coyotes de la mer.

Hidden on a bushy hillock, Garry scrutinized the perimeter surrounding a construction site, east of the American Mall. A morning breeze gusted through the landscape and his hands, wrapped around a rifle, sweated cold. From time to time, he raised a telescope and focused on the massive building facing the hillock: The Hauss & Caust Bank. There, behind a wall, his brother Edward was on the lookout with a gun in his hand. What about Peter and Jonass? He envisioned them in a ditch, small, frail, and fearful. What a moment for the Conway brothers Further they went back in memory, less they understood why they had followed the path of such a terrible criminal career. Garry remembered the trauma of his first years as an outlaw. As in a dream, he saw himself chained with robbers and killers and heard the prosecutor's voice enumerating his criminal offenses. Arrest, trial, and prison, the familiar images of his life, formed a heartbreaking collection of shame and infamy. He had a poignant sense of moral failure and, suddenly, wept like a child. The images of his past displayed a film describing the story of a heartless bastard. The expression of his face softened until the armored car appeared on the perimeter surrounding the construction site; he then became stern and steely. Raising the telescope, he lay down under a bush and took his gun.

The breathtaking narrative of the deadly assault on Jean De Lacroix and Pierre Beaujour aboard the ship La Mirabelle exposes the terrifying experience of boat people desperately searching for a way out of oppression and poverty. The two young men wanted a better life but they encountered insurmountable obstacles that forced them to face ruin and death. In the middle of the night, in a situation of extreme peril, they left Haiti for the Bahamas. La Mirabelle, a ship that ran an illegal business between the two nations, was the principal scene of their tragedy. The two friends were aware of the danger looming over the heads of boat people; but despite the risk to being robbed or even killed, they decided to make the trip. Under the cover of darkness, in a group of more than one hundred people, they left for Nassau. After horrendous suffering, they finally reached their destination. They worked on the island for eight years and accumulated enough money allowing them to return to their country. Because of problems associated with the political situation in Haiti, once again, they traveled aboard La Mirabelle headed by a new shipmaster. But a deadly surprise awaited them: Jean is killed and Pierre, seriously wounded, is left to die in the ocean. Their parents experienced a terrible ordeal. Chantale, Jean's fianc e, was deeply troubled by the tragic event. Jean was coming back to marry her. She quickly grew into a source of inspiration for the city's poets and their love story became a legendary tale. Gobino Chalamar Sr, the owner of La Mirabelle, had political resources allowing him to commit abusive actions with impunity. During the trip to the Bahamas, the two friends had experienced his rage and arrogance. On the way back to Haiti, Gobino Chalamar Jr, his son, was the shipmaster. Jean and Pierre fell victim to the young captain's shrewdness and cruelty. Their tragic adventure had given way to extraordinary events in the city of Port-de-Paix. Under popular pressure, government authorities took appropriate police measures to apprehend the people guilty of that horrible crime. Pursued by soldiers of the Haitian Army, they were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to long prison terms.