The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-18

the field and at last burst into a low
ceiled room, where found the miserable
little Frenchman and my missing com
panion.
oh, you ran away thenw I said to
Flint.
eyes," he said quietly; "I thought
it best not to awaken you.''
$50 you left me to be murdered, per-
"That was what I wanted to avoid"
he said. saw that he was pale, and his
hands shook little, 81 shall push on to
Chatelousse at daybreak," he said.
thought you had more nerve,
Flint" I replied. 81 wouldn't myself
sleep in that house again to be junior
partner with Frost & Co.. but that is no
reason for neglecting business opportuni-
ties. From few words / exchanged
with that tall trapper-I think they call
him Cameron"
eyes," said Flint, with sudden eager
ness; "what about him?'
think he can put me in the way of
lucrative stroke of business here"
Chow? In what way?" said Flint.
SIN the trapping way, of course" /
The light died out of Flint's face He
sank back in his chair, and stroked his
thin beard contemplatively.
"Suppose you remain here, then, till /
come back" he said. 81 shan't be gone
more than two or three days."
All right" said with alacrity. In
truth, Ihated to leave Marie.
At daybreak Flint drove away, with
stable boy of Bernard's for guide.
"He's the last man in the world Pd
take to be such coward" / said to the
tall trapper, Cameron, some hours later
on. / invited him to breakfast with me,
and related to him our adventures of
the previous night. 81 don't know any
thing about ghosts" [ said, "but | GER
tainly heard the metallic clanking of
footstep, too, mounting the stairs; and
as fled down, phantom like form dis
appeared before my very eyes in the
hallway"
There are more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamt of in our phi
losophy," said Cameron. Cali we can
do is to keep clear conscience and lead
stainless lives" He went on talking in
this way until | began to look upon him
as kind of evangelist. His face had
the guileless look of an infant, and yet
he had keen eye and brain for bust
ness. He explained to me a method of
curing skins which was very interesting.
Even Marie paused at her work and
listened to him. Her eyes were fixed
upon his face with an eager, yearning
expression, SO beautiful that | wondered
it did not attract his notice; but he was
absorbed in his subject.
That short Canadian day was the
sweetest of my life Before nightfall |
was fully persuaded there was but one
woman in the world for me; but all
could get Marie to say in return was.
ooh, monsieur" This she repeated
over and over again, each time with a
different infection, till it formed whole
sweet language in itself
A nightfall of the second day Flint
came back, looking rather pale and
worn. He said the air was freezing; he
hoped it would be milder in the morn
ing; that he must get off as early as pos
sible
eff you go on the morrow, Flint" l
said, you'll have to go alone. l must
remain awhile"
~ shall go alone" said Flint, 81
shall have plenty of company. But
why must you remain?"
/ didn't care to speak about Marie to
man like Flint, but | told him of the
opening in trade offered me by Cameron,
"The tall fellow with a blonde
beard?" said Flint, going over and shut
ting our chamber door Then he came
close to me and whispered in my ear,
He is the leader of the gang. Hush.
be quiet; don't reply. Ihave unearthed
a troop of counterfeiters. | saw them at
work that night in the haunted house
They are the ghosts of Chatelousse. In
six hours we shall have help. To-mor-
row we shall start off together, Bernard
gave them up. That was my business
out here"
"Trapping?" l said.
Exactly" said Flint. "In Is hours
everything will be ready The officers
will come armed; be prepared. And the
willy Jesuit slipped out the open door
/ sat there for I don't know how long,
completely stunned and bewildered.
When | gathered my senses again, /
resolved upon one thing-not to 90 with
out Marie. We could get married at the
nearest town. l would not leave her in
this wilderness with her traitor OF a
father, perhaps to fall prey to some
early vengeance from an unseen hand.
| sought her out, and found her feeding
the fowls in the court yard-a gray dove
perching upon her shoulders, and a
turkey-cock stretching his red neck and
strutting by her side. l drew her under
the archway.
"Mariel Marie!" [ said, "yeu know
how love you'll"
ooh, monsieur" she said, hanging
her sweet head.
"Listen to me, Marie" | said; "be no
longer a child, | entreat of you. You
must go away with me tomorrow morn
ing. At the nearest town we will be
married. | will not leave you behind
me. There will be trouble, | am afraid.
A gang of ceunterfeitrrs have been dis
covered over in the haunted house; Cam
eron is their chief. You have thought
these men to be honest trappers, Marie,
but they are counterfeiters my own one,
and they are the ghosts of Chatelousse
A few hours more, and we shall have
help. They will be caught, Marie" ]
stopped, for I found that she was grow
ing deadly pale. Her hands dropped al
her side; the wheat fell out of her apron
upon the ground; the fowls came after
it. She grew whittier and whittier, till the
was like the snow outside the stone wall
My God, my GodW she repeated, clasp
ing her hands. | tried to take her in