The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-31
TIE PILOTS STORY.


ply the River st. Lawrence and are
known TO tourists from Montreal and
Quebec to Rimouski:
So you would like to know why scare
at that hcadland? You notice that capeg
Yes. Corlett's cape, we call it, and bad
place it used to be You notice the iigh',,
house. that stands there Yes. Wen, l
lived by that headland long before the
lighthouse was built matter OF nearly
ffty years AGO | hate that same Cor.
let's cape. though never heard tell OF
moro than one wreck II happened after
tho lighthouse was built. but the lights
were put out. and put out on purpose.
too. It's well nigh forty years since. but
remembers il as If it were but yesterday
There was then ll,tle bit Of settle
mont down near the I0!th of the creek,
which voa may have ndshced empties into
the river inst above the cape. There
werr't many people lived there, and the
biggest and most important man in the
place was Charlie Corlett. He was
North Of England man, I've heard tell,
and ANYHOW he owned every acre OF land
and every stick of timber for miles
around Besides. at that time, COrlett's
was the only grist and lumber mill within
hundred miles in any direction. Then
he owned a fast little scbOoner-cbOUt
tho only one that traded % tho settle
nent. making trips up and down tho
river, between Quebec and the provinces.
Although Corlctt was a rich man for those
DAYS, lie was fond Of sailing ana had 9
notion TO rn the schooner himself.
Charlie Corlett would have passed Tor a
handsome man anywhere and he was BY
l7nr odds. the finest bli.t man IN tho set
tlcment But Charlie had terrible TEN
Der. lie was 80 used % having his own
way that whom anything or anybody
thwaIted him he was regular Gevl IN
his fierce. unreasonable anger
When the lighthouse was built n young
Trnnclrau from Three Rivers Was put in
cbarro ms keeper He was a fno young
fellow. and if Ire was not so handsome nor
SO rich as Charlie COrlett he was liked a
good deal better 10y the boys.
Corlett was some ten or twelve years
older than young Hector Bapt;ste, bat, as
luck would have it, they both fell in love
with the same woman. Indeed, that was
hardly to be wondered at. seeing that
Lizzie Lenox was the only pretty, mar
. riareable white woman in the settlement.
Both mon loved the girl well and sincerely
and both made her an honorable O!Ier Of
marriage OF course Lizzie couldn't
marry both Of them. and strange As
everybody thought il. che chose Hector.
The cautain. as we all called C0rlett. was
furious with rage and he tried in every
way lee could think 0t 90 induce The girl
to change her mind. lie argued with her
in vain. and taon threatened % Use his
e.N
Hector turned cut Of the lighthouse.
Then he brought costly presents from
Quebec and ST. JONAS, which liz1ie re-
fused to accept. The simple fact was
that Lizzie never liked the captain. and
the more Ice tried 10 WIN her love. the
closer shc stuck 90 Daptis'e.
was al that tine sailing with Capt
C0rlett and know him pretty we'll. One
day he came down 90 the ettlement, after
three weeks trip 10 llalifaE. and round
th0t Hector Bap.iste and Lizzie LenoX
were married Although the captain
didn't say very much | could tell thJt he
tool, il badly 10 heart, and saw q look in
his eyes that | didn't fancy very well
Two days later, towards evening, we
slipped out ii the creek. bound for Mon
treal We hadn't got more than milo
past the paint when the captain ordered
the mate 10 down sails ana lay TO- He
said he had forgotten something and told
me to get out the yawl and run him
ashore. When we were in the boat he
says to ne. Pierre" he says, Il saved
your life once, didn't r.
Eyes, cap" says land he did; he
Jumped overheard for me when fell from
aloft two years before.
"Wcll says be. zone good turn de
serveSRnother doesn't it? Now you just
keep q yourself whatever you may hap
pen to see tonight I'm goin up to the
lighthouse to settle an old score"
For Gods sake cap" says |, don't
do anything you'll be sorry for"
"That's all right" he says; "you
needn't be afeard. I'm goin' to give that
French puppy piece Of mind, and per
haps licking. that's all"
And | think lie meant no more than
what he said, so | made no answer. !
was only lad, and an Indian at that-he
was white man and my captain. Be
sides, as he had reminded me, owed him
my life.
1t was about o'clock of a September
evening. ! could see the lantern lights |
being lit in the lighthouse and knew that |
Hector was there and probably alone-for |
although there was a small cottage at |
tached to the lighthouse. it was never
used as dwelling Corlett jumped ashore
and bad me wait for him. In the still |
ness ! could hear words that were said. |
Corlett spoke first;
You French sneak, want a bit of
reckoning with your
Those axe hard names. captain. said |
Baptiste, "and don't like theml'
ooh, you don't. ell? Well. you shouldn't |
deserve them then. don't like having |
crawling Frenchman coming up here and |
stealing away the woman | had intended |
to marry. That's what you did"
Capt Corlett, you lie"
"FOr calling me liar. take that And
for playing dirt on me take that-and
thatw
In moment there was scuiile up in
that little room under the lantern-and
tho next thing heard was splash in
the water.
Thought it time TO Interfere, but as
ran the boat aground Corlett jumped in
and showed OFF. As Iopered my lips to
speak, he shouted in q terribly excited