The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

TANGIBLE relic. Of one Of the most interesting
| figures In early Canadian history. -
Tho AbbS Caserain took pains 10 collectthe
S sSsRaas sO Snd the ih's sSbstsnco Of them d as fol.
II was in the spring Q, the year when the In:
shore was lined with birch canoes, and the bay
was full Of vessels ready to exchange their car
tured. During the day Father de le Brosse,
who appeared TO be in perfect health, had been
the little Chapel. At nightfali no went to tho
house Of one Of the officers Of the post. He was
gay agreeable; hs even played S,o StoS games Of
leave, bado zach one good night, and then, after
moments silence, said:.
eternity, for at midnight I shall bo 2 corpse. AZ
that hour you will hcar, the chapel bell ring. II
TO T'u The sn obnpsf s m4Y see ess foR ;yo u ySlT SV but Do %'i n SC
lie aux cSoudrss to fetch X. Complain 70 ons6Feud
Do not fear to embark, whatever the weather
m Il e. sSo ! m ~ila ' ti%c. r. S1r 6ESon%Tp saiS'{ The parish
priest at Ig aux condrcg, passed the evening
s s,Sn q rS ern ! big sud SssnISry Sb Sas m 5SHS1Hs f he
heard from his own chapel the ringing Of a pass.
ing bell; He FASTENED, to the place, and found PS IL
Drosse and told him OF the boat which would
the bells in ali the churches in which the Father
had served, from. the Bale des Chaiours up 70
thi bead S of ths i sftspsnsy; rang n Tn the a %orn kns, q
terrible storm arose. but the Indians, romem-
serins the guarantee of protection given y
distod, at tho end Of the island; ,..
floor, and an %orlfcc, in the form Of a cross, was
made In tho boards above the coffin. For years
tn, to,I indians rs nc never sr passed pa ;SS ob TsdSus ana , MisSHgbs
tho hole In the floor they whispered their Friefs
and perplexities to the Father and asked his ad.
opening and listen for the reply, which, as they
Confidently claimed, always came. NAV.
document, signed by himself, saying that
Father do la Brosse died at $50 In the after
nDSe, and niG E1treme s Une, tns s seed s. years. q." ron
Evidently Nj. Complain was a very inconsider-
Other traditions live and thrive at Tadousao,
and not oil of them can DO disproved by docu.
mcntary evidence. Across the river there Is
which is a dreadful sound Of moaning and lam
entations dreaded by the sailors and tho natives:
some practical people say thnt II Is Inc so4 6nS. o,
claim that 1t is caused by the wind blowing two
immense pine trees oyerhanging the sea so that
knowing ones shake their heads and tell tales
Of shipwreck and murder: and Of the celebrated
doned his niece. ia Demoyselle Marguerite"
with her lover and her old Norman duenna.
Those who repeat this last tale do not explain
just who does the moaning, whether 1t is the
",Demoysclle," the lover, the duenna, or oil
three.
These are only q few Of the legends of Tadou-
sac. Some of the facts are equally picturesque.
For instance. in the old church, in tho same
"a Brosse, there is a wax doll about Ia inches In
length. 1t y quite n gorgeous creature in anti
qu9ted, pink satin gown, with rosy wax oheeks
nary observer it seems q somewhat furnished
French doll en- costume. But a placard informs
you that 1t Is msR Infant Jesus sent over to the
The cemetery around tho little church il a
queer place. II is all hisgledy-piggiedy; The
as a result it must be something OF a problem for
the dead Tadousacians to know where they are
dates, hut as likely as not there is a hollow
whore the grave is supposed, to be. In a few
Win b S"e spH and Il it ' has been been 4iled in with earth
which is reasonably stationary, Most of
tho graves, howsyGr, are utterly in Nns 8
on, one of these crosses. which Is
the record of one Tremblay. who died not long
ago. aged lO2 years and 10 months. Most of the
fsS antho GiaF f fefe the as sttssie;HDueant' I that pAt the bodies Ssifss
lie three and four deep. and that the older head
boards are lost. In that shifting sand even the
recent interments soon drift together in heaps.
A brilliantly white headboard in one corner Is
somewhat interestinE from its inscription; which
Matthew. husband of Nina L. Caron.' One might
| fancy that the new woman had broken out even
in Tldousac.
For some reason or other Tadousac as a sum-
| nrr resort is moro than half American in its
population. The big white villa which Lord
Dufrerin built is now owned land this summer Is
cCcup,oii by Henry Dale OF New York. The
hotel register shows more names from the States
| than from Canada. Tadousac is the point of de-
parturo for the ste. Marguerite River Fishing
Club. which is largely American in its member
ship. The anglers, by the way, are having poor
enough luck this season. Robert e. Plumb of
Detroit came into Tadousac from tho Ste. Mar
guerite the other day and said he hadn't seen u
fish! This may have been hyperbolc, but 1t
showed how unsatisfactory the sport is. He said
that the native fishermen have had nets out NIL
the way down the rivers. and have scOoped the
sllmon rather comprehensively. But that is an
other story. This is only a brief tale Of Tadousac
the Tumultuous.