The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-06

methinks. unless watched. wabana
disposed 10 become careless and IN
Christianized.
This / VIII look TO" said Law
smiling
Then all Is well" resumed d.
Mesne. -and my absence will be but 1
little thing. as we measure Il on tbs
trails You may find a winter alone IN
The wilderness a bic dull for you. may
hap duller than were it in London. OF
even in Quebec. Yet twill pass. and
In time we shall meet again Perhaps
some good father will be wishing %
come back with me to set up a mis-
sion among the Illini. These good
fathers. they so delight in losing I'm
gers. and ears. and noses for the good
Of the church-though where the
church be glorihed therein some
times cannot say. Perhaps some leech
-mayhap some artisan"
NAY, tbs too far a go. Dn Mesne,
to tempt others than ourselves"
Upon the contrary rather. Monsieur
LAS II is matter for laughter to see
the efforts of Louis and his ministers
to keep New France chained to the
ST. Lawrence! Yet my good lord gov
ernor might as well pun out his cheeks
against the north wind as to try to
keep New France from pouring west
into the Messasebe; and as much might
be said for those good rulers of the
English colonies. who are seeking ever
TO keep their people east of the Allie
ghanies."
"'Tis the old world over again,
there in the ST. Lawrence" said Law
Right you are, Monsieur Las" ex-
claimed Du Mesne. New France is
but an extension of the family of
Louis. The intendant reports every
thing to the king. Monsieur So-and-
so is married. Very well. the. king
must know it. Monsieur's eldest
daughter is making sleeps eyes at
such and such a soldier of the regi-
ment of the king. Very well, this is |
weighty matter, of which the king |
must be advised! Monsieur's wife be- |
comes expeCtant of a son and heir. |
'Tis meet that Louis the Great should |
be advised of this! Mother of God. |
'Tis pretty mess enough back there
on the st. Lawrence, where not hen
may cackle over it's new-laid egg but
the king must know it, and where not
a family has meat enough for its chill
dren to eat nor clothes enough to cover
them My faith, in that poor medley
Of little lords and lazy vassals, how
can you wonder that the best of us
have risen and taken to the woods.
Yet tbs we who catch their beaver for
them; and if God and the king be will
ing; some time we shall get certain
price for our beaver-provided God and
he king furnish currency to pay us;
and that the governor; the priest and
he intendant ratify the acts OF God
nd the king!"
Law smiled at the sturdy vehemence
t the others speech, yet there was
omething of soberness in his own re-
ly.
Sir" said he, you see here my lit
e crooked rows of maize. Look you,
he beaver will pass away, but the {
pots of the corn will never be torn {
ut. Here is your wealth, Du Mesne." /
The sturdy captain scratched his /
ead 81 only know, for my part"
aid he, that | do not care for the b
Not that | would not be '
lad to see the king extend his arm Y
.rther to the west, for these sullen
nglish are crowding us more and c
ore along our borders. Surely the a
nd belongs to him who finds it, e
Perhaps better to hirn who can both .
nd and hold it, But this soil will one Q
ny raise up people of it's own" o
''Yet as to that rejoined Du Mesne, q
J the two turned and walked back to :
e stockade, 1--WE are not here to u
lndle the affairs of either Louis or
lillian. Let us cen leave that to mon y =,
eur the intendant, and monsieur the :
,vernor, and our friends, the gray =
Wis and the black crows. the Recollets y
Id the Jesuits. | mind to call this ?
lot home with you, if you like. !.
all be back as soon as may be with a
e things we need, and we shall plant
re no starving colony, but one good =
ough for the home of any man :"
onsieur, | wish you very well, and
ay congratulate you on your daugh- -
r. A heartier infant never was born ~
ywhere on the water trail between =
g Mountain and the Messasebe. ~
hat name have you chosen for the "
ung lady. Monsieur" ~
Il have decided" said John Law, Ito " ~
Il her Catharine." ~
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