Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-12


 earned since we landed yesterday" :. }. "Begin." said Tonti. as he settled rack into comfortable position.
 "To show you have not been idle.. will start at the moment when we stepped ashore. Just after whispering to you to leave me to my own devices, slipped through the crowd while you were being welcomed by the gov ernor. l was anxious not to be recog-. nized as belonging to the party of Sieur de la Sale, so found my way to the tavern of Jacques Boisdon, on the square near the church, a place. recommended to me by one of the sail CTS as the center of all the social and political intrique in Quebec. se-i cured my lodging and soon made; l friends with Marie, daughter of the tavern-keeper, whom I found to be pretty and with tongue that never ceases its chatter. She is evidently weary of her male admirers of the place, and found a stranger fresh from Paris being to wonder at. admire. and one to whom she could tell all she knew of the city and it's people," A subdued chuckle came from Tontt, as he said
 "Peste! Pompon. how the air of the country changes one. You leave France hater of all womankind, and: an hour after you arrive here you are St the feet of the first fair charmer you meet" 1 ''In all undertakings it is necessary 10 consider the end. I had part to ylay. Tell woman she is handsome and you will turn her head; tell her she is wondrous fair and she will soon turn fool and tell you all she knows, This one knew much and has told me everything. I have learned who and where our enemies are. The situation is like this: Two distinct parties ex- ist, the one headed by the governor, and consisting of Barrois, his secre- tary, and Bizard, lieutenant of his guard, Du Lhut, leader of the coureurs- de-bois, and La Sale, together with a majority of the council and most of the common people; the other, headed by the intendant Duchesneau. consists of few members of the council, Le Moyne and his sons, Jacques Le Der, and several other merchants, the Bishop Laval, together with all the Order of the Jesuits. The quarrel be- tween the two leaders is one due to their official positions: the intendant is jealous of the. powers granted to the governor and writes continually complaints of his actions; the gov ernor in turn is jealous of the intend- ant, regarding him as spy upon his movements. Then, too, Frontenac is in secret sympathy with the outlawed coureurs-de-bois, and is lax in his eff forts to apprehend and punish them. He has an eye to the profits they make in trade, and undoubtedly shares in them"
 "Cospetto!" cried Tonti, "how much you have learned in so short time."
 There is more to tell yet," contin- ued Pompon. "Duchesneau in turn is interested in the profits of certain group of traders here and at Montreal, of whom Jacques Le Der Is at the head; hence an additional reason for his hatred of the governor and the desire to thwart his plans. The Jesuits look with disfavor on the ex- ploration plans of. Frontenac, and La Salle, claiming that they would mean the ruin of the Indian tribes they wish to convert, and whom they claim are supplied with brandy by the governors friends, the coureurs-de-bois. Fronte- mac believes that they have an eye to the fur-trade themselves, and that 1t is the beaver skins and not the heather souls that they fear to lose. He claims. too. that he has proof of their selling brandy also. They are bitter likewise at the evident favor shown by the governor to the Recollet friars."
 "Sangue di Dio!" burst forth Tonti, "what a sea of hot water the comte's patronage will throw us into. The clergy, the intendant and his faction, and a lot of rascally traders. You have indeed done well to learn all this in time."
 Truly" responded Pompon, "a man warned is half saved. Our ene- mics will do all they can to hinder our success. Listen. After making love to the pretty Marie. about ten o'clock, as was lying on one of the benches at the tavern thinking over all that had been told me, a man entered the room, which was empty save for my self,. and after looking about carefully and seeing only me. asleep and snoring, with an empty glass near me on the table, he sat down as though awaiting some one. All are not asleep who have their eyes shut, however, so although I continued with my drunken snores, my ears were open. Soon another man entered and they commenced a , conversation of seeming serious i'm port. I caught the words magazine midnight Monsieur rEveque,' before :E V Trl