The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-21

comps of Lake st. John. He had Deeh
amounted wharf foreman in his ne"
home. and had grown old and gray as
time went on. until a small farm ana
dwelling. bought with the fruits OF MS
toll. provided a shelter for his declining
years.
Two sons had been born to the Ma
deans. who. as they grew TO MANHOOD
went naturally to the lumber camps. Al
fer n time. however. attracted by promises
of higher wages and cash payment, IN lleu
Of STORE trade, they sought the growing
West. When they left their home they
were clad in provincial fashion when
they returned. on a visit only, they were
clad in store clothes and radiant neck
wear. and they used strange EngIlsh, such
as made the Pere NadeRu sick at heart.
FINALLY. after unbridled depreciation OF
the surroundings in which they were born
and bred. they departed by schooner and
melting finally into the Orient were seen
no more. ;,
Rut their daughter Angelina remained
n tbem. brown of hair and eyes. the trim
ness Of her supple form manifest despite
the fashion of dress considered at that
early period becoming to the daughters OF
old France. The long, loose blouse, and
short. homespun flannel kirtle, relics OF a
Norman peasantry, which on other women
made them to appear squat, failed to hide
her well rounded proportions and maiden
ly grace.
She had a sharp tongue. had this daugh-
ter Of the Nadeaus, and when ShP was
merry her laughter rang out ike slelgh-
bells in winters frost. Sunday AFTER
noon. when vespers were over, was the
time when she would exercise her sharp
wit when. with the other maids OF the
hamlet she sought the lumber wharf TO
swan words of badinage with the lighter
men. deal handlers and trimmers gathereu
there.
Tbere were no frivolities on week days,
however. when Angelina MIXED the cows
and made tasty butter for the Nadeau
table. This done she would seat herself
at the loom. which-would ring out its
rand click-clack to the push ether Wig
orous foot. as il turned out its webs OF
linen. flannel or ca~telonne, for village CON
sumption. She was as quick with her
little hands and feet as with that bltlnsi
scornful tongue Of hers.
Every year, as the big ship Margaret
Pollock anchored off the shore for cargo
CAPTAIN Locke would pay her a visit the
moment he set foot on land. Clean
shaven. hut for a fringe of fierce red wills
kers. his face was vast and lurid as the
setting sun. He wore broadcloth on sucf
occasions. with a beaver hat as high as al
ordinary chimney his shirt-front rivalini
In expanse his main t~'gallant sail.
He always brought her a present, SOM
triAe picked up in a foreign port, whicI
no would donate in an offhand manner
Sometimes the girl would kiss his gnarle,
cheek. and he would clap her on the Shout
der softly with a hand which, clencheC
could fell an OK.
One day the schooner Notre Dame dc
Anpes came i'm. to load farmers stun, ha'
ing been chartered for this purpose by
black-browed man Of thirty-ive abou
vino gave his name as Boisyert. /
staggered to a certain extent, and WI
clad in garments supposed to be of tas
ionahle emf and texture. The Won't
thought him handsome, but his eyes we
set rather close together for beauty, al
his nose. bent. and with a scar in t
concaye section. gave to his face a sinist
expression. During the intervals of loa
ing he sat much in the house of lie pc
Nadeau. depreciating their surrounding
HIS NOAANAhAA
took root in the girls mind. and her e
vironment grew narrow and bald the me
no talked. He assailed the feminine fa'
ions of the port. too; so that when
modiste drifted to the village from
Michel. with steel engraved fashion pla'
not three years Of age, Angelina hecaI
her first customer. One Sunday she We
90 church in a new gown, of bright col
with a hat decked with red paper howe
and a ribbon at her neck of poppy h
NJ. Boisvert was filled with admiration
GLOW the boys would cast soft eyes
Won in ST. Roch," he assured her with
melting look.
go away, NJ. Boisvert." was her
tort. hut II was accompanied with an
fected toss of her pretty head, which
old Nadeau and his wife ~disliked, thol
they could not just say why. So
Clapha Ouellet. He had been a log J
Der. and having been successful in
contracts. he had invested his capital
a snug farm in St. Angelo, where his
mother kept his house clean until S
time as Angeline would consent to
come the mistress. Alas for his hoI
the girl had of late become cOntemptu
of the prospect.
L = a fANhEh - -
St. Angelo. with nothing but the
woods to see-bah y
ITS all that Boisvert," said Clan
angrily. Octave Lavoie, the naviga
says he has a wife and five children
Lorette."
ITS false snapped Angeline '
flashing eyes.
The Notre Dame sailed at length
Quebec; but the supreme content OF
phas and the old Nadeaus was but sh
lived. But a few weeks had passed "
she returned to her old moorings. Ia
with wind-blown apples for sale or
change. with Boisvert, debonaire and
ical as before, at his former post. I
tain Locke was in port at the time,
took an instant and unconcealed di'
10 him..
One dark fall night. while the hu
a coming e~asterly wind was heard in