The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09

poB8c1 N tne PREVIOUS meeting VI inc
council, which had been made out in
terms agreeable to the governor.
See that IL be writ well and fair
upon the records said Fron.cnac.
Then turning to Duchesneau, he con-
tinued: "n M. IIntendent's hand IL
steady enough, he can sign IL now"
Duchesneau still smarting under the
kings message, and disliking the tone
of the governor, which amounted TO q
command, replied:
"If the council permit, | and the sec
rotary will withdraw into the adjoin-
Ing room where we can examine 1t in
peace and enter II in proper FORM"
FrOntenac blazed up at once. And
keep the governor and the council
waiting? Ma fol! since when have We
attended on your pleasure? Dame!
sign 1t at once. I would have no Sc
curity that the resolution would be
accurately transcribed, did ! not see 1t
signed in my presence"
Stung to the quick, Duchesneau
arose, and motioning to the secre-
tary to follow him, seized the draft
in his hand and made for the door.
The governor, thunder-struck at his
resistance, planted himself firmly be-
fore 1t and exclaimed p~assionately:
"Mordioux! you shall not leave the
council chamber until you have signed
the paper. After that | care not when
you leave, nor how long you remain
away, either"
Then I shall get out of the window,
or else stay here all night" retorted
the intendant, ~obstinately.
Peace, NJ. lie Gouverneur, and you,
M. TIntendant," said the bishop, who,
although a~ntagonistic to Frontenac,
saw that Duchesneau had gone too
far, "accede to his reasonable re-
quest"
The intendant looked about him
sullenly, then approaching the table,
signed the docum emit, and turned to the
governor, %defiantly: II withdraw my
opposition" text addressing the coun-
Gil, II crave leave, Messieurs, to read
this communication that was handed
me before entering"
So saying, he read q petition from
one of. the members of the council,
D'Amours by name, whose chair was
vacant. 1t stated that Frontenac had
put him In prison, becaure, having OBJ
tanned in due form a passport to send
a canoe to his fishing-statfon at Ma
tame, he had afterwards sent a sail
boat thither without applying for an
other passport. The governor had
sent for him and demanded by what
right he did so. D'Amours replied
that he believed he had acted in ac-
cordance with the intention Of the
king; whereupon m. lie Gouverneur
fell into a rage and said to your peti.
toner, I will teach you the intentions
. of the king; and you shall stay ir
8 prison till you learn Them and your
petitioner was shut up in a chamber
n of the Chateau, wherein he still re
d mains and prays the honorable council
r that a trial be granted him according
q to law"
v Duchesneau glanced vindictively a
the governor whilst reading the petf
ton, well knowing that it would &C
as a bomb-shell among the members
of the council. He had no sooner fin
ished than everything was in an up
n roar.
IT The partisans Of Duchesneau wer,
II on their feet loudly clamoring for tn
release of their absent member, willis
others, friendly TO the governor, vain
ly strove to pacify them IN order II
gain a hearing for him. The confu
sion increased, ink was spilled, docu
ID ments tossed from the table, fists wer,
raised in air, and faces distorted witt
passion. Above the din the voices o
70 Auteuil, Tilly and Villiray were hear
loudly calling for justice, saying tina
10 their own personal liberty was In dan
ger and that they would fight agains
~ such tyranny.
ID Frontenac had risen with such vic
" lence as to send the h~iPh-backed chat
crashing over on the floor. He stoo
6efantly facing the angry councillors
His anger choked him, his face an
neck were purple with rage; the vein
n on his forehead stood out like grea
al cords; his eyes streamed fire. A
" length he found utterance in speec
e as he heard the cries for justice an
to the words against tyranny. Strikin
III with his huge fist upon the table, h
,e beloved "Silence!" and when he coul
~ be heard, continued:
t. "Ye dolts and rebels that cry fort
" for justice and threaten to raise arm
against a tyrant, hear me! Know y
err not that I am governor, that in m
III person stands the king? If hav
y: done aught amiss, l am answerable t
him. You clamor against my enforce
O. ments of the law. What would you
n That I overlook its infringement an
thus give seeming ground for NOR
Is lying letters and infamous reports
at Were I to gloss over the ~transgres
h sions of the law like you, M. lIntsnd
ant, with your Illicit b~randy-tradt
na yOur cOnufvanca with cauraurs-da-bOi