Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-02

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 "A Canadian@' cried Du Lhut. springing Cp to the window "Who but a madmah would venture into such q hornets nest alone% Xii. yes: l can see him now. lie keeps WeIi oHt from the bank 10 avoid their fire Now Hhe is in midstrean, and le tur2ts toward us"
 1t is a Jesuit sad one. cralug his neck. They are everywhere there is most danger"
 "No I can see his ctpote said an other. It is q Franciscan friar''
 .>u instant later there was tle sound of canoe grounding upon the pebbles, the tieor was uul,arreyl. and a man 9lroic ill attirea iH tl.e !oug dark EaWn of tie Fr;Hei@eai5s He east q rapid glance around aHd then, step 1iG@ rp To be Gstiuat laid his hand apon lis shoulder.
 ,>o, Yea have Ht c-efPed me." said }.e We aav,- es9fi4lt tie evil seed he. fore il had tI.e t2 rr.t.@
 "8hat do you f.oaa. fatheis:@ a>'le., ;tta= =..ei@Hefr. 's1oti have made s,s5e mistake. This I,y god friend .NHar> de eatas5s. of .ohie French family
 45fHi k Am9f5=e,. cst.at tla here l.e and I!H=flpuat cred tl4e H3ei5I1 esI Lave followed Ri}a ah=1A" s;f I2#.= raaeq. a845 haVe foIl53srd him lq' the Rieheii-tI and DWorld have foaioWeet lilH to tfe =WorltlS p}aI if eallG hut bring hiu back with nae.3
 4Tut father, Yuar 2e2 carries you too far. said fl5e Soigao1lr. "WiitIIer weulI you take ny friend, them.
 "lIa shall go back to France Witll his wife There is ise place fn Canada for heretics.
 Du Ihut burst out laughing. By Ste Anne, father said he, If you could take us all back =to France tt present we should he very much your debtors
 And you will remember" said De la Noue sternly, that you are under my roof and that you are speaking of my guest.
 But the friar WAS not to be aba>hed.
 Look ut thiS.a said he, whipping a paper out of his bosom 1t is signed by the goNelnor and calls upon you, under pain of the kings dSpleasure. to return this man to Quehec. But l have yoll HOW and shall never leave you until see you on board of the ship which will carry you and yoHi' wife back to France"
 De Catifat could bl:t admire the en- er.v and tenacitN of the man.
 It seems to me. father, that you would hava shone more as q soldier than as a follower of Christ" said he, "but since you have followed Us here and since there is no getting away We may settle this question at some later time
 X great brown cloud had overspread the heavens and the night had fallen so rapidly that they could hardly see the gleam of the river in front of theln The savages in the woods and behind the captured stockade were quiet, save for au occasional shot. Suddenly dull red glow began to show above one of the roofs of the cottages.
 ''Thcy have set it on tte.' cried Du Lhut "Ihe canoes must go at once, for the river will soon he as light as day. In. in. There iS not an instant to be lost"
 There was no time for leave taking. One inplSsionedI kiss and Adele Was torn away and thrust into the smallest canoe, which she shared with ono@1. two children and an unmarried girl The others rushed into their places and in few moments they had pushed off and had vanished into the drift and the darkness. The great cloud had broken and the rain battered heavily on the roof.
 "Thank God for this storm. mur- mured Du I.hut 1t will prevent the cottages from blazing up too quickly.
 But he had forgotten that. though the roofs might be wet, the interior was as dry as tinder He had hardly spoken before a great yellow tongue of flame licked out of one of the windows, and again and again. until suddenly half of the roof fell ill. and the cottage was blazing like a pitch bucket. The flames hissed and Sputtered ill the pouring rain: but fed from below, they grew still higher and hercer. flashing really upon the great trees ami turning ther trunks to furnished brass. Their light made the inclosure and the manor house as clear as day and exposed the whole long stretch of the river. A fear ful yell from the woods announced that the savageS had seen the canoes.
 They arp rushing through the woods. They are making for the waters edge, cried be Catinat
 They have some cIAoes down thert' said Du Ihut.
 'Rut they must pass lis" cried the scigncm of Ste. Marie, Get down to the cannon and see if you cannot stop 1 them.
 They had hardly reached the guns l when two large canoes filled with Wa1=