The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-23

The old nObleqnnn stopped his head and
kissed the toltite hand.
has many brave men within his do
mains. but none Drawer than these
They have come back up the Richelieut
river from the Iroquois villages With
their nails gone. their fingers torn out
cinder where their eye should be and
the scars Of the pine splinters as thick.
upon their bodies as the fleurs-de-lis'
on yonder curtain" - Al 's.t..
"And you have suffered this?" cried.
Louis hotly. You allow these infa.
nous assassins to live?"
II have asked for troops. SIRE
"And | have sent some"
Zone regiment More Is needed. sire. y
There are the Canadians themselves
Have you not militia? Could you not
raise force enough to punish these ras.I
'caily rnurderers Of Gods priests? II
had always understood that you were q.
soldier" '''T+-.----. ''~'''' ''...''
1T is Just because I am soldier and,
have seen something Of war that II
know how hard it is to penetrate intoI
country much larger than the Low
lands, all thick With forest and bog;
with savage lurking behind every
tree. You are a soldier yourself, sire:
ask you if such a. war is an easy
task for handful Of soldiers, with al
few cehsitaires straight from the plow.i
and troop of coureurs-de-bo whose.
hearts all the time are with their traps
and their beaver SKINS
mo. no; l am sorry if l spoke too
hastily" said Louis. I'VE shall look
into the matter at our council. And
yet you must not look for too much.
for Canada has been a heavy cost to
us, and we have many calls in Eu-
rope"
".th, sire. l would that you could see
that great land. 1t is so vast, sire, so
rich. SO beautiful Where are there
s;cL his, such forests, such rivers?
And it is all for US if we will but take
1t. Who is there to stand in our way
a few nations of scattered Indians and
a thin strip of English farmers and
fishermen. Turn your thoughts there.
y
able to stand upon your citadel at Que
bee and to say there is one great en-
pire here from the SHOWS of the north
to the warm southern gulf and from
the waves of the ocean to the great
plains beyond Marquettes river, and
the name of this empire is France. and
her king is Louis. and her flag is the
fleurs-de-lis.''
.'On my word. count" said the king.
you. have caught something of this
gift of Indian eloquence of which we
have heard. But about these English
folk. They are Huguenots, are they
not:" !
For the most part, especially in the
north
"Then it might be Il service to the
holy church to send them packing. Tell
me now, Frontenac. what force would
you need to clear these people out
one regiment, two regiments and per-
haps frigate or two"
But the ex-governor shook his griz-
zled head "You do not know them.
SIRE said he. '"They are a stern folk.
+lese.R We in Canada. with all your
gracious help, have found 1t hard ITO
hold our own. TO put New England
into your rnajesty's hands I would ask
1900 Of your best troops and twenty
ships Of the line. s+s's''"S'
! Louis sprang iimpatiently' from his
chair ana caught up his cane THE
matter may stand until our council.
Reverend father, it has struck the hour
Of chapel, and all else may wait until
we have paid our duties to heaven"