Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

upon his shoulder.
$50! You have not escaped me-" sa
he. 1--WE have caught the evil seed be-
fore 1t had time to root"
what do you mean. father?" asked
the seigneur. You have made some
mistake. This Is my good friend
Amory de Catinat. OF noble French
family"
This Is Amory de Catinat the here
tic and Huguenotr' cried the monk. II
have followed him up the St Law
renee, and | have followed him up the
Richelieu, and | would have followed
him to the worlds end If could but
bring him back with me-"
Tut. father! Your zeal carries you
too far" said the seigneur. whittier
would you take my friend, then?''
'He shall go back to France with his
wife. There is no place in Canada for
heretics"
Du Lhut burst out laughing. "By
Ste. Anne, father" said he, If you
could take us all back to France at
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 abashed
look at this" said he whipping a
paper out of his BOSOM 1T Is signed
by the governor, and calls upon you
under pain OF the kings displeasurc
to return this man TO Quebec. But
have you now and | shall never leave
you until | see you on board Of the
ship which will carry you and your
wife back to France"
De Catinat could but admire the en-
ergy and tenacity Of the man.
1T seems to me, father, that you
would have shone more as soldier
than as a follower of Christ" said he,
'but since you have follow ed US here
and since there is no getting away we
may settle this question at some later
time"
A great brown cloud had overspread
the heavens and the night had fallen
SO rapidly that they could hardly see
the CLEAN of the river in front of them
The savages in the woods and behind
the captured stockade were quiet, save
for an occasional shot. Suddenly
dull red glow began to show above one
Of the roofs of the cottages.
"They have set it on firer' cried Du
Lhut 1.-THE canoes must go at once
for the river will soon be as light as
day. In! in. There is not an instant
to be lostr'
There was no time for leave taking
One impassioned kiss and Adele was
torn away and thrust into the smallest
canoe, which she shared with Omega
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 muir
INJURED Du Lhut 1T will prevent the
cottages from blazing up too quickly"
But he had forgotten that, though the
roofs might be wet, the interior was rs
dry as finder. He had hardly spoken
before a great yellow tongue of flame
licked out of one o. the windows, and
again and again. until suddenly half of
the roof fell in, and the cottage was
blazing like a pitch bucket The flames
Kissed and sputtered in the pouring
rain; but, fed from below, they grew
still higher and fiercer, flashing redly
upon the great trees and turning their
trunks to FURNISHED brass. Their light
made the Enclosure and the manor
house as clear as day and exposed the
whole long stretch of the river. A fear
full yell from the woods announced that
the savages had seen the canoes.
They are rushing through the woods.
They are making for the waters edge"
cried De Catinat
'They have some canoes down there.