The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02

II: May the good Lord be praised.'
what is it them" cried De la None
impatiently.
1T is not an Iroquois canoe. There
is but one man in il. He is Cana.
| dian"
springing Up TO the window ..who bu,
a mailman would venture into such .
hornets nest alone? All. yes. I can sec
him now. He keeps well out from the
bank to avoid their fire. Now he is in
midstream. and he turns toward u.s.
1T is a Jesuit" said one, craning his
neck They are everywhere there il
most danger"
NO. / can see his capote," said an
other 1T is a Franciscan friar.''
An instant later there was the sound
of a canoe grounding upon the pebbles.
the door was unbarred. and a man
strobe in attired in the long, dark
gown of the Franciscans. He cast a
rapid glance around and then, step
ping up TO De Catinat, laid his hand
upon his shoulder.
$50, You have not escaped me-" said
he. I'VE have caught the evil seed be-
fore it 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 a noble French
family"
This is Amory de Catinat, the here
tic and Huguenot!' cried the monk. Il
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 1 could but
bring him back with me-"
Tut. father. Your zeal carries you
too far said the seigneur. WHITTIER
would you take my friend. them
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 be 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 ct is signed
by the governor, and calls upon you,
under pain of the kings displeasure.
to return this man to Quebec. But l
have you now and 1 shall never leave
you until I 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 a 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"
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 Sayages 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 lostv'
There was no time for leave taking.
One imprisoned 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. cit will prevent the |
cottages from blazing up too quickly"
But he had forgotten that. though the |
roofs might be wet the interior was as |