Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-23

comes and says he ind nothingS OF
Mees ClarisSa and he fear she freeze
70 death At IL O'clock Rubidoux he
come in stiff With re cold and haf not
found ze young lady. Then Meester
Beaverton he say all my hope is in
! Antoine Brsson"
WAS he the Teller with the curls:"
asked Hutcheus.
'Hees hair var lax re wing Of &c
raven
"A raven is the same as a crow,
isn't IT," asked Silas
You call him crow. Mos peoples
call him crow Story teller always call
him raven.
Nobody come no more rat night. and
Meester Beaverton he gif up bees
daughter for lost In re morning eet
still snow. and eet was not before aft
ernoon Eat eet stop and re people max
up party 10 so re round OF Mees Bre-
werton's traps TO find her body and re
body of Antoine Brisson. for zey tink
he die too Zey go to re first trap and
ind noth1ngs. Then zey go 10 Ze second
and still zey find nothings. Between
re second and Re third there war big
drift, and zey had to dig re snow away
to get through. When Zey reach re
third trap Zey md nothings. but one
man say not far from here is deserted
cabin. Mebbe Mees Brewerton ma
her way zere before 70 snow comes
down too thick
ley all went to where ze cabin was.
but zere was nothings but a hill OF
snow. Then one Of re men cir sudden
shout He see little smoke come
from re tip top of re snow hill. Then
odders see 1t. Re chimbly OF re cabin
ees just below re snow, and zere mus
be FIRE below.
"Zey all climb TO re top Of re snow
hill and see a leetle crater lax re vol
cano. and in re center was re chimbly
top, with re smoke coming out ley
call down re chimbIy. and re sweet
voice OF CIarissa BrewertOn replies:
"'who is itT
"Zey tell her zey haf come to search
for her. and she say yesterday. seeing
re snow come faster and faster and
knowing where war re empty cabin,
she went Zare, and before re snow
cover re dead wood on re ground she
gedder eet. working till IL snow YER
hard. and TAX II in re cabin. But, alas.
she haf no way to light fire. She bad
hoped to find a match or to strike
spark. but Zere was no match, and she
could not strike n spark"
See here, Trudeau." put in Silas.
you've got this yarn into fix where
you can't unraveI it. You said the gal
made a fire. didn't you? How the
dickens was there a fire when she
couldn't light it?'
At this interruption Trudeau looked
at the matter OF fact Yankee trium-
phantly.
81 come 10 zat." be said. ''Mees
Beaverton found noting In re cabin
to keep her warm. and re cold grew
more aud more bitter. She feared 10
go to sleep. but at last was about TO do
so when she see mans face look In Ze
tor Of re window above re snow. Eet
was Eat noble SIKH teacher, Antoine
Brisson.
Antoine always carry match to light
hees pipe. He hand Clarissa re box.
and she light re fire. She ask Antoine
to come in and warm himself. He say
no. she must stay care one. two. meb-
be tree day. He not compromise her
good name by going in. She tell him
he die If he not come in. Yer well.
mademoiselle.' he say. 4 die for your
sake; love you so much
Antoine be dig hole in re snow out
side. and we look for him. We find him
in re hole. but re cold had frozen him.
He was dead"
There were EXPLANATIONS from all
the listeners expressive OF admiration
for this noble act except the Yankee.
Wasn't he the least bit sQuea misbF'
be remarked
mo. no. Ef he stay zere Mees Brew
erton reputation gone forever"
How would It hive been If there'd
been an old woman with 'em, blind
and deafY'' said Silas
No one paid any attention to this
satirical reflection on French etiquette,
and Trudeau continued:
When they tell Mees Beaverton
Eat Antoine war dead she faint Her
reputation was saved, but Antoine
had gwen his life for Get ley carry
her home TO her ladder, and he war
wild with Joy 10 see her When zey
hear ze story OF how re noble Antoine
mar given hees ME for bees daughters
reputation he weep many tears. Their
he say:
II gif re hundred pounds ] prom
ised az reward TO saving my
daughter 10 build dne monument 20
us noble man"
Seems to me" remarked Hutchins,
IF Id been the skill teacher I'd rather
"A We had my NE than the monument"
'"Ze monument great honor
What become g the iirlT' asked
Silas.
''Mees Beaverton she 20 70 Montreal
with her father She come here when
PC monument was put ~ AID every
year for long time
u guess shcIl ger over it. was the
Yankees bDai criticism. They all
10 d"