Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
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N"N' "iIh' AN, ne was flne man. he continued,
kihdied INTO transory enthusiasm by the remem-
brance Of his friend.
lie caught the big fish in the pool" said the old
guide
But suddenly, Unexpectedly, Pierre discovered
something He had wandered to St. Toseph. seven
miles along the shore. There were some fishing
Doats IN the bay. Gazing at them idly he saw Marx
Frere bending over his catch.
Pierre crcpt back from the sands II. ,re,, ~.
ship would put out on the incoming tide. knew tb,t
Mark would land the next day at Ste Anne Il. Or;
beron All that night he strobe through the rain
breastng the mountain roads; and at noon he found
his enemy Mark Frere was coming out OF an inn
wiping his mouth upon his sleeve He saw Pierre.
stopped and squinted at him. Instantly Pierre was
at his throat.
"Tell what you have done with her before
kill YOU" he cried.
II don't know where she is" gasped Mark
"You lie" roared Pierre "Where did she go?"
Mark began to tremble. "Shc did 90 with me-
7 swear he cried. Il know nothing of her. was
his duck-decoy."
Pierre shook. "Whose?' he muttered
"Meester Blakes-lee's" he answered picking him
self TIP "He took her to Quebec, I suppose-that's
where his boat lies up in winter"
where does he live?" Pierre cried
Rue Louis Quinze, 49," said Mark, grinning as
he slipped away
Pierre made effort to detain the smuggler. He
went to Quebec and found the street, followed it
down from the citadel to the Lower Town, through
obscure alleys, past suffered houses with evil at
mosphcrcs; at last he halted before 42o. 1t was
seamen's tavern. In the back sailors were drink
ing with of the Lower Town.
Pierre saw Lisette
There furry and scramble in the room as
the inmates saw tall man dressed in hshern,ans
clothes leap into their midst The woman screamed
and sprang for door. Pierre followed her through
short corridor into an empty court, under the
stars. He caught at her gown and fell prone the
ground. cursing and weeping while she, dumb with
terror hudded against wall
Presently he began to plead "Come with me-
come now" he prayed. cali waiting for you
We will be married in the little church. shall not
ask you anything. Come!
Il have not your face he wept. "You shall
come tomorrow; listen! You shall come in the
dark. Winter is near; the white SHOWS will hide
everythng-a memories Nothing will be seen but
the tops of the pines and the true little light that
flashes the sea We will live there. Come
with mel"
She spoke; yet he knew that he might as
we'll have prayed to the sky At last he rose
II shall always wait for you,' he said. "I shall
60 the lighthouse. And every night its glow will
be beacon of welcome, calling to you across the
evil things of the dark"
When he went into the street the day was break
ing. He made his way instnctively toward the har-
Dor In front OF him yacht lay at anchor, brave
with brasses and paint. AS he approached her he
heard footsteps behind him. turned and looked into
the face of the yachtsmar, staggering back from
some night revelry ashore. The latter halted and
clapped him the back drunkenly
q know you. Jean" he cried, thickly. Where
have metz"
Pierre felt in his sleeve. Don't you remember
me-" he asked. and plunged knife into his breast
yes they pardoned him after he had served one
year." said the cure. "He straight back to
Tete DIES Rockers, and he spoke OF her after
ward BY ard by got him the charge Of the light
house, and since-that must be nineteen years
he has been here"
But the woman?
"She came back two years afterward" the cure
answered. 81 the flash Of distress from the
lighthouse and hurried down the hill 1t was the
middle of winter; ice choked the Gulf and hurri-
cane driving the pelting across the land.
But priest is like DOCTOR he cannot wait till the
sun out. I found boat above the water
line and dragged it down to the sea, entered and
pulled for the point through the thick foes shat
tered boat lay on the reef-just common little open
boat, such as the tourists in fine weather. In
side a woman crouched, shielding bundle in her
arms and Pierre knelt at her side. I had just time
to hear her and to give her the Sacrament.
with her two hands unused to labor. she had
pulled that tiny craft clear over the Gulf through
on Tete DIES Rockers. But she was flying from sin,
Messieurs, and her heart told her that God works
through the darkness. She had stripped half to the
skin; but she saved the child"
Suddenly the graybeard and came toward
from the fire, his arms stretched in front OF him,
as though he CROPPED through the fogs OF his mind.
She had samons eyes!" he cried. "She had
samons eyes,"
The cure went forward and supported him. led
him back to his chair, and STOPPING threw
more fagots upon the embers. Then he came back
to Slade.
$50 perhaps YOU understand why that fine man is
harsh with the girl he said. "He knows that it is
lonely in Tete des Rochers; he knows the tug at her
heart and the wild things that camor in her mind
1t is natural that the young should be in love with
life and that they should hunger for experiences"
He addressed Slade only, and his voice seemed to fill
the chamber. re-cchoing the solemn call of the bell
buoy without. "But whose offends against OF
these innocent ones, it better for him that
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