Charlevoix county herald., 1914-07-18

Indeed, ! was not Boosting as 10
the little one" he said. 81 repeated
that which the old women told me,
and spoke only of things | once could
do and never will be able to do again.
A man may surely be glad to have
seen the son of his own daughter,
who is stronger bond between her
and Yellow Hair.
Nevertheless, the old man return
ed to his tent and donned his old
clothes. The rest of the day he
moved in a manner that was quite
subdued.
But Curran returned TO the post
and thought deeply, biting at the
stem of his empty pipe as If his
strong jaws were eager to destroy
something.
"The will is in my own hands" ne
said; "but tiff anything has hap
pened to Lorimer, this child is now
the heir, will or no will! ! suppose
that court would appoint guardians
for him, so that | might not have
the handling of much of the money,
even if ! married Ameou. Now tc
get rid of the brat!"
He had already thought much
about this complication in his origi-
nal plan. One crime that he had
planned was by this tine probably
carried out. Another would have to
follow.
Curran took his gun and went into
the woods toward the Long Barrens,
where, at this season, one might
chance to come across caribou. he
only managed to miss an easy shot
at a young stag, and returned in a
dark mood as restless "a ever.
Father Gregoire, the missionary,
who intended to winter in the North
that year, arrived next morning.
81 have a letter for you and
couple for Lorimer," he said. "They
were glad at Big Rat to have a
chance of sending them on by me-"
Curran only obtained them after
the old man had conducted long
search through his pack. The agent
stood by him so anxious that he dug
his finger nails into the palms of his
hands. The venerable priest made
his way to the tent Of Nimissuts, re-
joicing at the opportunity of adding
to his fold.
But Curran rushed into the post
and shut himself in his room. His
own letter bore the name of a firm
of lawyers in Quebec. He opened 1t
with fingers that shook with excite
ment. As he read it his eyes glist-
ened with an evil light:
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to your instructions
we have caused a search to be
made of the will of the late Sir
John Conway Lorimer, of which
a true copy is herewith inclosed.
You will see that by its terms
a number of charitable requests
are made, the balance of the es-
tate being left to a relative-One
Lawrence Aston Lorimer. This
balance is estimated at a value
of seventy thousand pounds ster-
ling.
Awaiting your further COM
mands,
Very faithfully yours,
O'MEAGHER, MACDONALD &
QUINCY.
THAT makes three hundred and
fifty thousand dollarsw Curran NUT
tered between his teeth. "And this
infe,nal little half-breed whelp is in
my way Tlat's got to be attended
to! Why doesn't that Mashkaugan
get ta,k?"
He sat down staring intently at
the floor.
81 can afford to promise that
hunchback a lot of money" he final
ly decided. give or even ten thou
sand do.lars-it won't make any diff
ference after | get hold of that for
tune. III be able to spare it, all
rightW
He left his room. The blackness
of his thoughts filled his evil mind
so that he had no realization of the
early autumnal breeze that was
shaking golden leaves from trem
bling aspens and silvery birches.
For him there was no beauty in
the glimmering river or the distant,
purpling hills. He looked at Father
Gregoire, who was coming out of the
chiefs tent after the baptism of
Ameou's man-child, followed by some
ola women who had respectfully wit
messed that which they called his
medicine.
The missionary was going for a
short trip up one of the aff1uent riv-
ers. He said that he would return in
a few weeks, in time for his journey
north, where he would remain all
winter at one of the bay posts.
After his departure Curran went
to the tent, where the wife of Nj
missuts was busting about, as all
Indian women do after a child is
born.
"Al but myself have seen the
child of Yellow HAIR" he said. May
also go in?"
The woman proudly admitted
him, and he sought to look as pleas
antly as possible. 1t was important
to ingratiate himself to the utmost
with everybody in the family of Nj
missuts.
81 hope you are very WE'LL he
told Ameou; "but ! need not ask, for
you look splendidly. 1t is a wonder
full child; yes, beautiful child-one
that will be a mighty man.
Eve must take the best care of
him and watch him always and see
that he comes to no harm. If there
is anything in the store that you
want Won must tell me and | will get