Charlevoix county herald., 1915-08-14
(Chapter 5 Continued.)

since the founder of the family came
into the then wilderness, prior to
1872" Pierre spoke gravely and his
face darkened. "The man whom you
saw lying dead in his library did not
have the high sense of honor that
characterized his ancestors. He took
advantage of a technical flaw in the
title to our farm, title derived from
his grandfather. We always supposed
we had deed to it. For three gen.
erations we have paid the taxes upon
it and were always looked upon as its
owners. The deed, however, it seems,
was never recorded, and an action was
brought to GUST us as tenants upon
sufferance, tenants at will, or what
ever you may call it. Father claimed
that the undisputed possession of the
property for over half a century
had established the title. / cannot tell
you all the ms and outs of the case,
as / was at the Jesuit college being
educated for the priesthood when the
decision of the court was given strip
ping us of 400 acres of land, and leav-
ing US nothing but ten-acre piece
and some timber, part Of which we
are now on, that father and grand
father had bought from others. Glen
more was a hard man; man who
hated the Canadian French with an
unreasoning, bitter hate, reflected in
a lesser degree by others in Canada
about whom l will speak later"
Darlington gave a quick glance at
the Frenthman as he spoke. Here,
he thought, might be a clue to the
murder.
1--WE are part Indian" resumed
Langlois, who, if he saw the glance
paid no attention to it, land are,
therefore, good walters. The Otta-
was always were. Glenmore was only
one of many who sought to so Cypress
the French Canadians and their In
dian relatives, believing they would
be foolish enough to attempt to strike
back. Then we could be crushed. The
Riel rebellion was only one event in
what was planned as long chain
of disorders to be attributed to us
in order that we might be punished
for treason and our lands confscated."
His dark eyes glowed with anger.
harrington saw in his discourse moth
ing more than the dream of an en-
thusiast who imagined himself called
upon to perform the impossible. The
usually impressive Langlois was now
impassioned.
"You think" he cried with some
heat, chat / am visionary, in that
! seek the amelioration of my peo-
pie, for we are really as distinct as
the day Lasalle came over. / was
until fate played strangely into our
hands.
1.-THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
OWN CANADA-Wait" he exclaim-
ed as Darlington was about to speak.
THAT this is so, you should realize af-
ter your recent experiences. The great
difficulty in our way heretofore, has
been the lack of opportunity of i'm
pressing this fact upon your govern
ment. That opportunity l hope has
been placed in our hands by your
accidental discovery and your subse-
quent action in attempting to report
it to your government"
Suppose this is true" protested
harrington, What excuse exists for
the United States to begin a war of
conquest ?"
mot of conquest" quietly cor
rected Langlois, "but of defense, and
preparations cannot be begun any too
sccn."
81 do not know but what you are
right. That is" added the consul, eff
the plot l stumbled on is not the
creation of infamed brains rather
than the concerted secret movement
of a foreign power"
at is the latter" interrupted No
Ian. II have had plenty of evidence
to that effect, and you will have. In
famed brains with local limitations
do not spend money recklessly, main
tain a perfect spy system in the
United States and seek to remove
sharp consul who happens to stumble
on to damaging facts. The shock of
seeing you come around the corner
was a great one. Your excellent COM
mand of your features left Yamis
agents in doubt as to whether you had
caught what was said. The doubt
was too harassing and your subse-
luent movements when you put Tracy
on the track, made the possibilities
anything but pleasant. Yamagasi had
much at stake, but Quigsley, the
levil, had more. 1t is his earnest
lesire that you be put out of the way.
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