Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-06-09
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Eyes; ever since then have lived
here, with my uncle. Hugo Chevet."
"Herer' he looked about, as though
the dreariness Of 1t was first noticed.
alone? Is there no other womanY"
l shook my head, but no longer
looked at him, for fear he might see
the tears In my eyes.
II am the housekeeper, monsieur.
There was nothing else for me. In
France, I am told, my fathers people
were well born, but this is not France,
and there was no choice. Besides l
was but a child of a."
"And II, now, mademoiselle," and
he took my hand CALAMITY. Pardon
If l have asked questions which bring
pain. l can understand much, for in
Montreal / heard tales of this Hugo
Chevet."
HE is rough, a woodsman," l de-
Tended, "yet not unkind to me. You
will speak him fair?"
He laughed, his eyes sparkling with
merriment.
"No fear of my neglecting all cour-
tesy, for I come ~beseeching a favor. 1
have learned the lesson of when the soft
speech wins more thar the iron hand.
And this other, the Commissaire Cas-
sion-is he a bird of the same plum
agew
I made a little gesture, and glanced
back at the closed door.
"Oh, no; he is the court courier, to
stab with words, not deeds. Chevet
is rough of speech, and hard of hand,
but he fights In the open; Cassion has
a double tongue, and one never knows
him." I glanced up into his sobered
face. HE is a friend Of La Barre"
$50 tits said, and has been chosen
by the governor to bear message to
De Baugis in the Illinois country. l
seek passage in his company"
you! thought you were Of the
party of Sieur de la Salle?"
II am" he answered honestly, "yet
Cassion will need a guide, and there
is hone save myself in all New France
who has ever made that journey.
Twill be we'll for him to listen to my
plan. And why not? We do not
fight the orders of the governor: we
obey, and wait. Monsieur de la Sale
will tell his story to the king"
1.-The King! To Louis?"
GAY, twill not be the first time he
has had audience, and already he is
at sea. We can wait, and laugh at
this Cassion over his useless Journey"
but he-he is treacherous, mon
sieur."
He laughed as though the words
amused.
ITO one who has lived as l, amid
savages, treachery is an old story. The
commissaire will not find me asleep.
We will serve each other, and let 1t
go at that. All! we are to be inter
rupted."
He Strengthened up facing the door,
and l turned, confronting my uE se
as he emerged in advance. He was a
burly man, with iron gray hair, and
face REDEEMED by out-of-doors; and he
stopped In surprise at sight Of a
stranger, his eyes hardening with sus-
picion.
fI'"'SiAnd ,whrs is this with whom you
converse so privately, Adele?" he
questioned brusquely, "a young popin-
jay new to these parts l venture"
D'Artigny stepped between US,
smiling in good humor.
my call was upon you, Monsieur
Chevet, and not the young lady," he
co;d o,,ioflv opo,1ob vof with. q homo
to the voice. II merely asked her If
I had found the right place, and If
Monsieur the Commissaire Cassion
was still your guest"
"And what, may I ask, might be
your business with the Oommissaire
Cassion?" asked the latter, pressing
past Chevet, yet bowling with a SEM
blance of politeness, scarcely in ac-
cord with the studied insolence of his
words. 81 have NJ remembrance of
your face"
"Then, Monsieur Cassion is not OBJ
servant" returned the younger man
| pleasantly, "as I accompanied the
Sieur de la Sale in his attempt to
have audience with the governor"
"Ah!" the word Of surprise explod-
ed from the lips. "Sacre! tits true! My
faith, what difference clothes make. l
mistook you for a courier du bois."
II am the Sieur Rene d'Artigny."
Lieutenant of La Salle's2"
Scarcely that, monsieur, but a
comrade; for three years l have been
with his party, and was chosen by him
for this mission"
Cassion laughed, chucking the
gloomy faced Chevet in the side. as
though he would give point to a good
joke.
And little the trip hither has profit
ed either master or man, l warrant.
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