Charlevoix county herald., 1919-06-27
CHAPTER XIV.

Eat " he said In English.
I was too dlspirited and detected to
obey him at first. But soon I man
aged to fall to, and l was surprised
to discover how ravenous I was. I
had eaten hardly anything for days,
and only few mouthfuls since morn.
ing.
The Indian drew the. stool near me
and sat down. "YOu meet Mile. Jacque-
line In New York;" he asked.
81 brought her back" answered.
81 know" the Indian answered. 81
meet Simon; drive him from st. Boni-
face to chateau. l take Ma'mselle
Jacqueline to st. Boniface when she
run way Simon not here then or !
be 'fraid. Simon bad man D. bad.
He give my gal to Jean Petitjean. My
gal good gal till Simon give her to
Jean Petitjean. Simon d bad
man. Me kill him one day."
saw glimmer of hope now,
though of what l hardly knew; or per-
haps 1t was only the desire to talk of
Jacqueline and hear her name upon
my lips and Pierre's.
"Pierre, came here to save Mile.
Jacqueline," said.
mo can save him." he answered.
"No can fight against Simon"
"What, In the DEVILS name. is his
power, then% / cried.
LIE diable," he replied. He may
have misunderstood me, but the an.
swer was apt. mo use fight him." he
said. "All finish now. Old times, him
finish. and my GAL too. Soon Pierre
Caribou. him finish. No can fight
Simon. Perhaps old Pierre kill him.
nobody else" He looked steadily AT
me. 81 poison him dogs" he added.
"WhatY' l exclaimed.
Simon, him tell me long ago no
body come to chateau. So you finish
too, maybe. What he tell you, you
go?"
"Lacroix is going to take me to Pere
Antoine's cabin tomorrow morning.
The Indian grunted. "Simon nc
mean to let you co." he said. HE
mean kill you. You, know too much
Sometime he kill me. too, or I kill
him"
"Pierre," I said, taking him by the
arm, "what is the Old Angelic Well
Anger
He stared stolidly at me.
"Why you ask thatf' he said.
Because Lacroix has been instruct
ed to take me by that route" an
swered.
Pierre shook the ashes out of his pipe
and rose. "Come with me-" he said
81 show you-because you frien' OF
Ma'm'selle Jacqueline. Come"
l followed him out Of the hut. A
large moon was just rising out Of the
east but 1t was not yet high enough
to cast much light.
We traversed perhaps mile OF
outer blackness. Then l began to see
q CLEAN of moonlight In front of me,
and though had not been conscious
Of any turn I discovered that we must
have retraced our course completely,
for heard the roar of the cataracts
again.
Then we emerged upon a tiny shelf
of rock some forty feet up the face
Of the wall and quite invisible from
below. 1t was little above the leve
of the chateau roof, about a hundred
yards away. Below me ! could see the
main entrance to the tunnel.
We had a foothold of about ten
feet on the level platform, which was
slippery with smooth black ice, and
laundering over us, so near that
could almost have touched 1t had
stretched out my hand, the whirling
torrent plunged into that hell below.
Pierre caught my arm as / reeled
sick with the shock of the discovery
and yelled into my ear above the din
lie Well Anger he cried. "This
way Simon mean you to go tomorrow
Lacroix him tell you: Get down, we
find the road He take you up here
and push you-so."
He made a graphic gesture with his
arm and pointed. I looked down
shuddering, into the black, foam
crested water, bubbling and whirling
among the grotesque ice pillars that
stood like sentries upon the brink.
"what you do?" he asked. You 90
to Pere Antoine tonight? What you
do nowr
took the pistol from my coat
pocket.
Pierre" I answered. 81 have two
bullets here and both Of them are for
Simon. Tonight had him In my
power and spared him. Now i am go
ing back and shall shoot him down
like dog, whether he Is armed or
defenseless."
Pierre's face was twitchlng. "You
no go back I" he cried. "Simon he kill
you. No use to fight Simon. Him
time not come yet. When him time
come he die"
"When will IL comet" I asked, look.
ing at the mans features, which were
distorted with frenzied hate.
II not know" exclaimed Pierre. q