The Dermott news., 1919-08-21
CHAPTER x-Continucd.
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M. puchaine has been recluSe for many wears he said and of late his mlnd has become affected II is snid fhnt he wa> implicated in the troubles of lS61. and that. fearing arrest. he fled here and built this chateau In this deSoiatc region, where lIe would he safe from pursuit. SeliWde has made hermit of him and taken him out of touch with the world et tedav
 "I believe thut LerouN has diseoy= ered enal en his property and hs threatening hum Wi'h arrest has gained complete a>CeHlgncy over the wcab=miadcd old mau. However. the faet re8ain= that bI~ dauslter was married by me to NJ d'fpernay some ,ea os twelve days asa at the chateau
 "Ns d9rtgs tent me fo Quehrc. There learned fHai Mae dlprenax had fled en thu u5=a. ei her marriage. 9nd that bar husband ua- q pursuit of her. tzaa # ea~ tol4 tas tH#t >he Wa~ living ut the Chateau ruatgs.4e elth anattrr=ma L =vas u5E=.or Iue fe que~t#a whether she jev,a krr nus band but to t.o Ht d#fN
 sI appaaicd ra eau la4 refn~ed to listen to m, arHul Naa threatened re. MoaeiraH aH3 saa ,eHtod ux priesthood sHa1, mi h n.lau in the par~ui, h,f li iie0.,tt. fossoa are a,taatea ~.eI> tS iayc for thr wife Of H,tEsF mr k tHafuut so*a te ended bending eeer u#a Njah pen eradug trok in hi~ blue ,&e~.
 Yes. fl iz se. Euf I ~haH 20 to the chateau" answered.
 Pcrc Antoine roSe gp.
 "Yog will lind food here" he said and if you wish to take cvereise thcre ara uaa~hoes. Try to find the ehateuu-do what you please: hut re member that if YOU bose your Way l shall not be here tu SuVe you. ! shall return from mY mission in week and be ready to eouduc, you fo St. Eonl- face. And now. monsieur since we understand each other. l shall prepare the supper"
 swallowed few mouthfu's of food and fell asleep soon afterWard, Tn the morning when I aWoke the cabin was empty.
 spent the next two days recover ing my strength, and on the third found myself able to leave the hut for n short tramp.
 found one of the pistols in the hut ,F f,,, Il couple of cartridges which I had overlooked The rest had fired away in my delirium.
 The cabin was situated in valley around which high hills clustered Strapping on the snowShoes l set to work to climb lofty peak which stood at no great distance.
 must have turned off at slight angle which took me some distance out of my course. for my progress was suddenly arrested by q mighty wall of rock. n sheer preciplce that seemed te descend perpendieularly into the val ley underneath. Somewhere Il torrent was roaring like n miniature Niagara
 stopped to stare in admiration. Far below me the narrow valley had wldened into a smooth. snow-eoated surface of lake.
 And on point of land projecting from the bottom of that mighty wall l saw the chateau
 l. could have been nothing else T. was splendid building not larger than the house of q country gentle man. perhaps and made ef hewn logs hut the rud ~plendor of t .gainst that icy. rocky background transfXed me with wonder
 On ench side of the chateau eata- ract plunged, yelling itself in an opae lly 6f mist, tinted with all the spec tral huos by the rays of the westerlng sun.
 Wh,. that position was impree nahlel pehind il the sheer preeipice, un which not even bird could walk