The Dermott news., 1919-09-04

man. Me kill him one day"
 saw gIimmer of hope now. though of what I hardly knew; or per haps if was only the desire to taik of Jacqueline and hear her name upon my lips and Pierres
 Pierre. came here to save Mile. Iacquelne," I said
 No can save him" he answered. No can fight against Simon"
 What. in the devils name. Is his power. then?" l cried.
 "Le diahle." he replied. He may have misunderstood me, but the nn- Swer was apt. No use fight him. he said All finish now. Old times. him finish. and my cul. too. Soon Pierre Caribou. him finish. No can fight Simon Perhaps old Pierre kill him, nobody else" He looked steadily at me. T poison him dogs" he added.
 "Whatf" l exclaimed.
 "Simon. him tell me long ago mo- body come to chateau. So you finish. too. maybe. What he tell you, you go?"
 "Lacroix Is going to take me to Pere Antolne's cabin tomorrow morning.
 The Indian grunted "SImon no mean to let you go." he said "He mean kill you. You know too much. Sometime he Kill me, too, or l kill him
 Pierre" I said. taking him by the arm. what Is the Old Angelic Nieil Ange?"
 He stared stoldly at me.
 "Why you ask thatf" he said.
 "RecauSe Iaeroix has been instruct cd to take me by that route" an- swered
 Pierre shook Ihe ashes out of his pipe and rose "Come with me he said. T show you-hecause you frien' of Ma'mselle Jaequeline. Come
 I 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 trayerscd perhaps a mile of outer blackness. Then l began to see gleam of moonlight in front of me, and though I had not been conscious of any turn discovered that We must have retraced our course completely, for hcurd the roar of the cataraets again.
 Then We emerged upon tiny shelf of rock some forty feet up the face of the wall and quite invisible from below. It was little above the level of the chateau roof. about a hundred yards away. Below me I could see the main entrance to the tunnel
 We had a footheld of about ten feet on the level platform. which was slippery with smooth black lee, and laundering over us. so near that l could almost have touched 1t had l stretched out my hand, ,he whirling torrent plunged Into that hell below. Pierre caught my arm as I reeled, sick with the shock of the discovery. and yelled into my ear above the din.
 "Le We'll Ange" he cried This way simon mean you to go tomorrow. Iacroix him tell you: Get down. we | find the road He take you up here and push you-so."
 He made graphic gesture with his arm and pointed. l looked down. shuddering. into the black. foam crested water, hubbling and whirllng among the grotesque ice pillars that stood like Sentries upon the brink.
 What you do?" he asked. You go to Pere Antoine tonight? What you do now?"
 took the pistol from my coat pocket.
 Pierre" answered. "I have two bullets here and both of them are for Simon Tonight I had him in my power and spared him. Now am go ing back and l shall shoot him down like dog whether he Is armed or defcnseless."
 rterre's face was twitehing You no so back :" he cried. simon he kill you No use to fight simon Him time not come yet. When him time come he die
 When will f come?" l asked, look ing at he mans features, which were distorted with frcuzied hate.
 "I Hot know = exclaimed Pierre. 'I try and-eards tell me No Indian man in this part country remember how tell me. In old days many could tell Now I walt When his time come old Indian know. He kill simon then himself. Nobody else kill simon. No use you try"
 shook the Indians hands away und plunged forward into the tunnel again. | heard him calling after me; but think he saw that 1 was not to be de tered. for he made no attempt to follow me.
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