The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-09-04

i saw a glimmer of hope now
though of what hardly knew; or per
haps it was only the desire to- talk O,
Jacqueline and hear her name upor
my lips and Pierre's.
"Pierre, I came here to save Nile
Jacqueline," I said.
mo can save him." he answered
| mo can fight against Simon"
what, in the devils name, is his
power, then?' I cried.
lie diable," he replied. He may
have misunderstood me, but the an
swer was apt. "No 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. Il poison him dogs" he added.
"What?' I 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
Antcine's cabin tomorrow morning.
The Indian grunted. ''Simon no
mean to let you co." he said. "He
mean kill you. You know too much.
Sometime he kill me, too, or. kill
him"
"Pierre," I said, taking him by the
arm, ''what is the Old Angelic Well
Anger"
He stared stolidly at me.
0Whv Won oSEY +hof9H ho sold
Because Lacroix has been instruct
ed to take me by that route" I an
swered.
Pierre shook the ashes out of his pipe
and rose. "Come with me-" he said.
II show you-because you frien' Of
Ma'm'selle Jacqueline. Come"
I followed him out of the hut. A
large moon was just rising out of the
east but it was not yet high enough
to cast much light.
We traversed perhaps a mile Of
outer blackness. Then began to see
a CLEAN 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 heard the roar of the cataracts
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 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 I
could almost have touched it had I
stretched out my hand, the 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.
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 go
to Pere Antoine tonight? What you
do nOw?"
I took the pistol from my coat
pocket.
''Pierre," I answered, 81 have two
bullets here and both Of them are fol
Simon. Tonight I had him in my
power and spared him. Now I am go
ing back and shall shoot him dow
like a dog, whether he is armed o.
defenseless."
Pierre's face was twitching. "Yor
no 20 back /" he cried. "Simon he kill
you. No use to fight Simon. Hin
time not come yet. When him time
come he die"
"When will it Gomez" asked, look
ing at the mans features, which were
distorted with frenzied hate.
ST not know!'' exclaimed Pierre. 81
try f1nd-cards tell me. No Indian |
man in this part country remember
how tell me. In old days many could
tell. Now I wait. 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 and
plunged forward into the tunnel again.
[ heard him calling after me; but ] /
think he saw that was not to be de-
tered, for he made no attempt to
follow me.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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