The Washington herald., 1919-08-19
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was stu nving7 Should he tell her
all and let the law separate him from
Kathleen? But Rosalie was a Cath
olic and the church opposed divorce.
Just then bottle of whisky fell from
the pocket of a drunken "habitant' at
his very feet. with an uncomfortable
impulse he seized it and drained It 10
Portugais followed him as he stag
CARED home and Charley in his delir-
ium recognized him as the murderer
he had pleaded for. He took 10 by the
throat. then fell to the floor. For 5
days 10 struggled to save his life and
then carried him back to Vadome
Mountain Rosalie came to warn him
that he was suspected Of stealing the
gold vessels from the Cathedral in
Quebec and trying to blow up Govern
ment House. She had hardly finished
speaking when the cure. the seigneur
and the Able Rossignol entered with
Charley with the theft, which he
stoutly denied. Jo called the abbe
aside and confessed his crime in order
to save his friend, promising to give
himself up at the end of year. Mean
time Charley took vial of laudanum
from his pocket, but as he was about
to uncork it. Rosalie sprang from be-
hind a curtain crying, IF you go,
go also" Footsteps were heard and
he promised not to take the poison.
The able came to anounce that be be-
lieved Charley's denial HisNgreat
temptation still remained but he found
help in Rosalie's eyes. It was the
first time he had yielded to power
outside himself
The cure was planning to give the
Passion Play at the Indian Reserva-
ton of -Four Mountains at Easter and
asked Charley to translate the German
text and to make some drawings for
the costumes. He did so. About this
time Rosalie took her crippled father
to the hospital at Montreal and was
gone some months, which were months
OF misery for Charley. What could he
do? He felt that it had been dastardly
of him to win her love. when he could
give her only the empty hand, the
hopeless hour. the secret sorrow in re-
turn. He fought his old enemy with
desperate resolve.
The week before Easter he went to
Montreal with JOS dogs and sled In
the dead of the night he entered the
white house on the hill where Kath-
leen was living, made his way to a
secret cupboard and removed two pack
cts: one contained his mothers pearls
worth ten thousand dollars and the
other a thousand dollars in notes AS
he turned afte. restoring the panel
Kathleen stood before him in her
nightgown. She was asleep. Charley
followed her as she walked out of the
house. across the lawn towards the
river where the gate was open. Her
life was in his hands. For a moment
he hesitated: then noiselessIy stole be-
tW cen her and the gate. closed and
locked il. Her husband, not fifty feet
away. called to him.
Hush, She's asleep" Charley whisp-
cred and disappeared, unrecognized
Rosalie's father died soon after this
and she was i'll for weeks. The Pas
sion Play brought unwelcome crowds
to Chaudiere; the last three days
strangers were prohibited. At the
final performance Rosalie chose to
take the part of Marie Magdalen. 1T
was an act of expiation. After the
play ended she received ahsolutionD
Far away under the trees sat a man
in misery immea surable. It was
Charley. That night he wrote for a
long time: then put the paper with
the pearls and money in the safe
That same night John Brown lay
drunk in the church. He lighted
match and threw il on surpliCe
Soon cries OF Fire were heard
Charley and 10 saved the sacred
treasures. Rosalie went back for the
little cross and Charley dashed in
and rescued her.
By his eloquence the people wc-c
induced to give one fortieth Of Their
possessions for a new edifce Tho
money collected was placed in his
charge and locked in his safe under
the parish seal. While he and Jo
were keeping guard over It Billy Wan
taEe. John Brown and three other
rOCUes. having learned where the
money was. entered the tailOr's house
to steal it. Billy shot Charley. 10
killed John Brown. two of the other
men fired at 10 and killed him. The
seal was found intact. Rosaic
helped bind up Charley's wound and
the cure was preparing to give him
the sacrament. Suddenly the bandaEe
shpped-or did ne nurposely let it |
slip?-and he died faithful in his love
for Rosalie. She lived. rejoicing in
her memory Of him and in her life
long service for the poor and suffer-
ing of the parish.
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