The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-01

Jean PetitJean. Simon d bad
man. Me kill him one day."
saw a glimmer OF hope now,
though Of what hardly knew; or per
haps it 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.
'No can save him." he answered.
mo can fight against Simon"
"What In the devils name. is his
power. then7' / 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. II poison him dogs" he added.
"WhatT I exclaimed.
"Simon. him tell me long ago mo-
body come to chateau. So you finish.
too. maybe. What he tell you. you
got"
'Lacroix Is going to take me to Pere
Antoine'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," said, taking him by the
arm, what is the Old Angelic Well
Anger
He stared stolidly at me.
"Why you ask that7" 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"
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 glcam of moonlight in front Of me,
and though I had not been conscious
of nny turn discovered that we must
have retraced our course completely,
for 1 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 a little above the level
of the chateau roof. about hundred
yards away. Below me could see the
n fror m ha
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 1t had ]
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 Angel" 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 graphic gesture with his
arm and pointed. 1 looked down,
shuddering, into the black, foam
crested water. bubbling and whirllng
among the grotesque ice pillars that
stood like sentries upon the brink.
"What you dor" he asked. you go
to Pere Antoine tonight? What you
do now?"
took the pistol from my coat
pocket.
"Plerre," I answered. 81 have two
bullets here and both of them are for
Simon. Tonight I had him In my
power and spared him. Now am 60
ing back and 1 shall shoot him down
like dog, whether he is armed or
defenseless."
Pierre's face was twitching. "You
no go 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 it comeT I asked. look
ing at the mans features. which were
distorted with frenzied hate.
81 not knowi" exclaimed Pierre. II
try find-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"
I shook the Indians hands away and
plunged forward into the tunnel again.
1 heard him calling after me; but ]
think he saw that was not to be de-
tered, for he made no attempt to
follow me.
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