The Dermott news., 1919-07-24

l'ltitai'N Ns NNA'Hitts1 Ai' Nhii' 7 siN*tRt ''as' niece monsieur By the tone in which I call Madeleine knows whether it is my overcoat or my pipe ar slippers that want ar whether am growing hungry"
 I thought That fhe captains hunger voice must shake the rafters of the old building
 And now. monsieur" he continued seriously. when We had left the house T am going to fell you as much as I know concerning the plans of that Scouudrel In brief. 1T Is known thai a party Of his friends has been quar- tered for some time at the chateau: they come and 20, in fact and now he is either taking more ar the same ones back again. and God knows why he take- them to So deSolate region. unless as the rumor is he has discoy- cred coal fields upon the seigniory and holds NJ puehnine in his power Well. monsieur. marty sails with Captain puhame on tonight's tide which will carry me down the gulf alsa. Captain Duhamcl'S boat iS berthed af the same ktt{i dN iliitlt ulAitl tue hilltStlS SfiSs sWe start together then. but I shall cxfect to gain several hours during the four days Journey for l know the Claire well. and she cannot keep pace with my Verge. You must bring your lady aboard the ] Sainte-Nierge by nine tonight
 T shall telegraph to my friend Dan. l ton at St Bonifacc to have sleigh i and dogs at your disposal when you i arriv, and T teut food and sleeping ] bags" continued Capsa Dubois. for i it must he hundred and fifty miles l from Ss Ronifaee to the Chateau Du i chaiue And so. with half days i start you will have nothing to fear from lerouX=ouly remember That he l has ue seruplc>, Still de not think I he win catch you and Mile 1acqneIlne i before vou reach Chateau Duchaine." he ended. ehaekling n his sagacity
 "Alt=Wrll. monsieur who else could vour lady be- he asked. smiling at my l surprise T knew well that some day ~he must leave those wilds Besides. ] dI3 I uot convey her here from St i Eanifaec m my return. less than week ago. when she ple>tded for SC ] crecy2 ! suspected something agitat ed her tbeu So il WIS ta find hus- hand that ~he departed thnS2"
 Sa Iaequeline had Jeff her home not more than week before And the captain had no suspicion that she was married then Yet Pefe Antoine claimed to have performed the cere- meHY
 To whom And where was the man who should have stood in my place md shielded her against Leroux7
 made DahoiS understand. not with- aut d-aeultN that we were StlI un- married lis face fell when he re 1 alized that I was in earnest. but after Htle he made the best of the situ- atlon. though it WIS evident that some of The glamour was scratched from the romance in his opinion. By now we had arrived at the wharf 1 Wed1ed in among the foes lay the 1 Claire and the Sainte- Verge respees l lively The latter vessel lay upon our right Us we approached the end of the wharf
 There was a small cabin for Jacque- line and another for myself adjoining. was very well satisfied and inquired 1 the terms
 "Diable, If it were not for the chil- l dren there should be no terms! v ex 1 claimed the captain. ''But if Is hard, monsieur. with prices rising and the hungry mouths always open, like little l birds"
 He was overioyed at the sight of the fifty dollars which rendered him.
 By the way" I said, do you know a priest named pere Antoine?"
 An old man? A strong old man! Why, assuredly, monsieur" answered the captain. Everybody knows him. He has the parish of the Riviere dor district, and the largest in Quebec. saint, monsieur You will do well make his acquaintance"
 The captain parted from me or
 wharf on his way to the telf
 office, repeating his instructions
 effect that we were to be abs
 boat by nine.
 Ii had grown dark long !
 looking at my watch. l WE
 to see that it was alre9
 o'clock. I had no time
 turning to the Chateau. But though l could ! upon the cliff I soon l among the maze Of | which I was wand
 coming np the st turned to ques, l creased my pa | also, and whe | went faster 2 l an uneasy
 lowing me. l onward 1T
 | seemed
 rampant