Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-12-30

LATE. Most of our hands come from
there. it's tough place, Mr.. Askew.
| seen some tough towns in the West.
but this has got 'em all beat, with the
smuggling of brandy. and the drinking
and the fights every Saturday night
there was man knitted there last
week; and not policeman within fif-
ty miles, and nobody except Father
Lucy, and he can't hold 'em."
what want to know" said Hilary,
sis, what this company is that you
speak about. and how they come to use
the Rocky river for their logs"
LATE hesitated, but only for a mo-
ment Then he mentally cast Brous-
seau to the winds; for, after all, if
Hilary meant to know, nobody could
prevent it, Brousseau's Instructions
Notwithstanding.
Its this way. Mr.. Askew," he said
mir. Norris and Mr.. Brousseau have a
company of their own. Their limits
touch ours on the west, across the
river, and run ten miles or so back
into the bush, right alongside ours.
They got the right to float their logs
down the river"
"And use the MILF"
"Mr. Morris leases the use Of our
mill by the year to the company"
Hilary was staggered for the mo-
ment. Morris, as his uncIe's manager,
leasing the mill to Morris, partner in
Brousseau's company, seemed a queer
role
"How do they tell our lumber from
theirs?' asked Hilary presently.
"Oh. that amt hard" said Late.
you see, the jobbers, who suitcase
the tracts, know how much their men
have cut. And it's scaled in the
woods before they shoot it down
stream. / guess there amt no diff
Guilty there, Mr.. Askew. And you see,
Mr.. Morris representing both concerns,
he naturally does his best by both of
| 'em"
Hilary's suspicious, dormant even
after the interview with Lamartine,
were now thoroughly aroused.
"And MIR. Brousseau has no concern
with US, except for the lease of the
mill and the right-of-way down the
river" unused Hilary. "Who is this
Mr.. Brousseau?"
why, | guess he's the big man OF
the district said LATE. He's the
nearest thing TO boss they've got up
here; tells 'em how TO vote and gets
em out of trouble. He amt good to
his father, though. That was old
Jacques Brousseau in the store, the
trapper."
81 didn't see him."
HE was Mr.. Rosny's slave, or what
ever they called them, in the old
times, before these people became
free"
He tapped the ashes out of his pipe
and pocketed it.
Hes got old Rosny in his pocket
he said, leaning toward Hilary. Hes
got him bound and mortgaged after
| leading him to throw your uncle's
money away in crazy investments. He
did it deliberately, Mr.. Askew. When
he was a kid. growing up among the
| house servants up at the Chateau,
he wanted to be big man, for which
l don't blame him. He got his way,
but that wasn't enough. He wanted
the Seigneur's place. because he found
/ that the folks up here thought more
of old Mr.. Rosny. with his broken
down house and debts than they did
of him with all his money. So he set
to work and got him cinched.
1.-THE old man hates and despises
him, and he's been fighting against il
for long time, but he seen what's
coming to him and | guess he's made
/ up his mind he'll have to stomach it.
Brousseau's staked old Mr.. Rosnys
pride against his love, and | guess he's
won his stake and won Mamzelle
Madeleine into the bargain"