The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21
cAAprEa XIV.
The Old Angel.

was too dlspirited and detected 70
obey him ut first. But soon man
aged to fall 70. and was surprised
to discover how ravenous ! was. ]
had eaten hardly anything for days.
and only few mouthfuls since morn
Ing.
The Indian drew the stool near me
and sat down. You meet Mile. Jacque-
line In New York;" he asked.
II brought her back" answered.
Il know" the Indian answered. Il
meet Simon; drive him from st. Boni-
face TO chateau. take Ma'm'selle
Jacqueline to ST. Boniface when she
run way. Simon not here then or
be 'frald. Simon bad man; d. bad.
He give my gal TO Jean Petitjean. My
gal good gal till Simon give her TO
Jean Petiuean. Simon d bad
man. Me kill him one day."
saw gllmmer OF hope now,
though OF what hardly knew; or per-
haps 1t was only the desire 10 talk OF
Jacquellne and hear her name upon
my lips and Pierre's.
"Pierre, ] came here TO save Mile.
Jacdueline," said.
mo can save him." he answered.
mo can fight againstkSImon."
what In the devils name. is his
power. then?" ! cried.
lie dlable." he replied. He may
have misunderstood me, but the an
swer was apt mo use fight him." he
said. "AlI finish now. Old times, him
finish, and my gal. too. Soon Pierre
Caribou, him finish. No can fight
Simon. Perhaps old Pierre XIII him,
nobody else" He looked steadily at
me. 81 poison him dogs" he added.
"what?" I exclaimed.
"Slmon. 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
Antoine's cabin tomorrow morning"
The Indian grunted. "Slmon no
mean 10 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, "whnt Is the Old Angelic Well
Angef"
He stared stoildly at me.
"why you ask thatT" he said.
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.
81 show you-because you frien' OF
Ma'm'selle Jacquellne. Come"
followed him out OF the hut. A
large moon was just rising out OF the
east but II was not yet high enough
70 cast much light.
We traversed perhaps a mile OF
outer blackness. Then began 70 see
a CLEAN OF moonlight In front OF me.
and though l had not been conscious
OF any turn discovered that we must
have retraced our course completely,
for I heard the roar OF the oataracts
again.
Then we emerged upon tiny shelf
OF rock some forty feet up the face
OF the wall and quite Invisible from
below. II was little above the level
OF the chateau roof, about hundred
yards away. Below me could see the
main entrance 20 the tunnel.
We had a foothod OF about ten
feet on the level platform, which was
slippery with smooth black ice, and
laundering over us, so near that
could almost have touched IL 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 Anger he cried. This.
way Simon mean you 10 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. looked down.
shudderIng. into the black, foam
crested water, bubbling and whIrllng
among the grotesque ice pillars that
stood like sentrIes upon the brink. 4
"what you dor he asked. you go
TO Pere Antoine tonlghtf What you
do nowf"
I took the pistol from my coat
pocket.
pierre" answered, II have two
bullets here and both OF them are for
Simon. Tonight had him In my
power and spared him. Now ! am go
Ing back and shall shoot him down
like dog. whether he Is armed or
defenseless."
Pierrc's face was twitchIng. "You
no 20 back 7" he cried. "Simon he Kill
you. No use TO fight Simon. Him
time not come yet. When him time
come he die"
'when VIII II conner" ! asked, look
ing at the mans features, which were
distorted with frenzied hate. a
Il not know !" exclaimed Pierre. II
try 1nd--cnrds tell me. No Indian
man In this part country remember
how tell me In old DAYS many could