The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-09-11

saw q Sl1mmee OF nope now
though Of what I hardly knew: Or Per
haps 1t was only the desire to talk Of
Jacqueline and hear her name upon
my lips and Piesre's.
"Pierre, came here to save Mia
Jacqueline." I said.
sNo can save him." he answered.
mo can fight against Simon"
7 ''What, In the devils name. 10 his
power, thenr' cried.
lie diable," he replied. He may
have misunderstood me, but tho an
swer was apt. mo use light him. he
said. "An finish now. Old times, him
finish. and my gal, too. Soon Pierre
Caribou. him finish. No can night
Simon. Perhaps old Pierre kill him.
nobody else" He looked steadily at
me. II poison him dogs" he added.
~whatr' 1 exclaimed.
'Simon, him tell me long ago mo-
body come to chateau. So you flnish.
too. maybe. What he tell You, you
gor'
'Lacroix IL going to take mo 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 I kin
him."
"Pierre," I said, taking him by the
arm, what IL the Old Angelic Well
Anger
He stared stolidly at me.
"Why you ask thatr' no said.
A.
ed to take me by that route" an
swered.
Pierre shook the ashes out Of his pipe
and rose. Come with me-" he said.
II show you-because you hien' oe
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 q mile Of
outer blackness. Then began TO Sc
q gleam Of moonlight in front Of me-.
and though I had not besn conscious
Of any turn discovered that We must
have retEaced our course completely.
for I heard tho roar Of the catAractD
again.
Then We emerged upon q tiny shelf
Of rock some forty feet up the facs
Of the wall and QAite invisible from
below. Il was Q little above the level
Of the chateau roof. about Q hundred
yards away. Below me I could 80 ths
main entrance to the tunnel
We had q foothold Of about ten
feet On the Level platform. which was
slippefy with smooth black ice. and
laundering over ~, 70 near that I
could almost have touched II had ]
stretched out my hand. the whiriing
torrent plunged into that hell below.
Pierre caught my arm ~ I rsslsd.
DICK 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 20 tomorrow.
IAcroix him tell you: Get down. We
and the road He take jon up here
and push you-so"
He made q graphic gesture with his
arm and pointed I looked down.
shuddering. into the black. foam
crested water. bubbling and whiriins
among the grotesqus ice pillars that
stood like sentries upon the brink.
.What you dor" he asked. You 60
to Pere Antoine tonight 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 60
ing back and shall shoot him down
like a dog, whether he IL armed or
defenseless."
Pierre's face was twitching. 'You
no 20 back !" he cried. "Simon he kill
you. No use to nsht Simon. Him
time not come yet. When him time
come he die"
.when win it GOMEZ" asked, look
ing at the mans features. which were
distorted with frenzied hate.
II not knowi" exclaimed Pierre.
try nnd-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"
shook the Indians hands away and
plunged forward into the tunnel again.
/ 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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