The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-03
CHAPTER xxI-contInued.

IL
~ went to New York to get my
share. ] wasn't going to be ousted, /,
who had been one Of the discoveries.
] don't know how much Carson paid
Louis, but meant to demand half. I
thought he had the money In his
pocket.
IL followed him all that afternoon
after he had left Carson's Office. !
watched him In the street. At night
he went to q room somewhere-at the
top Of tall building. followed him.
When got in found woman there.
Louis was talking to her and threaten
ing her. He said she was his wife.
How could she be his wife when he
had married Jacqueline Duchaine?
II didn't care-it was no business
OF mine. I couldn't see them, because
there was a curtain in the way. There
was no light in the bedroom. There
was a light In the room In which
was. put II out, so that neither OF
them should see my face. She might
have betrayed me, you know. Simon.
HE spun round when the light went
out. and pushed the curtain aside. !
was waiting for that. had calculated
my blow. / stabbed him. 1t was
good blow, though 1t was delivered in
the dark. He only cried out once. But
the woman screamed, and dog flew
at me, and 1 couldn't find his money.
30 / ran away.
"And then there were only three Of
US who knew the secret. Then Simon
died and there were only two. and now
there are only Hewlett and i, and he
In dead, poor fool, and / have my gold
here. For Gods sake give me knife,
6imon"
His fingers tore Mt my sleeve in his
last agony. and was tempted sorely.
And It was his own knife that l had.
The irony of 1T
He muttered once or twice and cried
ont in fear of the man whom he had
elqin. heard him gasp a little later.
Then the hand fell from my sleeve.
And after that there was no further
sound.
49,.
/ PAUL"
It was the mcrcst whisper from the
wall. ! thought 1t was trick of my
sown mind. dared not hope
paul! Dearestw
This was no fancy born Of a de-
llrious brain and the thick fumes of
dynamite. 1t came from the wall
little way ahead Of me. I crawled the
three feet that the little cave afforded
and put my hands upon the rock, feel
Ing It's surface inch by inch. There
was n crevice there, not large enough
to have permitted bird to pass-the
interest fissure.
"Jacquelinel Is that you, dear?'
called. "You are not hurt, Jacqueline?'
II am lying where you left Inc, dear.
Paul, II heard"
you heardT / answered DULY.
What did 1t matter now?
"Why didn't you tell me, Paul? But
never mind. / am so glad, dearest !!
Can you come through to meT
/ struggled to tear the rocks away
beat and bruised my hands In vain
against them.
Il will come when 1t grows light,
Jacqueline," l babbled. "When It
grows lightr'
She did not know that 1t would never
grow light for me. Again I flung my
self against the walls OF ny prison,
battering ut them till the blood dripped
Ynxy l..
flung myself down hopelessly, and
then I tried again, clutching at every
fragment that protruded into the cave.
And Mt last, when my despair had
mastered met grew light.
For sunbeam shot like finger
through the crevice and qulvered upon
the floor of the cave. And overhead
where had never thought to seek,
where / had thought three hundred
feet Of eternal rock pressed down on
me, saw the culver of day through
half dozen feet Of tight-packed debris
from the glaciers mouth.
/ raised myself and tore ut II. ond
sent It flying. I thrust my hands al.onp
the stones and tore them down like
the tiles from a rotten roof.
heard a shout; hands were reached
down to me and pulled me up, and
was on my feet upon hillside. look
ing into the keen eyes Of Pere Antoine
and the face of the Indian squaw.
And the Eskimo dog was barking al
my side.
Only one thing marred the happi
ness Of our reunion. and that was tn,
loss OF Jacqueline's father.
We had talked much over what hat
happened. and ten days later, wher
Jncqueline had recovered from til,
. shock and from what proved to be
,nfter oil, only flesh-wound, we hat
visited the scene of our rescue by thu
old priest.
The charge of dynamite which La
croIx had set exploded, as 1t happened
beneath thpt part which buttressed thu
entire structure, and combining will
the pressure of the glacier above, hat
thrown the mountain on Its side, I'll
ing the lake with several million tom
of Ice and oblIterating all traces Of thu
chateau. which lay buried beneath III
waters. ~ ~ a 81 ~ .,ss.tr.