Mountain advocate., 1920-02-06

| l saw gllmmer Of hope noe,
though Of what hardly knew; or per
hnps II was only the desire to talk Of
Jacquellne and hear her name upUr
my lips and Pierre's.
"Picrre, l came here to save Mile
Jncquellne," said.
mo can save him." he answered.
mo can fight against Simon"
"Whnt, In the devils name. is his
power, thenT cried.
lie dlable," he replied. He ma!
have misunderstood me, but the an.
swer was apt. mo use fight him." h.
said. Gan finish now. Old times, him
finish, and my gal, too. Soon Pierra
Caribou, him finish. No can fghl
Simon. Perhaps old Pierre kill him,
nobody else" He looked steadily al
me. 81 poison him dogs" he added
"What7" I exclaimed.
| "Slmon, him tell me long ago no
body come to chateau. So you finish
too, maybe. What he tell you. you
goT
"Lacroix is going to take me TO Pers
Antoine's cabin tomorrow morning"
The Indian grunted. "Simon nc
mean to let you CO." he said. He
mean kill you. You know too much.
Sometime he Kill me, too, or kill
him."
"PIerre," / said. taking HIN by the
arm, "what is the Old Angelic Wei,
Ange"
He stared stolidly at me.
"Why you ask that?" he said.
Because Lacr,lx has been instruct
ed to take me by that route" l an
swered.
Pierre shook the ashes out Of his pipe
and rose. "Come with me-" he said
IL show you-because you frien' OF
Ma'm'selle Jacqueline. Come"
followed him out of the hut. A
large moon was just rising out Of the
cast but it was not yet high enough
to cast much light.
We traversed perhaps a mile oil
outer blackness. Then began to see
q CLEAN OF moonlight in front OF me,
and though had not been conscious
/ " 4
have retraced our course completely,
for / heard the roar Of the cataractf
again.
Then we emerged upon tiny sheH
OF rock some forty feet up tho faca
OF the wall and quite invisible FROM
below. It was little above the level
of the chateau roof, about a hundred
yards away. Below me could sec the
main entrance to the tunnel.
We had a foothold of about trp
feet on the level platform, which waG
slippery with smooth black ice, and
laundering over us, so near that ]
could almost have touched 1t had ]
stretched out my hand, :he whirllne
torrent plunged into that he'll below
Pierre caught my arm as reeied
sick with the shock of the discovery.
and yelled into my ear above the din
lie Well Anger he cried. "Thls
way Simon mean you to go tomorrow,
Lacroix him tell you: Get down, we
find the no d. He take you mp here
and push you-so."
He made a graphic gesture Nth hin
arm and pointed. l looked down,
shuddering. into the black, foam
crested water, bubbling and whirline
among the grotesque ice pillars that
stood like sentries upon the brink.
"What you do?" he asked. "Yor &c
to Pere Antoine tonight? What you
do nOw?"
took the pistol from my coat
pocket.
"Pierre," / answered, 81 have twu
bullets here and both Of them are fol-
Simon. Tonight 1 had him in my
power and spared him. Now am 80
ing back and I shall shoot him dow
like q dog, whether he is armed o.
defenseless."
Pierrc's face was twitching. "Yor
no 90 back !" he cried. "Simon he kill
you. No use to fight Simon. Hin
time not come yet. When him time
come he die"
"When will II conner" asked, look
ing at the mans features, which were
distorted with frcnzied hate.
II not know!" exclaimed Pierre. ~
try f1nd-cards tell me. No Indias
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 Sllnn
then himself. Nobody else kill Simon
No use you try"
l shook the Indians hands away arc
plunged forward into the tunnel again.
l heard him calling after me; but
think he saw that was not to be de
TERED, for he made no attempt 70
| follow me.
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
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