The Rice belt journal., 1920-06-19
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and now
rose to embrace her, but she
..d away from him. mot until
y married, EdOuard," she said.
.,Bsseau WINGED now. 1T almost
as if you didn't love me-" ne
..,od IN disgust. And in that
spce the major part of his charac-
mlrht have been epitomized.
days after the news reached
], he went into the village for his
Taxing it to his Office to read,
annd among 1t bulky envelope
.,ced 10 him from Ontario In an
.oun writing. He opened 1t and
aa letter from Morris.
.aever evasiye the ex-manager
boen In conversation, he was d.
enough in writing. "YOu didn't
me well, and l guess you had
n to act as you did" he wrote.
4, hound Brousseau swindled me
was swindling you, and I'm 60
b nut you in possession of the
and documents, which l took
Ms desk before leaving. You
a9t have any scruples about using
heoause they refer principally to
Ilng thought enough of the mat
d ,end a mau to Lafe, asking him
eoae in Immediately; and that
Moon the two men went over the
n.ion together.
Ips clear case" said Hilary.
been swindling the property
and left. 1t seems. / allowed for
~ thousands, but as 1 make it out
mounts to nearly eighty thousand" !"
ale Whistled and took up the paper
Hilary handed him.
mis- is the contract with Leblanc
n on the st. BOnifaCe limits" he
$50 there's no mlstaking who
na that lumber in the river"
B took up another document. "a
aact with the Cornwall Paper
bany to supply twenty thousand
q Of spruce wood from the st.
iaee limits" be said. "And
Morris receipt for seven thou
aollars' commission on 'gummy
she would call tin other words,
DEcOd sold of the seignlOry during
At 10 per cent. What do you
e Of II, Lafe7"
gatertlght," answered Lafe.
here's another document that
ss interesting reading" continued
aFy, handing it to him.
ale studied 1t. u don't get It," he
he Lamartine's acknowledgment Of
thousand dollars Received from
By for fifty shares in the North
plFa Development cOmpany-one Of
usseau's interests. Now look at
one, Lamartine ls remitting five
rsand dollars less the brokers
gges for the sale Of North Empire
glopment stock, as per order. He
n't say how much stock. Lamar
Isn't a fool. But here's Rosny's
eowledgment Of the flve thousand
lars less brokers' charges for the
Of fifty shares, dated March 8,
: Now here's stock market
png from a newspaper of March
lowing the stock at 1915.
lhats where we've got him, Lafe.
nFtine's letter proves nothing, but
Gis got hold of ROsny's acknowled-
q probably for blackmaiIlng pur-
and It shows Brousseau has
adled ROsny out Of $4,000 on that
Probably there were others.
is where his money went"
KS pity Morris couldn't run
GIT being as thorough as he ls,"
Iaie
iary looked at him searchingly
he compelled him to return his
oa have been very reticent of late,
What's the trOubleT"
guess It amt much" said Connell.
you see, it's this way" he went
Rluetantly. ~ knew what lies
0'aeGguard was spreading about
and l didn't know whether to
you Or not, Mr.. Askew. / knew
sIe saw US with that girl in Ste.
and ! knew from his face that
sn pleased, And again / didn't
Rhat to do. And l decided to lie
my way; maybe I was wrong,
N against butting in, by nature"
'er mind. Lafe," said Hilary.
70 late to make any difference
I ant too later shouted Lafe.
Io his feet "Mr. Askew, YOU
told hlm-1Ir Rosny-about
eStOs mine, have you? You
F" nave gene to him and let him
lou could have saved Nam
aQsny from sacrificing herself
Wy You can Save her. and
going to-
gpsse | have let things drift"
'afy somberly. u lived in a
s0pe that the mess would clear
! hadn't the heart to do any
hefhs ~. 80
YihingT
alFald Of her father. There's
now he would take it. At
don't think he knows any
Oeldn't let that stand in nv
ss.,s ~ Lafe emphatically.
mink you'd really use that