The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-03
CHAPTER XIII.


the eNeHiHN
hilary seated opposit" his friend
a him of the conversation viii
w. us who. manipulating the tiller
heard nothing
81, Louis will swear 10 what he In
od me" he said, ut means that
40 con clap Brousscau into jail. 9th
too he'll never give up his schemes
ssaInst me. because he has personal
grievan" .. ~, ,.co .,,,,.,.
ouestIpn TO you without giving
oTense?
ayou may. Council
.Tm only saying what evcrybody's
,orInc in ST. Bonifacc, and that is
Shout vour cutting Brousscau out with
uodemoiscllc RoSny"
81 cuess it's true. Lnfc," said Hilary.
a ofe she's-well you understand"
~ guess do" said Lafc. He
,,-otcbed out a sincwy hand and
..innod Hiary's warmly. II wish
rlarice-my wifc-could meet YOU" he
said
II hope she will, LATE some day.
put now about Brousscau."
u asked you that" said Lafe, be
couse there's lot hangs on IT, Now
az TO Louis--he wouldn't swear. IL
he did swear. he'd swear that he'd
been living as soon as Brousscau
slipped him a tcn-dolIar bill. No, sir,
Il won't do. We've got to get the fox
right into the trap before we spring
IT,
"Pm afraid am no hand NJ spring
Ing traps. Lafc."
mo. But we've got TO give him rope
enough 10 hang himself. We don't
want TO 90 off at half-cock. That's
planer amt 1t? My advice is rs be-
fore; lie low. You see. sir, when
man schemes and schemes and plans
his crooked work, all that he's doing
Is to twist the rope tighter round his
own neck. We've got him now, but
we must get the moose tight, so that
he won't wriggle out of II. And he'll
twist II tight next time he wriggles.
That's my idea, Mr.. Askew."
Il guess you're right as usual Lafe,"
answered Hilary. "But I've been ~
Ing low laundering long time"
No more was said upon the subject.
Out In the Gulf the choppiness Of the
waves had changed to a steady sweep
toward the island. which, lying in mid
stream, received and broke the full
force Of the daily tides. The wind
aided them. and they swept through
the water Hilary watched the near !
Ing land with interest that deepened
as ne began to make out the luxurious
growth of conifers that covered It al 4
most to the seas verge.
In the center he could now make .
out ridge Of low hills, which seemed .
70 ascend to terminal cliff. having
on one side gentle slope and, on the
olher, precipitous descent toward
the water.
there ought to be some fine cut
ing there for us some day." said
mary. Hello! What's that?"
somebody has got there before u.s."
aid Connell. II
BOAT came into view, a little fish
ns sloop, much like Duvars, beached
70 ue shore, the sails down, the bow
aleh above high water.
mat boat belongs to jacques
o'ousseau," said Louis. pointing to-
ward It.
WHAT'S he doing on my limits. I
Wonder" mused Hilary.
guess he's making this his winter
sar'ers. He's trapped the seigniory
tory" 80
lney grounded. Duval. leaping
a'HOre' brought the bow round above
water level Lafe and Hilary
q limbs. 49, '"'"p
'ae wind blew keenly. but. once IN
I'LL wy shelter Of the island. they
i l,a warm autumn weather.
he Louis stretched ont in the
uhuer tarpauIin, LATE and Hi
9"r'ed up the sIoping beach toward
-, interior. The first thing that they
n,sas as peculiar, when they had
'ne outer fringe of trees, was
= M. a,s'ehce of a welI-defined trail. !
y. ''opped and looked at it. (
ali az. sou suppose Old Jacques made
haty asked LATE. .
Too wide"
ana too hard, Mr. Askaw Th;s {
Ana n stamped out this summer.
s na 'acores has only been here q
esk at host" '''e "
90 asked Hilary -
shnd ~ else has been on the |
Ae sna @' summer, or at least most Of II
','a It looks like it, " ''''e' Oh
were Do na,l had disappeared They $
psss, now scrambling up a cnlIey he.
ether Ga '' rocks that lowered on h
Il he a,ara., Oh them. At the ton of p
l he islona on appeared the point of "
4 llf, cleft i, anu me face Of the great Il
siaenlnn n'o numerous assures some II
Saaa' INTO small caves !,
I'D pon, 's Lafe grlpped Hllary's arm
pld sea through the scrub they Il
VT ) jacques Brousseau coming Il
AAt narro perture in the cliff. n deem II
ae bass ~ cleft that opened toward
lscan m INTO a wide recess O""' i
la sto os saw them at the same time j,
aary advoaa o'iohiess. AS LATE and p
aa1ed ID, anI ,ee he seemed to be gal ri