The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-02-21

has been trouble between Monseu
Askew here and Monsieur Morris"
Il have heard of it." replied the cap
tain.
ASK him if he is willing to accep
his orders from me-" said Hilary.
The cure translated, and the captain
answered him, stroking his gray beart
and speaking with slow emphasis.
1T is all right" said Father Luciel
| finally. Captain Dupont takes hi
freight where he finds it. He take
from your company in accordance
with his contract He will not breal
1t. If Brousseau refuses him freigh
he can pick up all he needs on thu
south shore. You can rely on him."
Hilary felt deeply satisfied If thu
captain was staunch, not Morris MOI
Brousseau nor all his men should pre-
vent him from getting out a record
cutting before navigation closed.
"Tell Dupont weII keep him busy
Hilary said.
When he was with Father Lucier
upon their homeward way he asked
him question about matter that
had puzzled him.
why does Dupont look at me as il
were his mortal enemy?" he asked.
"Ah, Monsieur Askew," said the
cure, stopping to thump his stick upon
the shingle, there is a story there
SO he looks at every man when first
he meets him. He fears for the girl
Marie-and unfortunately he is right
in his fears. For she has her mother
nature.
1t was many years ago, nearly
twenty, l think, and before l came
here, when Capt. Jules Dupont was a
fisherman in st. Bonface. He was
married to Marie Letellier who was
much younger than he, and gay and
thOughtless. People said it was an ill
made match; but she loved him, and
they were happy.
when he left his young bride to go
sealing off Newfoundland the tongues
wagged, but he trusted her, and when
he returned there was the child Ma
RE, and a warm welcome. SO three
years passed.
''When Jules Dupont returned the
fourth year his wife was gone. With
whom? Nobody knew. | know more
than anyone in st. Boniface, but /
never knew. Some wanderer from the
south shore and six months later she
was back with the child, pleading for
He sheltered her until her
death soon afterward. Since then his
fear has been that Marie will have in
herited the mothers nature. He
never makes a voyage but he returns
in fear and haste And he wishes her
to marry Jean-Marie Baptiste, who
loves her-but you have seen tonight
to what her mind is turning.
"The women recall her mothers
fate, and their dislike has made her
secretive and solitary. And it is lone
Iy here. and Ste. Marie so near Mon
sieur AsKew, you saw the girl Nanette.
She is from st. Joseph of decent par
ents, who mourn for her. She was
Iured from her home to Ste. Marie,
and l have fears that some one is
using her as a tool to get the girl Ma
RE Dupont into his clutches. But what
can / do save watch and wait?
Therefore, Monsieur Askew," con-
,inued Father Lucien, much agitated,
I implore you to prevent this evil
rom spreading to st. Boniface. 1t is
8rousseau who debauches those poor
people there. 1t is he who is RESPONSE
or the people, so long as he yields
heir votes for his creature in the par
lament at Quebec And this, mon
ieur was chiefly the cause of my
Tisit to you tonight, to urge you to
,eep the brandy and the dance halls
tut Of st. Boniface, for hear it being
aid that one of the Duvals boasts he
will open a dance hall there
mo brandy shall be sold on the st.
,oniface property, Father Lucien."
II am glad, monsieur" answered the
.ure. "But Simeon Duval and his
brother Louis boast of Brousseaus
and they are dangerous
1en."
You have my promise" said Hilary, |
that they shall not sell liquor in st. |
'oniface. And by heaven I'll smash |
ny man who tries to corrupt my peo
lie - he added, with a vehemence that |
himself.
Hilary slept poorly that night. Trou-
lie seemed to be thickening about him.
Lad he, indeed, the power to handle
1ese wild people whose very tongue
e could hardly understand? /
Then, out of the darkness, there
ose, in vivid portrayal, the face of
[adeIeine Rosny. He admitted now
ow much she meant to him, enough
, make any venture worth the while.
-e thought Of their last meeting; and
spite of it he dared to dream of a
appier one to come.
Before he fell asleep he had decided
go to Quebec and try to secure
,me jobber to take over Leblanc's
ase. At the same time he would
ok up the land records and get an
idea of the extent of the
osny seigniory.
Characteristically, he put his plan
ito practice two days later, when the
OWN boat arrived, instructing LATE to
Did up the dynamiting till his return.
afe saw him off, and he had hardly
rived on board before discovering
lat Morris had embarked at Ste.