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lured Marie into q boat by means OF
their decoy, Nauette Bonnat. and took
her to the island. We found them
there, and saved her. and brought the
girls back. That's all. Now you
know. Now you understand how
you've done Hilary wrong. If you
don't believe me-" LATE continued dog
gedly, '.just tell me how much you
don't believe, and I'll prove II. I'll
prove every word; you don't have to
take me on trust"
do you think am capable of seek
ing evidence that a man is true to
me-" cried Madeleine. do you think
/ am going into st. Boniface to pry
Into your friends actiOnsT
you love him, mamzelle," said LATE
with patience that would not be
thwarted. II can read that in your
face. You love him. and you've done
him wrong. Well, mamzelle you
can't lie down under that. You can't
bear it. You've got to right It,"
She burst into helpless tears. al
hoped that he would come to me-" she
whispered.
hillary Askew amt that kind of a
man." said LATE.
HE refused to defend himself"
He'd promised Marie to say moth
ing"
Let me pass. have heard YOU"
But LATE stood in the way. you're
going to tell him it's all right" he said.
TN arrange it so it won't hurt your
pride, If that's worth keeping"
"How dare you insult me? Let him
come to me! Let him come and
plead"
"Mamzelle!'
81 shall never 20 to him.!
And Lafe had reached the end. His
goal but it was the wrong goal. He
was helpless, he was beaten. He
stepped aside, and she ran past him,
hurrying up the stairs, whose faded
carpet was held by furnished rods
that cleaned between her moving feet.
LATE looked along the gloomy hall
at the portraits in their gilt frames,
and he felt the unreasoning, stubborn
Rosny spirit that looked out Of the
eyes of each, as it had looked out of
Medicines and spoken by her. And
1t had met such another spirit In Hill
airy.
~ guess you're wrong. all OF you"
LATE muttered. 81 guess you manu-
featured your code and thought II was
breeding and pride. and you can't help
1t. You got your foundations crooked.
You can't help 1t; that's ALL"
And with the same logged patience
but with an added air of hopelessness.
he put on his snowshoes and plodded
from the Chateau.
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seemed to negative Lafe's wish To en-
ter, and went by instinct into the liv-
ing room at the end of the hall for the
first tim In his life.
He tipped at the door, but there
came no answer. He knocked more
loudly. and went in without waiting
for any. He discovered the Selgneur
In big leather chair before the huge,
glowing fire. Madeleine standing be-
side him and Edouard Brousseau a
short distance away. There was an
atmosphere Of immediate cOnstraint,
as II Lafe's appearance had interrupts
ed tense interview. LATE sensed Ii,
but he did not care. He could hardly
believe his luck. He had wanted
Brousseau there badly, but he had not
hoped to meet him.
Brousseau was the first to speak.
He may have guessed the nature of
Lafe's errand from Lafe's attitude,
though not its fullness. He scowled.
Its the man from the MILL" he said
In a sneering tone to Monsieur Rosny.i
Madeleine raised her eyes and LATE
read in them the same intuition that
was in Brousseau's, and also her chal-
lenge She was arming to oppose him
in his fight for Hilary, she was pr,par-
ing to fight against all that she held
dearest. for the sake of the swindler
across the room. LATE admired her
courage. but this he had expected.
my business is with Mr.. Rosny."
he said.
"Don't let that trouble you. speak
for Monsieur Rosny." answered Brous'
seau.
you'll hear for him. too, then" re.
torted LATE. "Mr. ROsny. that man Is
liar. thief and swindling rogue.
That's what I've come to prove"
Brouseau started forward, his face
pale with rage. AS he placed himself
In a fighting attitude Lafe calmly as
sumed that Of defense, the left fist
ready. the right arm across his chest,
turned outward and slightly upward.
Brousseau was no coward, but he hest.
tated. and his moment passed.
The Seigneur's face grew dark with
of guest OF mine." he cried, and
gripped the arms of his chair as If try.
ing to rise. Madeleine bent over him
and restrained him. Her face was
flushed with resentment.
81 told you my business was with
you. Mr.. Rosny," said LATE, upper.
turbed. II amt speaking to him. God
knows ] don't want to speak to him.
He says he's speaking for you, so let
him speak to this. He's swindled the
st. Boniface lumber company out OF
eighty thousand dollars, so far as
we've learned yet, and maybe more
But ] guess he's heard enough. got
the proofs, but maybe it's painful lis.
tening."
Leave the Chateau Immediately,
Monsieur!" Numbered the Seigneur.
"Not till I've finished speaking" an.
swered Lafe "Unless he asks me to
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20, and then I'll think about II. He's
speaking for you. You amt in on this
deal, Mr.. Rosny. And now I've ante'd,"
he ended defiantly.
Madeleine came forward quietly.
"You can 60, Mr.. Connell," she said in
a voice vibrant with restrained anger.
1--WE do not permit Monsieur Brous-
seau to be insulted, here or anywhere.
Your conduct Is intolerable. Leave In
stantly,' and If you have anything to
say to him in accusation say 1t when
he has not q woman and sick man
present to restrain his resentment"
LATE flushed. "And you amt In It
neither. Mamzelle." he answered.
"What got to say say to Mr.. Rosny.
! come here to say 1t and I'll go when
I said It,"
"Oh, let him speak," snarled Brous-
seau. Monsieur Askew Is afraid to
come here with his lies, so he has sent
his man."
Madeleine's eyes flashed. "This is
no place for personalities, Edouard,"
cried the girl. Perhaps you will &C
company Mr.. Connell to the door and
let him say what he wishes to say out
side"
II say II here I" cried Lafe In furi-
Gus voice that surprised himself.
Hes cheated us out Of eighty thou
sand dollars, and he's cheated you, Mr..
Rosny, out Of about as much. and prob
ably more, and you can put 1t In any
words you Ike. And I've got the pa
pers to prove tall of EN-"
Brousseau WINGED and staggered
back dumfounded; there was no mis-
taking now that the man was afraid.
Though Madeleine would not deign to
acknowledge that she had listened to
Lafe's words, LATE caught the flicker
Of her eyelids as she glanced quickly
toward Brousseau, and he knew that
at the same instant she had seen the
look on Brousseau's face. The -Seig-
neur, mounting impotently, had kept
trying to rise; but now he sat OPEN
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CHAPTER XVI.
Dupont Remembers.

Brousseau was seated lin the library
of the gaudy house when tall old
man came to the door. He recon
and admitted him.
Since the exposure Brousseau had
hardly left his room. He sat there,
haggard, crushed, planning, scheming
to get back that which seemed slipping
ineXorably from his grasp. Consumed
with furious hate of Hilary, he seemed
inhibited from action by the very We
hemence of his will.
He's sailing for Quebec tomorrow
evening" said the captain. 81 am to
take him with a schooner load Of lum-
ber."
"Askew?" queried Brousseau sharp
iy.
yes, monsieur. He came to me late
this afternoon. His horse was all in
sweat. He must have driven like the
devil. He told me to sail tomorrow
night, whether the holds full or
empty"
Brousseau was staggered. If Hilary
was going to Quebec Immediately, it
must be to lay those papers, which he
had sought vainly in his desk, before
the police He saw the prison walls
closing about him. And to the great
hate he bore Hilary was added the lust
for liberty.
He must have the papers. LATE
Cornell knew besides, but Lafe could
be laughed at. once the papers were
his own. His plan began to take shape.
If Hilary were out of the way and the
documents destroyed he could yet win
Madeleine, achieve his dream of be-
coming Seigneur, his life ambition.
Dupont" he said, "you and l have
not always been on good terms. You
refused to break your contract with
the st. Boniface company. But guess
you see differently now"
Dupont clenched his fists. "Tve
sworn to kill him." he whispered. eve
held my peace. talked with him face
to face tonight, and he never knew the
devil that was sitting In my throat,
telling me to make an end"
"Can you keep that devil of yours
silent till you have him on boardT
asked Brousseau.
Dupont pulled at his tangled board
and nodded. Brousseau, watching him.
knew that the madness which held him
would carry him to the end. "Who
are your crew." he asked.
Concluded Next Weekl
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mouthed in his chair. aud thereafter
they listened.
"I'll tell you why he wants the
it's part plain greed, but there's an
other reason, and that explains why
he wants to get Mr.. Askew off. There's
an asbestos mine on the island-LoOk
at him Look at him"
Brousseau was glaring at him. the
picture of impotent rage. LATE. hav-
ing indicated him with his hand, re-
sumed:
''He kept II off the map in our Office,
pretending the island isn't on our linn
Its. and he spread that story, but you
know better, Mr.. ROsny. The island
has the best asbestos mine this side of
Thetford, and I've seen the mines at
Thetford. And it's worth good quar-
ter million dollars, reckon. Maybe
more. Maybe million-I amt no
judge. And he's kept II secret from
you"
Hes drunk or dreaming" NUT
tered BrOusseau, trembling. "A few
strands Of rock flax, commercially
worthless"
"But that amt roguery. That's just
business trick" said COnnell. "HOw
did he get you into his power, Mr. R0s-
ny. asking your pardon? I'll tell you.
He's cheated you as he's cheated us.
except that 1t was worse, because you
trusted him, which we never did.
That's what / come to tell you, Mr..
ROsny. He's swindled you out Of
nearly forty thousand dollars on one
DEAL in North Empire Development
company stock, and maybe In other"
BrOusseau leaped at Lafe like a
tiger. Lafe. who had anticipated the
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move, stepped dexterously aside, al
the same time twirling the chair or
which his hand was resting. BrOus.
seau. in his plunge forward. trippec
over ii, stumbled and fell prone to the
floor.
"And got the papers to prove that
here I" said LATE triumphantly.
Brousseau rose. rubbing his shins
and muttering curses, and glared saw.
agely about him. Madeleine was
breathing quickly, her eyes fixed In
tently on Lafe's face.
Its a ID lie !" cried Brousseau
"They've forged those papers. Where
are they? Eth? Show mew
"He said he was speaking for you
Mr.. Rosny." said LATE, $50 here they
are. I guess you know your sigma.
ture?"
He drew the envelope from his peck.
ct and placed the three documents on
the Seigneur's knee, standing between
him and Brousseau, who looked ready
to leap again. But he did not leap
he muttered to Madeleine, who still
watched Lafe breathlessly.
II guess these letters don't tell you
much, Mr.. Rosny," continued Lafe. "If
you'll put them together you'll see that
those fifty thousand-dollar shares were
sold for you In Quebec at hundred
dollars apiece"
"Yes. Monsieur Brousseau had III
fortune with that company. He ex.
planned il to me-" said the Seigneur.
trembling. "What Of it?"
"Why, here's the market price of its
shares FIVE days before at 1915, that's
ALL" said LATE. 'It didn't tumble that
fast. All the country would have been
ringing with II II II had done that. ]
guess Brousseau has that money of
yours tucked away safely somewhere"
you gave me your power of attor.
ney-" Brousseau began.
But his guilt was written on his
face. The swiftness Of the blow had
utterly disconnected him and made him
incapable of defense. LATE saw the
Seigneur's expression change as II a
mask has been torn from his fea-
lures. He staggered to his feet, his
left side helpless. and. grasping the
chair with his right hand, confronted
Brousseau.
"What have you TO sayf Is It trlB
or false, monsieuri" he cried. "Whcre
are my other stocksf You had a hun
dred thousand Of my money. Where
Is itT'
"Find It'll" yelled Brousseau. go to
the devil with your money! I tried to
help you out of friendship. I haven't
time to work out your stock exchange
accounts for you. II anybody's cheat
ed you It's the sto, kbroker. Go to him
for itr He started toward Madeleine.
You don't believe these lies against
mel" he cried.
you have insulted my father, but
you have not answered him."
'Tll pay him."
at is true. then? II Is trueT
yep, it's true" interposed Lafe. at
can't be anything else. Everybody
knows what a rotten. swindling thief
the fellow Is. All. keep your hand
down. Mr.. Rosny. I'm telling you what
think of him. That's, what i came
here for. And II you'll excuse me for
referring to yovr mortgage. which
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CHAPTER XIV.
lafs Takes q Hand.

Lafe was surprised to feel the bitter
tang Of the air when he left the mill
office. II was going to be winter now,
he reflected. and, II Hilary could be
held only three days, there could be
no question of an immediate journey
to Quebec.
Reaching the waste Of open ground
before the Chateau. he saw that a
sleigh had been there that day; pos
sibly II was In the stables now. He
rang the bell. nodded to Robitaille,
who opened the door. disregarded his
incomprshensibis address which
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Concluded Next Week.
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PROVES
NJ. Y. UPS BEST ASSET
Attack Led by Weinheimer
Promises Results.

With the great deal OF excellent ma
terial Coach Gargan has on hand at
New York University there is every pos
sibility of his rounding out team that
will establish an enviable reputation
emong the smaller eleyens this season.
Competition for positions has been so
keen during the past few weeks owing
to the large number of capable players
who are found on the squad that barely
three positions on the first eleven have
permanent occupants.
II is we'll for Gargan that his material
Is so promising because the Violet mas
a number of difficult games ahead OF II.
Barring Injuries. which are always liable
10 occur, the New York team should
ring up victories against such oppo-
nents as Wesleyan. Union, Bates and
Stevens. the most important of the teams
which they have yet to face on the grid
iron.
New York Universtys greatest asset
this season Is its stong backfield. capt.
Weinheimer halfback, Is one OF the most
brilliant halfbacks New York has had IN
many years. He has an uncanny facul-
tS Of finding holes in his opponents lines
and his ability to dodge and change his
direction while travelling at full speed
with the ball is what makes him so val
table a man. In addition to these quail
ities Weinhe:mer possesses unusual anil
ity in snatching forward passes and IS
n powerful man on defence. Along with
Weinheimer in the baclsfeld New York
has such capable players as Harry
RYAN. the fullback, Bourginon. quarter
back. and Ferguson. halfback.
The line also shows a great deal oil
promise and should prove a stumbling
block to most of New York University's
opponents. In tho centre of the line
there Is the brilliant player who has
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spring that pool selling would be TIA
boo" this year. Although there was a
certain amount OF quiet wagering on
the result of matches this year 1t was
nothing TO former championships. Ann
ateur sport needs no pool selling 10
make IL popular with patrons. and the
rca,'sr II all goes the better.
In professional golf medal play calls
for the best at all times, with no knowl-
odge of what the other fellow Is doing.
There is little chance for outside gam
blers TO fasten their clutches upon any
part of this sport, so far as dealing
with principals is concerned. But a
tricky caddy, an interruptions specta-
tor or one hired for the purpose could
stamp a ball or kick ii into a worse lie
with only n moderate chance for detec-
ton. Keep away the big bettors from
golf and the game will flourish.
There have been two good golfers
come to this country to stay here. Lau-
RE Ayton and Charles Mayo The for
mer is on the up grade and the latter
will never be any better than he is to-
day. which puts him In the second
grouping of golf pros. Soon to arrive on
these shores will be a famous Scotch
amateur, Gordon Lockhart. who, we un-
derstand, will accept a post as profes-
eional at a club In this vicinity. LOCK
hart has been an internationalist TOT
years; he has been semi-finalist In tho
British amateur and for years was
partner in foursomes of Bobby AnoreW,
now located in a pro berth at New
Haven. Lockhart was born at Prest-
wick in 1887. stands six feet one. and Is
built on the lines OF Bob Gardner. who'
by the way, defeated Lockhart in the
British amateur last spring. American
gold. says a British writer Is weaning
tho best amateurs and professionals 10
the States. But Lockhart need not DC
feared in professional ranks, aithough
as an amateur he would undoubtedly
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earned a great reputation in the last
three years for his remarkable work as
q defensive player for the Violet. Archie
Hrin. Br.n is in as fine condition as he
was In former years and is playing a
splendid game as usual. Alongside Of
Brin, who has very little competition for
his position, the Edgar and Caddell
guards. These men have been doing
very well at their positions. but are by
no means certain of their jobs. They are
being closely pressed by Robinson. Gull
ney and Bonforte. three very capable
men. whom Gargan may call upon at any
time.
At tackle the New York University
line seems TO have its greatest strength.
Pitt holds down one side of the line. and
BY his great size and strength has been
2 stone wall to opposing players The
tackle on the other end Is Horrlgan. d
veteran of.two seasons. who Is . verita-
HE glutton for worl. and is a massive
machine Of 1870 pounds. The ends are
also doing creditable work. though no
great strength IL TO be found there A.
present the incumbents of the end posi-
lions are Bates and Adams
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Pleasant Academy: October %. Irving
School: October 80. Kingsley School !;
November c, Scarborough: November 10,
Hackley and November II, Columbia
Freshmen.
The squad includes Seller captain,
halfback; Cowan, quarterback: Tilney,
tackle: Upjohn, end; Peckerman, quar-
terback; johnson, tackle; Levy, guard
Thorndyle. end Sperber. centre: Cren-
shaw, fullback Hartman. halfback ,
Smith, end Muller. centre; Gress,
guard; Cook, guard stone. guard; Loeb,
halfback: Kent, guard Cohen, end f;
Phillips, end Tucker, halfback; Bru-
giere, end Lemon. halfback; Pennock,
tackle Burris, halfback.
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standard of Play Higher.

The standard of professional play has
visiDiy risen and II is going to be harder
and harder for any pair or group of
professionals visiting this country to
run Off with more than 80 per cent. Of
their contests. We were rather disap-
pointed that more OF the clubs did not
stage medal play rounds for the play
crs on the morning of the thirty-six hole
matches. with added scores TO count
In the award. Then In the afternoon
the battle OF the match play game would,
have given added Zest to tho affair.
This is quite In order across the water.
where they have studied out both kinds
OF play and might we'll be copied biz
in this country.
The recent developments in connection
with baseball games In last seasons
worlds series recall the announcements
made by the u. 8. q. A. officials last
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6 GAMES FOR MANN ELEVEN.

Six games have been arranged for the
football team OF the Horace Mann school
for Boys by Frank w. Begrlsch. the
manager. and Coach Tewhill and Assist
ant Coach Readie are developing the
material rapidly. Coach Tewhill has
been at Horace Mann for two years.
The schedule is: October Is. Mount
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Golf Has Different Viewpoint.

The international tennis trips are
financed of course by the national asso-
citation. and while golf has always been
game with a different viewpoint III
this regard the holding of international
matches where thousands of miles must
be traversed and team put on the
links thoroughly representative brings
up the point that skill and not fortune
must DO the guiding hand in selection.
II would seem that all which need
be accounted for would be the ocean
passage. But these are points about
which little HAS been said aud that
little sQnly by those who do not wish TO
lie Quoted direct. But where there Is
smoke there may be little blaze which
by the time of the annual meeting may
develop into n flame.
The trip engineered throughout the
land for the two master golfers Harry
Vardon and Ted Ray proves conclusively
that in the future four days n week OF
golf Is about right for even the cracks.
Like ali other golfers. although less
seldom, they do go stale and cannot
give their best endeavors Perhaps IL
moro eighteen hole and fewer thirty-siX
hole matches are staged for the next
pair who may come here at some time
in the future more stirring contests will
be had. The edge has been taken off
The play or the visitors because they
have been defeated some fifteen OF six
teen times and fully three-fourths OF
that number by golfers who arc adj
anittcdiy inferior. But It must be borne
81 mind by those who would attempt TO
minimize tho American victories that
OF! only three occasions have the home
pairs won when the visitors were play
Ing poor golf, that is not equalling par
with their better ball figures.
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AMERICAN GOLF
HAS GOOD YEAR
In Events at Home and Abroad
Season Leaves Little to
Be Desired.
BY JOHN G. ANDERSON.

The golf season of 1890 has left little
70 be desired from competitive stand
point. Our professional representative
In the person Of Long Jim" Barnes fin
ished In the money I'm the British open
Mt Deal, partly atoning for the slump
experienced by our American open title
holder, Walter Hagen. Robert Gardner
threw a scare into the British golfing
ranks when he carried the winner to the
thirty-seventh hole in the final. defeat
Ing en- route several OF the best golfers
In the British amateur ranks. Then
came the trip of the British stars. who
performed. we believe, well below their
best In our amateur championship.
We do not think that sufficient praise
has been given to Tolley for his trip TO
this country. He was warned that golf
In the States had increased in power at
least stroke, perhaps more, since 1911.
when Harold Hilton carried off the hon.
ors so handily. He must have known,
too. that the game OF the present day
cracks In Britain Is not within two
strokes of that as displayed by Hilton
and John Ball. The added knowledge
that Bob Gardner had at least two supe-
rtors In the amateur ranks Of this coun-
try could act In no other way than to
make his task of performing well up to
the standard OF a British amateur cham
pion mighty difficult. All the more
honor to him therefore that when he
failed he took his defeat like sterling
golfer. with never whisper Of an ex-
cuse, and along with Lord Charles Hope
and Roger Wethered setting an example
of real sporting demeanor. Little has
been written but much has been said
commenting upon their attitude after
failing to qualify. and they have made
many friends in a golflng IL not per-
sonal way.
The great impetus which has been
given to international golf by the visit
Of the American committee and the
return of the star golfers as well as
the renewed interest in the international
event with Canada has at last brought
about desire on the part Of the golfers
high In the councils OF the ruling body
TO arrange for a real international team
match with the golfers across the sea.
There has been no definite announce
ment that squad OF ten or dozen
men would be sent from this side next
spring, but there have been rumors
coming from sources which are semi
official that the u. s. G.. A. would not
only sanction such an event but might
share in the financing of such trip.
Such action had a partial precedent In
the trip made by Francis Oulmet in
1914 when the Woodland Club furnished
the expenses after the Y. 8. G. A. on
cials had given their sanction.