The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-10
CHAPTER !.
n.n White EIenhant.

,un Small, WHY, OlacA'liall 0u'
an mir Of unc0nvincing plausible
.0ont him, Monsieur Lamartine
ssoted at his desk, drumming his
,ss,s. staring out of the window, and
,nioe again to look at a letter signed
nm Askew, when his boy brought
! ! card with the same name upon
Monsieur Lamartine frowned.
Tell Monsieur Askew that l am
y with an important court case"
.oid. TASK him to call at this time
morrow"
Wr Askew says he's busy, too; and
m voit," announced the boy, return
Tse notary considered. well, tell
M m see him in a few minutes" he
nsEered
When the boy was gone he took
ogD the telephone receiver and gave
number
is that you, Brousseau?" he asked.
lionsieur Hilary Askew has turned
There was a suffering at the other
M Of the line which made the notary
mile.
q can't say. l haven't seen him
said Monsieur Lamartine, in an
ver "But If | can't send him home
III a smile on his lips and check
bis pocket shall try to keep him
Quebec until / have seen you. And
OGd better try to get Morris by long
distance and warn him. Good-by."
He hung up the receiver, rang for
he boz and told him to admit Mr..
SkeW. Then he rose to receive his
istor .
&c looked at Hilary keenly as he
hook hands with him. The young man
vas different from what he had ex-
ected He was about as big, and he
led the same air of American energy !;
bot be appeared more determined, he
oOked like one Of those uncomfortable
ten who have the knack of disentan-
fling themselves from sophlstries.
iOveVer, Hilary looked goOd-natured.
Ald he vas certainly inexperienced.
lonsleur Lamartlne gave him a chair
snd looked very plausible indeed.
Your visit has followed very close
upon your letter, Mr.. AskeW," he said.
Perhaps you did not get mine, advis-
ngy Jon to walt before coming to Que
ei'
No" said Hilary. but 1 would have
tome anyway. / want to get this mat
II settled.D
the American haste" said the no
AsJ, looking almost ingenious. "But
ae NV Is not to be taken by storm,
easi Of all IN Quebec. 1t Is only a
polili since your uncle died. Perhaps
y WILL be months before we can turn
a'eE the property to you. l under
Aald that you were not in close touch
Naa your uncle during his latter
yssBr
hadn't seen him since I was boy.
llat was what made the legacy a sur
ptshg one He had not shown any
interest In me. had a hard fight to
So through my forestry course. So
eaen ! heard, that | had become the
psheF Of tract of a hundred square
ales i seemed like an Intervention of
t59Vnence. That is almost a king
DON, sir
Ten miles by temp inquired the
10a'y smiling. "Wen, l suppose it
s0s seem q large territory to you. al
aoagn the ROsny selgniory was one of
v smallest of the old feudal grants.
( almost the last on the north shore
ae St Lawrence that remains in
y lanas Of the original family"
fouf hundred thousand dollars
4. sas big sum for my uncle to have
'llg 'or it" said Hilary.
loar uncle" said Monsieur Lamar
segiuning to drum softly, shade
i Investment against the advice Of
!. s'ea many people, The Rosny tim
q ''gats are practically valueless. be.
!, wv me wood is principally balsam
,ls'ead Of pine and spruce"
II, y noted that Hilary Only watched
~ IN instead Of answering, and he be-
~ ~. = ieeI that he would not be dis
Rsg.s " d easily as he had antici-
IS 1ae property has never begun to
~ rs way continued Monsieur Ia.
~ Your uncle paid three HIM.
1,s N auu nfty thousand for the cutting
So NY alone, He found himself IN
4 ~ inc law which places a limit
sl.ss - size Y Of trees. Seven inches for
trs, u swamp spruce, l believe
ave Tor white spruce; twelve or |,
bs. va tor pine. And nearly all the
4, :. q the Rosny limits that aren't
f. ~. under the legal size. Your nm
81. 'anA aaR his fortune in it. He
~ excuse me-eccentric. This is
49,. ease: the timber cannot be Ont
soss s as a loss, on account Of It's
nos,s. sless and the high cost of trans.
IS !. The balsam fir is too gum.
In !, IS a'aAe any but inferior paper. be-
~. standard even of the newsna.
= Z occupies the greater portion
S,. uact, together with second
4. v, olseh, which Is, Of course. d
IS Y for hrewOOd. The expenses
? considerable. In short, Mr..