The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-07-28

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 II Is lone
ly here. and Ste. Marie. so.near. Mon
sieur Askew. you saw the girl Nanette.
She Is front st. Joseph, OF decent par
ents. who mourn for her. She was
lured from her home to Ste. Marie,
and have fears that some one Is
using her as tool to get the girl Ma
RE Dupont into his clutches. But what
can do save watch and wait?
Therefore, Monsieur Askew." con-
tinued Father Lucien, much agitated.
Il implore you to prevent this evil
from spreading to st. Boniface. 1t Is
Brousseau who debauches those poor
people there. 1t Is he who is RESPONSE
BILE for all this evil. He cares nothing
for the people, so long as he Yields
their votes for his creature In the par
lament at Quebec And this, mon
sieur, was chiefly the cause of my
visit to you tonight, to urge you to
kee., the brandy and the dance halls
out of ST. Boniface, for | hear Ii being
said that one of the Duvals boasts he
will open dance hall there"
mo brandy shall be sold on the st.
Boniface property. Father Lucien."
II am glad. monsieur" answered the
/ cure. "But Simeon Duval and his
brother Louis boast of Brousseau's
protection, and they are dangerous
men,"
"You have my promise" said Hilary.
that they shall not sell liquor In st.
Boniface. And by heaven I'll sIuash
any man who tries to corrupt my peo-
ple!" he added, with vehemence that
surprised himself.
Hilary slept poorly that night. Trou-
BILE seemed to be thickening about him.
Had he, indeed, the power to handle
these wild people whose very tongue
he could hardly understand?
Then, out of the darkness, there
rose, in vivid portrayal, the face of
Madeleine Rosny. He admitted now
how much she meant to him. enough
to make any venture worth the while.
He thought of their last meeting; and
in spite of Ii he dared to dream of
happier one to come.
Before he fell asleep he had decided
to 60 to Quebec and try to secure
some johber to take over Leblanc's
lease. At the same time he would
look up the land records and get an
accurate idea Of the extent OF the
Rosny seigniory.
CharacteristicaIly he put his plan
into practice two days later. when the
down boat arrived, instructing Lafe to
hold up the dynamiting till his return.
Lafe saw him off, and he had hardly
arrived on board before discovering
that Morris had embarked at Ste.
Marie. Hilary suspected him of hav-
ing learned OF his plan and spying on
him. The two men eyed each other.
but did not speak.
Hilary put up at the Frontenac and,
having business with the customs office
with reference to a shipment of ma
chinery, a small matter requiring a re-
fund, he called there. and was disgust
ed to see Morris coming out of the rev.
enue department In conversation with
the assistant chief.
He failed entirely In his attempts to
get jobber TO suitcase Leblanc's
tract. There were plenty Of small men
willing to do so on the installment sys-
tenn, but none willing to risk an imme-
date investment on a territory with
such a reputation as st. Boniface had
unjustly acquired.
Hilary knew he had to thank Morris
for that. He returned TO ST. Boni-
face next day with only one thing ac-
complished. He had seen the land map
and ascertained that the upper reaches
of Rocky river had been surveyed and
that the creek was wholly on his own
land. He found. too, with some sur
prise, that large island out in the
Gulf was part of the Rosny domain.
1t had not appeared on Morris rough
map.
Lafe, who met him at the wharf,
looked worried.
I'm glad you've come" he said. as
they drove to the mill together.
Things were pretty bad on Saturday
night"
They're striking?"
mo. Mr.. Askew. That's the bright
est point in the situation. Macpherson.
the foreman, tells me that It's called
of. Brousseau's dropped that maneu-
yer, for some reason of his own"
whats the trouble. them"
II guess Brousseau's of on another
tack, Mr.. Askew. All the hands was
over to Ste. Marie on Saturday night
by special invitation from Simeon Du-
val. who owns the biggest dance hall
there. There was free drinks for every
body, and the whole place was In an
uproar till Sunday morning. Not a
stroke OF work has been done here till
yesterday. which means four-day
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