The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-02-07
CHAPTER H.
ro,neII Explains.

Hlay .ortad out with Lafe. Win
s Intention emf Of covering poft'"n of of
. limits and seeing the opera u ,'oo ~,
ts l ,unhors. he also meant to keep
4 eyes open as to the nature q
he timber. mounted hill. and
. ras hill appeared in the distance nee
o0D' and there, scattered along ,he
Da ,,sa were solitary cabins with
NJ patches of cultivated sPoo"'
bout them. ,. % tho road is the
!. A Marie territory" asked Hilary.
" ssn Mr.. Askew, The two runs
l' and neck back into them noun
~ ~ We We turn off presently. We haven't
-, this district yet
u,.rv noted the first-growth spruce
,he hanks. "Why don't we cut
w., ~ anyway, If the rest is mainly
40 asked. "There's enough lum-
!. hore TO fill our dam instead OF
I, n. Marie company's logs"
~ answered volubly, but did not
NET Hilary's eyes.
rou see, Mr.. Askew," he began to
-,,,n Tt,s this way. There's a
Ii doal of fir on our property, and
r,ro and spruce there is Is small
4 There was a big fire over this
atdH fifteen years or so ago. Now
4 Norris calculates that If we go
ssr for a while and give the trees a
AIMEE to grow, they'll be worth twice
. much In a few years. We're de-
,,aIug the property slowly, Mr..
dew
ulary's hand fell on Lafe's shout
~ aConnell," he said, II brought
M m here with me to learn the truth
Ann YOU. You're going to sign on
,riu on October first, and it's me
m,re going to sign with, not Mr..
harris Now tell me the facts about
b this
LATE stammered and hung his head
n schoolboy caught In wrong
hiw. But Hilary's hand was grip
sng bis shoulder, and at last LATE
nsed his head and looked straight
ii Hilary.
n thought you'd stick here" he
bid, 7 guess I'd back you to the lin
But you'll never stand for St.
bnlface, Mr.. Askew. They're so in
finally slow here, they amt got hui
mn ways, sir. And they're crooked.
thought, when I heard you was COM
he you'd be like Mr.. Morris-I mean,
We to the game-but you amt. l
nss most business Is crooked every
vter, but here It's crooked all
inngh. You'll be selling out to Mr..
kmsseau In a months time, and
hst1l be my finish"
You're dead wrong, COnnell," an
Hred Hilary. 81 like the looks Of
] DIS country, and I'm here to stay.
Vow suppose you forget about Mr..
Bnusseau for a while and consider
purself to be what you are, my paid
rpoyee. And you can count on my
anGng by you"
be held his hand out. For mo-
asht Lafe Connell's keen gray eyes
ad his searching inquiry; then he
se Hilary's hand and wrung it.
] believe you mean what you say,
u Askew." he returned. "And you
% reckon on me so far as my duty
| p@H
| suppose that tale about the Ros-
" seigniory being nothing but fir Is
ne C0nnell?' asked Hilary pres
aty as the pony ambled through a
nley overgrown with red pine.
Acstly,' said Lafe. "There Is a
@ Of fir, but there's enough spruce
wy pine to make the concession pay,
M. Morris wanted 1t to-"
@Norris has been playing double?'
Ae nodded. "You see, Mr.. Askew,
Hhls way" she said. "When Morris
Suae up here l believe he meant to
~ straight. But he'd been a-iumber
4su u small way up in Ontario, and
wasn't wise to the game as it's
a'ed here. Here it's graft, and it's
~'u been nothing else. SO when
WITS found your uncle didn't know
'ning about the business, and left
u Ills hands. he naturally fell for
y game Brousseau was playing.
niousseau Is the big man up here.
!. - ned had his eye on the Rosny
shlofy for a long time. He wanted
auy' but Rosny was sore on him,
~ ne closed the deal with your uncle
y a''eaa But afterward Brousseau got
s - mortgage on the Chateau and the
!. s'',s DIT Of land round it, to keep hold
y Rosny,
ri. 'eil, the Rosny seigniory is the
~ ~ piece Of freehold up this way. Be
is government land, and all
u US government land. Brous-
y ~ started in to squeeze your uncle
a ana Morris went with him. He
I, Nv double as you were saying,
~ AsSew. The point of the whole
na e was to freeze out your uncle
n.,ts get the property for a song.
4 i. now It stands. Here we turn
sw ny MI. Leblanc's lease"
M chief jobber," said Lafe.
~. buggy turned off through the
-. s'ong a new road. Here was
-, splendid timber, black and white
I NJ. a1d tall white pine. The sound
u, ! began to be audible. and pres
sssea sy reached clearing, in which
-, ~ Of frame shacks were under
M uon. experimenting the work
~ rather fair man Of about
~. With a cast in one eye ;