The Crittenden press., 1920-01-16

cure did not enter.
Captain Dupont" he said. "there
has been trouble between Monsieur
Askew here and Monsieur Morris"
81 have heard Of it," replied the cap
tain.
ASK him If he Is willing TO accept
his orders from me-" said Hilary.
The cure translated, and the captain
answered him, stroking his gray beard
and speaking with slow emphasis.
"lt is all right" said Father Lucien
finally, captain Dupont takes his
freight where he finds II. He takes
from your company in accordance
with his contract. lie will not break
II. If Brousseau refuses him freight
he can pick up all he needs on the
south shore. You can rely on him."
Hilary felt deeply satisfied. If the
captain was stnunch, not Morris nor
Brousseau nor all his men should pre-
vent him from getting out n record
cutting before navigation closed.
"Tcll Dupont wen keep him busy"
Hilary snld.
When he was with Father Lucien
upon their homcward way he asked
him question about matter that
had puzzled him.
why does Dupont look at me rs II
| were his mortal enemyf" he asked.
"Ah. Monsieur Askew," said the
cure, stopping To thump his stick upon
the shlngle, there Is story there.
So he looks AT every man when first
he meets him. He fears for the girl
Marie-Nnd unfortunately he is right
In his fears. For she has her mothers
nature.
at was many years ago, nearly
twenty. think. and before ] came
here. when Capt Jules Dupont was n
fisherman In 81. Boniface. He was
married 10 Marie Letellier who was
much younger than he. and gay and
thoughtless. People said II was an Ill
made match; but she loved him. and
they were happy.
when he left his young bride to go
sealing on Newfoundland the tongues
wagged, but he trusted her, and when
he returned there was the child Ma
ric. and warm welcome. So three
| years passed.
"Whcn Jules Dupont returned the
/ f.prth hIu ,astfa With
whom1 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
forgiveness. lie sheltered her until her
death soon afterwurd. Since then his
| fear has been that Mnrie will have in
heritcd the mothers nature. He
never makes n voyage hut he returns
/ In fear and haste. And he wishes her
10 marry Jean-MarIe Baptste, who
loves hcr-hut YOU have seen tonight
To what her mind is turning.
/ The women recall her mothers
fate. and their dislike has made her
Sccretive and solitary, And II is lone
| ly here. aud Ste. Marie So near Mon
| sicur AsHcw. you saw the girl Nnnette.
| She Is from 81. Joseph of decent par
cntS. who mourn for her. She was
lured from her home 10 Ste. Marie,
and have fears that some one is
/ using her ms u tool 10 get the girl Ma
rie Dupont into his clutches. But what
| can ! do save watch and waltz
Therefore Monsieur Askew," con.
tlnucd Father Lucicn, much agltat"d,
II implore you to prevent this evil
from spreading "a ST. BonIfncc. 1t Is
| ErousScau who dchauchcS those poor
/ people there. II Is he who Is response
/ ble FOR nll this evil. lie cares nothing
for the people. so long us he wlclds
| their vote, for his'crcaturc In the par
/ lament w Quebec. And this mon
siuur, was chiefly the cause NJ my
visit tn you tonight, Ia urge You Ia
keep the brandy and the dance halls
on, of st. nonifacr, for hear II being
said that one of the nuyalS boasts he
will open dance hall there"
"No brandy shall be sold on the ST.
Bonifuce property, Father Luclcn."
81 nm glad, monsieur answered the
cure. "lut Simeon nuyal nnd his
brother Louis boast Of BrouSscau's
protection, nnd they are dangerous
men,"
You have my PROMISE" said Hilary,
"thnt they shall not sell liquor In 81,
Bonifncc And by heaven I'll smash
any man who tries to'corrupt my pcu-
! pie - he added. with n vchemence that
surprised himself.
Hilary slept poorly that night. Trou.
bile seemed to hc thickcning about him,
Had he, indeed the power to handle
these wild people whose very tongue
he could hardly understands
Then, out NJ the darkness. there
rose. In vivid portrayal, the face or
Madeleine Rnsny. lie admitted now
how much she meant to him, enough
tn make any venture worth the while.
lie thought " their last meeting: and
In spite Of II he dared to dream uf n
happier one 10 come.
Before he fell asleep he had decided
to 20 10 Quebec and try to secure
some johhcr tn take over LchNnc's
lease. At the same time he would
look up the land records md get mn
accurate idea nf the extent Of the
RoSny sclrniory.
Chnrnctcrlstlcully, he put his plan
into practice two days later when the
down hont arrived. lnstructlng Lafr to
hold up the dynOmltIng tin his return
l.afc saw him m. aud he had hardly
arrived IN board before discovering
that Morris hnd embarked ut Ste
Marie. Hilary suspected him NJ hnv.
! Ing learned NJ his plnn and ypyipv on