The Crittenden press., 1920-01-23

VIZ 9'h A'NH W 'su'H'' Jun llSHN va
the reel. Bnt I'm boss In ST. Bonfnce,
and II Louis opens liquor den there.
I'll brcnk his head open and run him
In nfterwnrd."
Few of those present understood his
exact meaning, but an omlnous growl
showed that this declaration was mp
prcclnted nj more or less It's correct
value. The mob began moving for
wnrd. For q few moments the situa-
tion looked menacIng. Hilary took the
aggressive. us usual.
"Ah Leblnncw % he called ont. How
ho you Ike your new jobi I'm start.
Ing In TO cut out that limit you
handed back 10 ne. There's some
good timber there, Leblanc"
Leblanc snarlcd and started for
ward, shaking his fist and mu,terlng
However, he could not get through the
nress. and II Is not probable that he
tried very hard to do so.
well, that's nbout ALL Simeon"
Hilary called. II just came In to look
nj your place nnd give your brother n
friendly warming. because ! never
warn when I'm rendy to strike"
"My brother take care Of himself.
He amt nfrnld Of you" said Simeon.
who kept as cool ns Hilary. Hilary
lntultivcly summed him mp ms the most
dangerous Of his opponents. But ]
guess you nln't going like that Mees-
tair Askew." continued the liquor
seller. 81 ask you to have drink on
me an you say no. Now you going TO
luy drinks all round. ehY"
Hilary laughed out loud. "Not for
your crowd. Simeon" he answered.
simeon planted his fat body heavily
before him. "Whnt you snyi You buy
drinks. chr he demanded triculently,
Hilary put his hands on Slmeon's
shoulders and pushed him bodily back
wrrd Simeon. who was planted
in'hcr than stood, nt first resisted as
II tree might resist gentle shove with
the hand; but he could not resist the
strength behind Ililary's shoulders,
and he began 20 sway and went top
pllnc backward, landing, still rigid,
upon the floor.
Some OF the girls shrlckcd, and the
lumhcrmcn came surglng forward
townrd Hilary and lnfc and began to
hustle them Yet. knowing llllary's
reputation. they hosltated II moment
before Initiating hostillticS; and that
moment brought an unexpected inter.
rnption
For hoy ran screaming In NJ the
door. and what he cried startled the
entire nssctnhnrc. Simeon, who had
been struggling To his feet, was upon
them In nm instant Rut before the
crowd had recovered from lis confu'
sion two officers In the uniform ~ the
revenue department cnmc running In,
| They carried rcyolycrs IN their hands,
aud they pounced upon Simeon aud
had him nt their mercy In nm instant,
At once the whole scene wnS dis.
solved. Men and girls ran this way
and that n Wildly flying, panicky mass
/ I, was one thing to drink aud hrnwl IN
| S'c. Marie. hut quite another to defy
the tirclcss officials of the revenue de-
pnrtmcnt. who patrolcd the river at
uncertain Intervals, whose urms were
very long.
Whether any one except Simeon was
wanted In thnt particular place was
never known. for II was all the officers
could do to hold on to him. while the
crowd stampc,lcd past them townrd
the door n curSlng. struggling mass
carrying I.afe und Hilary along with H.
In the street they pulled thcmsclve,
out of the crush and took refuge In ar
alley. All ste Marie was In n turmoil
News Of the raid had spread every
where with lightning swlftncss. Light,
were being cxtlneuiShcd. liquor hidden
! away. lumhcrmcn and girls were run
ming In Wild panic through the streets
Suddenly they perceived Mnrlc nu
pont among the crowd. Her eyes wcr,
wide with fright and she was strug
Cling hclplcSSly In the crowd, horn,
this way and that by the conflicting
currents. Hilary forced his way toward
her aud drnggal her into the alley
There she broke down; she fell upon
her knees In the mud, rocking to and
fro and moaning.
Hilary bent over her. lnfc saw thnt
his fncc was stern II nm going to tnk,
YOU home" he snld.
She looked up at him pItcously. Sh,
appeared To recognize him. hut wns To,
terrified 10 understand. lie drew hcl
to her feet and with lafr on the Other
side. they began to make their wa,
quickly toward The beach by u narrow
passage nmong the cottages.
Hut MS they started l.nfc looked hncl
and saw. wcdrcd In the crowd hchln,
them, Jean Dnptistc. lie had been try
lnR to reach the girl, hut II wns impos
slblc To move foot In that struggling
human torrent. lie saw them. and hi,
eyes were dllated with lmpntcnt fury
There was murder In them MS they fcl
upon Hilary. Lafe shuddcred.
Ills impulse was to walt for the man
but he recognized that Bnpilstc wni
beyond all reason aud self.control. n,
had misintepreted llllary's action
the only thing now wns to elude hin
and get the girl away before Baptist,