Cheyenne record., 1920-07-29

euro. sBut Simeon Duval and nas
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 smash
any man who tries to corrupt my peo-
plei" he added, with q yehemence that
surprised himself.
Hilary slept poorly that night. Trou-
Bile seemed to be thickfning about him.
Had he. indeed. the power to handle
these wild people whose very tongue
he could hardly understandf
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 1t he dared To- dream Of q
happier one to come.
Before he fell asleep he had decided
to go to Quebec and try to secure
some jobber 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.
Characteristically. 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 OF, 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 ONCE
with reference to q shipment Of ma
chinery. small matter requiring 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 Q jobber to suitcase Leblanc's
tract. There were plenty Of small men
willing to do 30 on the installment sys-
tenn. but none willing to risk an imme-
diato Investment ON a territory with
such q 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 Norris rough
map.
Lafe. who met him at the wharf,
looked worried.
"rm glad you've come" he said. a.
they drove to the mill together.
'AThings were pretty bad ON Saturday
night"
They're striking7"
mo. Mr.. Askew. That's the bright
est point in the situation. Macpherson,
the foreman. tells me that it's called
on. Brousseau's dropped that maneu-
yer, for some reason Of his own"
whats the trouble, thenr
80C0S DAOuSoCoo . OkA Ou unO(nCA
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 q
stroke Of work has been done here till
yesterday. which means . four-day
week. The men are only just sobering
up now.
However. that amt the worst. By q
long sight. It's q sort Of open secret
that they're going to open mp st. Boni-
face wide. and Simeon's-"
"You mean Simeon has dared to
start one Of his hells here while was
away7" cried Hilary angrily.
"Not yet," said Lafe. There amt
no more liquor being sold here than
usual-yet. But they're going to open
up II they can. Simeon's brother Louis
has rented that house by the old sta
bles that Jean Baptiste used to occupy
last year before 1t began to 60 to
pieces. and he's going to have dance
hall there and sell brandy"
Hilary raped out an oath. mot If
I have anything to say" he answered.
"Nor me-" said Lafe. 1.-THE trouble
Is. where do we start inf We can't
fight the whole town singie-handed. I
was wondering whether we couldn't
wire the revenue people"
"No!" said Hilary sharply. "Wem
fight our own battles. Lafe."
Lafe subsided in hurt sort Of way.
The evidences Of decentralization were
obvious In st. Boniface. The men were
slow and suriy. the women sullea,
slatternly and hopeless-looking. It was
clear that they had little hope Hilary