Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-04-16
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Illustrations BY Irrvin Myers

by the whipping wind. but not before
Dupont's words had been heard.
From the group upon Baptiste'a ship
figure discngAged herself and
stepped forward. Il was Marie Du-
pont. she poised herself upon the
deck. and her voice rang out shove
the gale and the sea-
II give you the name" she cried
TT is Edouard BrOnsseau. IL II IN.
and give you my secret which have
borne all my life. Take u r.
She fell back into Baptiste's arms.
And II seemed as II. with the breaking
OF the inhibition. her past life. with
ita fears end terrorw. was melted into
the life Of happiness that was 20 be.
Dupont had heard her. Fer = mo-
ment they could see the tall figure %
the old man, with his wind-tossed hair
and beard. standing as II petrifed
upon his blazing deck. Then he cried
out like a screaming Nca-hlFsi. and bis
arms closed about the man AZ hts side.
Az Baptiste turned end tackled ie
could be seen that the old man was
holding nroaascau with one arm. as
easily aa ls he held a child. white his
free hand controlled the wheel again.
What reservoir Of strength he drew
upon. what miracle OF seamanahlp.
could never be known. But. a. n ma
ture were aiding him. a vesrsng gust
/ caught tho sails. and with q backward
| movement tho schooner began 20 glide
through the entrance Of the lev heid
/ Into open water.
The fire was all about them. Screams
| came from the doomed ship. but they
came from Brousaeau. struggling iH
| Dupont'a arms. Not n sound came
from the captains lspS.
The vessel galned her freedom, she
turned and began 70 drive eastward.
toward the Gulf and its open water.
Faster and faster she went aE the wind
compelled her. The hnrrined watchers
| upon the deck of Baptlate'H schooner
saw the blazing vessel glide into the
distance. a blazing comet, and Dupont.
black against the heart If thu fire. ana
Rroussean In hin arms.
Little was afterward remembered
concerning the rescue. But from That
night legends began % spread along
both ah0res: of BnptlHte'a aeamanshsp.
and oe Hilary. who. slnEse.hnnded.
saved the heiress ~ the aelgnery from
Brousseau and the two outlaws.
But none Of thu principals II theae
events care overmneh 20 dwell upon
them, even In memory. And. though
memories Ive long I'm silence. gossip
soon dies. All this Ia becoming local
legend. such na mothers tell 60 their
babies.
INT the 81. Ronifacn min now huns
from dawn an dark. and the asbestos
mine has brought In itn workers and
made ~. HOnifnce quite u aOurlshtnR
village IN the north country.
Twice 4 month. when be pays HE
nast0rnI vIsIl, you may see Fn1hsr
I.nelen. stllI hale aud strong. patrpliinK
Ste. Marie with ! curious hazel efiek.
fashioned with ) knob ~ ench end /:
and IL Il aald TINT Ste. Marie IL 0ne Of
tho hest parishes On the north shore.
On auncaya. seated Ia the parish
church, may be- seen Simeon Duval.
noddlne his head approyinalS AN. point
by point. the cure takes up hlm Dr.
nunciatlon Of liquor selling. Fer Fn'
Their Luclen really reached Atme1u'A
soul wiih his hazel stick.
Marie haa the best house in the VI.
lage FOR Baptisfe does : thriving trade
carrying the " Boniface lumber.
Here II Clariee. who looks. somehow,
iust e. nne might have expected from
I.nfe'a descriptions
"TIe wouldn't come home she snyH
10 Hilary, so had 70 come after hlsn
Huf he's coming hOEne nest October. -
! zee hin children and the nea house.
! Bought and paid for" said I.afe
Yes. 1 guess that's correct. ar. A.
kew. Th0nEi III be back some day -
! aee you al. II aln't so bad. this egun
! try--exeept faF that pink and black
j porch Bapti@te's pat on hia house
, Darn him. what dld he want go d. thai
i for7 teli ron how u a. These peo
: pfc cant heip breaking Out npnewheFs
. and somehow: lt's ~ their blood. that
what II is~
i hut "a Ms heart ne knows that -
winter vii see him back IN -. H0nl
!. face.
/ Madeleine smiles. ana puts her arn
s through HssnryfM