American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-05-29

:. ." '"c nun. Al the sight
OF the girl feeling of repulsion. wild
ana unreasonable stiffened her. bur
when she looked into her face. she
spoke gently.
What Is it," she asked.
Mademoiselle,' stammered the girl.
they are planning to kill him"
"Whom?"
monsieur Askew who saved me
from Pierre that day. Mademoiselle. 1
nave only now learned what they say
or him and me. II is not true. And
they are going to murder him. I came
to you to save him."
"Where is he?"
He Is going on board tonight. Per.
haps he Is there now. Pierre and lie.
blanc are waiting for him there"
wait here" cried Madeleine.
She ran back into the Chateau, put
on her coat and hat, and took n re-
volver which had lain for many years
unused In drawer Of n cabinet. She
hurried to the stable, harnessed the
horse. and brought the sleigh TO the
door. She motioned to Marie to enter,
leaped in, and took the reins. and the
two girls started along the road
through the forest.
1t was difficult journey through
the deep snow. Often the horse fioun.
dered knee-deep in the drifts, and the
way seemed endless but near the vii
lage tie snow was tramped hard, and
the sleigh went like the wind. Neither
Of the girls spoke, but before the eyes
Of each was the same dreadful picture.
At last they emerged from the for
est and crossed the bridge. The hum
Of the mill had ceased. and had been
succeeded by another sound. well
known to jewellers along the st. Law
renee shores when winter arrives: The
stirring Of the Ice foes as the impend-
Ing storm drives them together to their
long winter anchorage.
The sleigh went madly along the
wharf. which groaned and creaked as
the Ice battered It ON either side. Made
leine sprang from the sleigh and ran
on board the schooner, which was al-
ready moving.
As Marie descended to follow her
she saw that II was too late. There
was an increasing space between the
wharf and the deck. She besitated,
and then II was impossible to follow.
For moment she thought she saw
Madeleine threading the narrow pas
sage between the piles of lumber !;
then the darkness closed about her.
The pulleys creaked. The malnsail
and foresail swung upward and bellled
In the wind. The two gafftopsails
cleaned like white birds against the
night.
Then only the sails remained. They
turned and shifted. disappearing and
appearing again elusively, until they
blended with the fog and the darkness
and vanished finally.
The horse. left uncontrolled, swung
round and galloped homeward, trail
ing the empty sleigh behind him. Marie
stood shudderlng at the end Of the
wharf. For while she stared out In
terror toward the invisible schooner,
lost In the distance. She could see
nothing, but she could still hear the
roar OF the wind In the rigging and the
Tapping Of the great sails.
Presently. with low cry, she turned
and began running homeward. She
staggered into the cottage and sank
down before the stove, crouching
there.
When Hilary reached the wharf "
was already dark. He had been rec
ognized by no one on the way. lie
went straight aboard the schooner
and found Dupont on deck.
"when do you start?' he asked.
Immediately. monsieur repiied
the captain quietly.
The schooner contained tiny cabin
in the forecastle. Between this ana
the noon, In the open bottom. was piled
the lumber. secured with chains, ana
stacked high above the sides.
I'm going below" said Hilary turn
ing away. He did not want 10 iook
upon st. Boniface again.
He put his foot upon the top rune
OF the ladder that led down 10 the
sorecnstle. As he did so he felt q
stunning blow upon the back OF me
head. He staggered, slipped ana ie'
down the ladder into the little open
space before the cabin.
Half dazed. he was bs'eiy consc,ou'
NJ seeing the grlnning faces OF Pierrt
and Leblanc stare into his. His over
cont was torn from his back his pock
cts emptied. He waited for the hh,,'
thrust, but only kicks followed h'
was lifted and thrown into the cap,i
The outlaws ran back to assist pu
pont In getting up the sails ~ w WI,
not Brousseau's plan TO dispa'ch ~"
within hearing Of the shore
He heard the sails being no's, .s'
and felt the schooner moving from TN
wharf. Then he heard low cry an'
saw Madeleine upon her knees oeio''
him. ~. v,,sner,n,
that she loved him. pleading Tor LOT 1
a,veness. and beseeching him 70 r,s ,s
And Hilary opened his eyes 70 '''