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CHAPTER WI.
"Cook to Your Boom,w

po'Soha' MISTRESS ut what Lad hap
pened In Ste. Marie. He did not know
that Baptiste WAS aware of his pres.
ence there. and felt happy In the con.
seriousness that he had done him some
service. Nothing would have pleased
him better than to have seen his suit
with Marie Dupont successful.
The Strengthening OF the boom was
finished. The wooden structure Ind
been Immensely fortified with great
trunks. dashed and nailed together,
resting In concrete which had been
nodded into the crevices OF the rocks
on either side of the cataract. Hilary
examined and approved Of the work.
1t seemed to remove all possibility of
danger.
Everything depended on the first
minute after the jam was broken. II
the torrent could be carried Off through
the sluice gates, in the main, the logs
would find an easy passage over the
dam into the lake. But actually the re.
enforced boom seemed to resist the
torrent witho.. any likelihood of
breakage.
The charge was 10 be exploded at
three In the afternoon. That day Hi.
airy was kept busy in his office. going
over the pay roll In preparation for
the October changes. Gangs OF men
had been returning from the south
shore. and he had signed on a number.
He was aware that some OF Brous-
seau's agents had been at work at
tempting to dissuade them: however,
the men wanted work, and even
Brousseau could not hire them and
keep them idle upon his skeleton com.
pany at Ste. Marie. Hilary dlscov.
cred that the Ste. Marie enterprise ex.
listed only upon that Of st. Boniface,
and, like the parasitic plant. withered
when its prop and sustenance was
withdrawn.
II was two o'clock by his watch
when he pushed his papers aside and
strOllci up the path That led through
the woods toward the gorge. Hilary
had left st. Boniface behind him and
was approaching the gorge. from which
he could hear the shouts of the gang
making preparations for the discharge,
when he saw Madeleine Rosny riding
along the road toward him.
She had evidently been to the ste.
Marie territory, and, he suspected, on
a visit tn Brousseau. The path was
narrow. with the descending bank OF
the wooded gorge on one hand and a
steep. shelving ascent, overgrown with
young spruce and pine upon the other.
Hilary drew To one side, to give the
girl passage. He was watching the
trotting horse. now swiftly nearing
him. and wondering whether he ought
to make any sign Of recognition, when
he was almost thrown from his feet
by vibration Of the ground. followed
by duh roar that grew into an In
fernnl crescenGo and rolled away I'M
derground In a prolonged reverbera'
tion. The charge had been exploded,
Hilary saw the horse rear. curve''
and then. maddened with fear. leap
wildly forward. An instant later II be-
came clear that II was no longer I'M
der control. The terrified animal Dolt-
ed nj full speed along the road To-
ward him, while the girl pluckily Kept
her seat and pulled with all her might
but unayaillngly, ON curb ana snaiie
She was practiced horsewoman
for none other could have kept heI
seat when the horse went rcarihI
backward: but no amount OF Skin
could avail unless the beast were go'
under control before the downhill into
the village was reached, There was
n pnte across the track, which Hilary
hrd closed. Flung over this, II WOulo
be miracle II the girl escaped VIII
her life.
Hilary made his decision In an III
stnnt, made It with the roar OF I'M
released torrent in his ears. ana VI,
thunder of the breaking JIM, the craSl
of logs hurled free ana rebouhu.n'
from and bulTeting one another III
plantcd himself directly In the cours'
of the maddcncd animal, whose MON
churned up shower of stones
"Keep your seat !" he shouted to IN
/ girl.
For one instant he saw her' pa,'
with frightened eyes, but hrIn III wv
saddle, stlll pulling against thc ru,'
while the open mcIlth, distorted y
the bit and chain that pressed the w
dcrlip, foamcd, and the white OF t,'
eyes cleaned wickcdly bche"'h w
ears, fiat with the head. Then iiil"r
saw the horse rear and the shod h""'
unrlsc, Then, somehow, he caugN
the rclns and lcapcd for the shelN'h
bank, and missed,
lie lost his foothold, but ne cruz
IN the rclns while the horse p'unE'
and renred, each jerk almost ,onr','
his arms from their sockets. NOW "
was swept against the hr"h''''' VI '"
frees that ovcrhung the ROAD ~
blinded by the swishing t"'HS W.
>,ughs, now the prccipice WeS n"as