Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-05-06
CHAPTER xIv-continued.


It'll do It," said Brousseau. 81 meant
TO. And now"
He rose to embrace her, but she
stepped away from him. "Not until
we are married, Edouard," she said.
Brousseau WINGED now. at almost
looks as IL you didn't love me-" he
snuttered in disgust. And in that
sentence the major part Of his charac-
Ger might have been epitomized.
Two days after the news reached
EEiIary he went into the village for his
mail Taking it to his Office to read,
me found among it a bulky envelope
addressed to him from Ontario in an
unknown writing. He opened it and
found a letter from Morris.
However evaslve the ex-manager
had been In conversation, he was d.
rect enough in writing. ."You didn't
treat me we'll, and 1 guess you had
reason TO act as you did," he wrote.
%~That hound Brousseau swindled me
as he IA swindling you, and I'm 60
ting to put you in possession of the
facts and documents, which l took
from his desk before leaving. You
needn't have any scruples about using
them, because they refer principally to
you"
Hilary thought enough of the mat
ter to send a man to LATE, asking him
30 come in Immediately; and that
afternoon the two men went over the
situation together.
"It'S a clear case" said Hilary.
~He's been swindIing the property
right and left, it seems. 1 allowed for
a few thousands, but as / make it out
1t amounts to nearly eighty thousand"
LATE whistIed and took up the paper
that Hilary handed him.
This is the contract with Leblanc
to cut on the st. Boniface limits" he
said. $50 there's no mistaking who
owned that lumber in the river"
He took up another document. "a
contract with the Cornwall Paper
company to supply twenty thousand
cords of spruce wood from the st.
Boniface limits" he said. "And
here's Morris receipt for seven thou
sand dollars commission on 'gummy
gGir' as he would call it-in other words,
puipwood sold off the seigniory during
1914, at 10 per cent. What do you
make of it, LATER
"Water-tight," answered LATE.
Here's another document that
makes interesting reading" continued
Hillary, handing it to him.
LATE studied it. Il don't get it," he
said.
Its Lamartine's acknowledgment of
City thousand dollars received from
Rosny for fifty shares in the North
Empire Development company-one of
B~r0usseau'S interests. Now look at
this one. Lamartine is RENTING five
Thousand dollars less the brokers'
charges for the sale of North Empire
doesn't say how much stock. Lamar
tine isn't a fool. But here's Rosny's
acknowledgment of the five thousand
dollars less brokers' charges for the
sale of fifty shares, dated March 8,
1913 Now here's a stock market
clipping from a newspaper of March
a, showing the stock at $S75.
THAT'S where we've got him, LATE.
fLamartine's letter proves nothing, but
Morris got hold of Rosny's acknowled-
ment, probably for matchmaking pur-
poses, and it shows Brousseau has
swindIed Rosny out of $4,000 on that
deal. Probably there were others.
That's where his money went"
ITS a pity Morris couldn't run
straight, being as thorough as he is"
said LATE.
Hilary looked at him s%earchingly
until he compelled him to return his
gaze
rfYou. have been very reticent of late,
Lafe. What's the trouble?"
81 guess it amt much" said Connell
~WeII, you see, it's this way" he went
on reluctantly. Il knew what lies
that BLACKBOARD was spreading about
ZOE And q didn't know whether tt
tell you or not, Mr.. Askew. l knew
fBsptiste saw us with that girl in Ste
Marie, and I knew from his face tina
The wasn't pleased. And again I didn'
know what to do. And d decided to liz
low. Hf's my way; maybe I was wrong
th1t I'm against butting in, by nature
Never mind, Lafe," said Hilary
-ssIfs too late to make any difference
now."
mo, it amt too late! !" shouted LATE
aeaping to his feet. "Mr. Askew, yo'
haven't told him-Mr. Rosny-abou
that asbestos mine, have you? 70
ought to have gone to him and let hir
know You could have saved Man
;zcIie Rosny from sacrificing hersel
this way. You a save her, an
you're going to-"
Fl suppose I have let things drift,
said Hilary s0mberly. 81 lived in
sort of hope that the e would cles
mp. And ! hadn't the heart to do an.
thing at all"
There's the girl Marie-won't 81
ssay anythingT
She's afraid Of her father. There
mo telling how he would take it. 4
snFpSenf I don't think he knows an