The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-05-01
CHAPTER xIv-continued.


sCI And now"
He rose to embrace her, but sh
sfepped away from him. mot unit
ne are married, Edouard," she said
Broasseau WINGED now. 1T almos
scoks as if you didn't love me-" hi
nIutfered In disgust And in tina
sentence the major part of his charac
TER might have been epitomized.
Two days after the news reached
Hilary he went into the village for hi:
mail. Taking it to his office to read
he found among it bulky envelope
addressed TO him from Ontario in AZ
Unknown writing. He opened it and
found n letter from Morris.
However evasive the ex-managel
rect enough In writing. you didn''
treat me well, and l guess you had
reason to act as you did," he wrote
THAT hound Brousseau swindled me
rs he was swindling you, and I'm go
ing to put you In possession of the
SsactS and documents. which | took
from his desk before leaving. You
@@@~s~1 ussf . Any CSAupiCo dDOuL uSbu6
&AcEn, because they refer principally to
-Yop"
Hillary thought enough Of the mat
1x.r 10 send man to LATE. asking him
DO come In Immediately; and that
1ffeTnoon the two men went over the
situation together.
It's a clear case" said Hilary.
Hes been swindling the property
right and left. it seems. allowed for
few thousands. but as make it out
IL amounts to nearly eighty thousand"
Lafe whistled and took up the paper
that Hilary handed him.
This ia 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 af spruce wood from the st.
Boniface limits" he said "And
heres Norris receipt for seven thou
sand dollars commission on 'gummy
sir' as he would call tin other words,
pulpwood sold off the seigniory during
I914 ut 10 per cent. What do you
,fnake Of 1t. LATER"
~Water-tight," answered LATE.
Here's another document that
makes Interesting reading" continued
Hillary, handing it to him.
Lafe studied it. II don't get it," he
said
~uS Lamartine's acknowledgment of
'fiffy thousand dollars received from
Rosny for fifty shares In the North
Empire Development company-One of
Brousseau's interests. Now look at
this one Lamartine is RENTING five
fhousaAd dollars less the brokers'
escharges for the sale Of North Empire
Development stock, as per order. He
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 stock market
clipping from a newspaper of March |
A, showing the stock at 1915.
THAT'S where we've got him. LATE. |
La nartine's letter proves nothing, but |
Morris got hold of Rosny's acknowled-
,meat. probably for Matchmaking pur-
poses, and 1t shows Brousseau has |
swindled Rosny out of $4,000 on that |
deal Probably there were others |
That's where his money went" |
~It's a pity Morris couldn't run
straight, being as thorough as he is"
xMid LATE.
Hilary looked at him searchingly |
anfif he compelled him to return his |
xzze-
~You have been very reticent of late,
Exne- What's the trouble?"
Il guess 1t amt much" said Connell. |
yell, you see, it's this way" he went |
on reluctantly. II knew what lies |
1&af BLACKBOARD was spreading about
SuG And / didn't know whether to
mxSK you or not, Mr.. Askew. ! knew /
Raptiste saw us with that girl In Ste.
Marie, and knew from his face that /
ne wasn't pleased. And again didn't
kn0w what to do. And decided to lie
zSw- It's my way; maybe was wrong.
8nf TIN against butting in, by nature"
sNever mind, Lafe," said Hilary.
-Mk Too late to make any difference
naW-
mo. Il amt too late! r. shouted LATE,
se4ptnx TO his feet. ''Afr. Askew, you
H3ven'f told him-Mr. Rosny-about
nAaf asbestos mine, have you? You
suxhf to have gone to him and let him
EnUw- You could have saved Mann
s4fze R0sny from sacrificing herself
1lxe way You can save her. and
ysurFe going to-"
Il suppose have let things drift"
nn6 Hilary somberiy. II lived In
naet a. hope that the mess would clear
- And ] hadn't the heart to do any
Ming u ALL
There's the girl Marie-won't she
ny aaythfngf"
Aeis afraid Of her father. There's
- 1eiiIng how he would take It. At
pBasenG ! don't think he knows any