The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-09

the sick, and fighting the demon drinl
which frequently assailed him.
! It was st. Jean Baptlste's Day.
Chaudiere was filled With festivity
Az the militia came n0isily into the vi.
lage Charley rescued q man and his
frightened horse from death. The man
proved to be John Brown, now become
q quack doctor and advertising his
nostrums by singing comic songs.
Charley. hiding behind some trees.
heard him telling the story Of his old
friend champagne Charley" All day
he had been fighting a fierce battle
with rigging thirst and questioning
himself about Rosalie. Could he mar
ry while his wife Was still living7
Should he tell her all and let the law
separate him from Kathleenf But
Rosalie was a Catholic and the
Church opposed divorce.
Just then a bottle Of whisky fell
from the pocket Of drunken "habi-
tant" Mt his very feet. With an un.
comfortable impulse he seized 1t and
drained It. 10 POrtugais followed him
as he staggered home and Charley In
his delirium recognized him as the
murderer he had pleaded for. He
took 10 by the throat, then fell to
the floor. For five days 10 struggled
to save his life and then carried him
back to vadr0me Mountain. Resale
came to warn him that he was stls-
pected OF stealing the gold vessels from
the Cathedral in Quebec and trying to
blow up Government House. She had
hardly finished speaking when the
cure, the selgncur and the Able Ros-
signol entered with two cOnstables.
The able charged Charley with the
theft, which he stoutly denied. 10
called the able aside and confessed
his crime in order to save his friend.
promising to give himself up at the
end Of year. Meantime Charley took
vial Of laudanum from his pocket,
but as he was about tn uncork 1t, Rosa
lie sprang from behind curtain cry
ing, "If you 60, go ALSO" Footsteps
were heard and he promised not to
take the poison. The able came to
announce that ne believed Charley's
denial. His great temptation still re
manned but he found help In Rosalie's
eyes. It was the first time he had
yielded to q power outside himself.
The cure was planning to give the
Passion Play at the Indian Reserva
ton Of Four Mountains at Easter and
asked Charley to translate the Ger
man text and to make some drawings
for the costumes. He did so. About
| this time Resale took her crippled
father to the hospital at Montreal ant
was gone some months, which were
months Of misery for Charley. VIVA
could he dot He felt that it'had beer
dastartlly Of him to win her love. whel
he could give her only the empty hand
the hopeless } hour, the secret sorrow
in return. He fought his cid enem.
with desperate resolve.
~he week before Easter he went t
Montreal with JOS dogs and sled. 4
the dead Of night he entered the whit
house on the hill where Kathleen wa
living. made his way to . secret cur
board and removed two packets; on
contained his mothers pearls wort
ten thousand dollars and the other
} thousand dollars in notes. As he turne
after restoring the panel Kathiee
stood before him In her nightg0wI
. She was asleep. Charley followed he
;. as she walked out o. the house, acrOs
the lawn towards the river where th
J gate was open. Her life was in hi
hands. For q moment he hesitated
, then noiselessly stole between her an
; the gate, closed acd locked It. He
: husband. not nifty feet away. called
: him.
Il "Hush! She's asleep" Charley viii
pered and disappeared, unrecognized.
IL Rosalle's father died soon after TIL
! and she was III for weeks. The Pa
, sion Play brought unwelcome GROVE
: to Chaudiere; the last three da,
strangers were prohibited. At Il
, flnal performance Resale chose
J take the part Of Marie Aagialen. {
l was an act Of expiation. After Il
, play ended she received dissolution
: Far away under the trees sat \ ms
! in misery immeasurable. It WI
, Charley. That night he wrote for
! long time; then put the paper vii
: the pearls and the money IN the sal
. That same night John Brown Il
|. drunk In the church. He lighted
|. match and threw It on surpllce. SOt
cries Of "Tire" were heard. Charl'
: and 10 saved the sacred treasure
!. Rosalie went back for the little Gro
. and Charley dashed In and rescue
= her.
BY his eloquence the people were !
!. duced to give one fortleth Of the
. possessions for a new ediflce. ~
! money collected was placed In }
|. charge and locked in his safe und
the parish seal. While he and
!, were keeping guard over 1t. BIZ
! Vantage. John Brown and three 9th
4 rOgues, having learned where I
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