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Show ' , - ' 7 v ' - 1 :$? 2W. vWrf V- -' -y fa?.-- w,fe'tVT ? r , j f ? W A v '' yrr,7 v" h A tvttti SECTTOV- - , THE DESERET NEWS r By HENRY C. ROWLAND r ' ' 9 (Comics iKJ, b ,K a fenny tat onec iron hm (rim rtaw. like Jaoghing-lortn- Singing g. bob and tbe iwihlces "N bum, of the nep "TMpothy, am came back from the la Fnam, there lonhht frau the ' ms tf'ta phn the Kentae to the f to make him a Otftperhaw the loifdaflertaf he blit tx a powerful rwrtatkm of ay lay dormant h the souls of radwtal folk. op-o- must not tel) this story to YOU -- Ae- 1 ought not tell It myslf; first. because the person who might b Injured if it were to ba known, la not dead, hut iveryTmucTTsTTveiuj aecbn beta iie I am myself parttoepa ertminU. an accessory after tho fact, as most de-tors are at different epochs of their career. But that does not matter partheir ticularly; doctors, by virtue of os Hippocratic oath; being, in tho mo ethical close as lawyers and father ' cun fearers. - a . Ths VkMbr Newspaper Byndicata.) Her voice faltered buy standing timber for a lumber I do any good. coaesrn. - pad them scenting sertsin little. business "If Paul were to show up here unpossibilities had encysted himself In the community like the expectedly some dar, which may God, echinocoerue worm, or any other in His mercy, grantT said I, "there I parasitic pest. He had likewise flour- apt to be a lively time for Mr. David. ished at the cost of tho locality, Welch. which appeared rather to admire him Renee shrugged and held 'out herj for it, aad was, st this time, known pretty handa "But what could Paul as tho rich man of tho region. she asked. "Welch has got us all Like mkny in bis position. Welch do? In hie power. He showed me by the ts whs not without his circle of morning that poor papa has and flatterers, aad no doubt books this unfortunate investnumbered certain sincere admirers made some very if he was said to be the ments in tbe last three years, andtha Physically partnership strongest man In the Province, and Welchofwere to dissolve the year, as he has a right to he undoubtedly possessed a good deal first of animal magnetism and dominant do, papa would not only be ruined, fores sad a sort of rough condescen- but deep in Welcbe debt. Papa would e sion, sq that whljq. he was Jtnown 19 Havre- ignythjngx about hi? kf be grasping And avaricious a trade fairs. Had he done ao this never could hog, sharp bargainer, and ruthless in have happened. his business dealings, these traits did Looking at her bright. Intelligent not appear to be greatly resented. face, I could reaarry believe this. hie way- into Jules affairs until not much more fool. She was. in fact, better Inthan the shell of prosperity was left structed. think, than the average the old'cbap. and K was hinted that American Ihigh school girl, though not ;hs hnaJaaaa was to ho up d have gone far Pere Jules would mot be left with along lines whicb-woula living. 1 began to much more than the clothes he stood to help her earn plans and hts In. It was sleo whispered that since see Welchs well-lai- d the disappearance of IWul Revanche reasons for permitting Pere Julbe. Welch was trying to supplant him in never a shrewd business man, to get so helplessly In his tone. tbe affect lens of Renee. He looked up with a sort of deSo thats It." 1 said. 'Then Welch fensive surliness as 1 esms down into Intends to hold you aa security against the big store. Pere Jules, and Renee your fathers obligation. Tho same old ' had their living rooms over It, while story." Welch occupied the office and bedRrnes lowered her long, black lashroom in tho rear, boarding at the es. In fact, he as much as told me so. hotel which ho owned. Ths cass sn Instant. reflected for I Wen. doctor.? he asked,- - wiping was evident knew thst Welch enough. his bands on his blouse, "how dye Renew would never consent to marry find the o'd gentr him except under strong coercion, and Very badly, thanks to yon. I an then only as a last expedient to savee. swered- - shortly. Pity you couldnt her father from ruin and ths have let him finish his days In peace 80 he had cunningly set his after all he's done for you. "Well, I guess theres two sides to snares to Involve the old man who had that. he growled. Besides bowd- I so befriended and given him his startknow he was to take it so fn life, and then gons to work to beghard? The mortgage want hion. any- gar his rival, Paul Revanche, should how. It belonged to the firm, and I he return whole from the- - war. Re-own tbe controllin interest He hadnt garding the lovely girl in her dls- ne right to tetl Paul RaWanehe that trssa I was tempted to offer to) ha needn't bother none about mootin' marry her myself, should ths worst his payments jes because be was fool come to tbs worst- - But a prominent enough to enlist J of fifty-fiv- e, with con- "Paul had to enlist" I retorted. practitioner bachelor habits,- - thinks twice He was. born In Prance and Is a firmed matrimony to a French cltlsen. though he came here before proposing maiden of peasant origin, as a boy to help his uncle run the backwoods beyicharmo and necessities. farm. Now that his uncle Is dead he's whatever I was abouLjp.tgU her, however, that the sole support of his old. Invalid she might Aodiit on my help and proaunt and if you foreclose theres tection n there came from the outalmsnothing left for her but- the . v side the yattle of a vehicle which I house." o be the one to take me "Huh. grunted Welch, "shell he a he club. Renee was sitting dern eight better off In the home at indow, and. happening to Quebec, tended by the sisters, than there en that old, tumble-dow- n t, she sprang to her feet farm with nobody but a couple o' halfbaked with a' sefeam.. breeds to mind her. Business is bust-B"Look!" she cried. It Is Paul snd If I don't foreclose pretty Paul- and rushed from ths opora. quick I stand not to git my money I looked down snd saw ray bravs back. Everything's goln to reck and Paul getting awkwardly out of ths ruin." Ton might have conceded that trt buckboard. He was lean and gaunt. mco-phaa- old-Pevs - 1, -- , double-entend- re "- XrJ? 1 sho-appe- ar r - -- . I .. I"? " ay th d, ed one-legg- ed 1 ed n ?" ,ra ahow-daow- -- -- B. d, d -- r, s nStaE. M nt Jri K t Areas Box- - ooele 3eo -- -- ln habi-ttanf- and that he has already found a pufv chaser who will want to turn thfr upper story into a warehouse. It Is very hard fo know what I should dot Paul left yesterday for the Chain Lakes eub. snd I feel very sad and The terrible experience discouraged. through which he has passed, witl the loss of his leg appear to have taken ths heart out of Paul. For one thing, he used to be very and would take no bad talk from any man. but the other day. So Jane Skinner told me, Welchs foreman at tbe sawmill, who had been drinking, began to abuse him for being alow at his work, and Paul stood it all without a word. It was not because ji wa afraid of being laid' off. because, he knew that the mill was going to close down; he simply did not seem to care. Jake said that before the war he has seen Paul pick a man up nd dash him to the ground for' merely cuffing his dog when it sniffed at his lunch pall, aqd the man known to be a mauvals sujet and dangerous.1" but the worst of It u that Paul seems to have left all his love for me over there on the battlefields of France, though God knows ho was always in my heart and tn ffty prayers, aa our cure can tell jou. and I wrote- to him, pest, and sent him such simple things for his comfort aa I was able. Yet he has not aid one single loving word to me since his return, but has seemed rather to avoid me. It was only if our meeting that he kissed me and held me close. but after he learned of an that had happened he seemed lo ehange, Welch tries to teii me that it is because he expected to marry an helreas, and one who would bring him a good dot. but that is not true. That ta not Paul. My own advice ia that he is crushed In spirit from what he has been through, and humiliated by hts poverty and the tors of his leg. Mon Dieu, what would the loss of his leg be to me if I still possessed bis heart? If only he were still my Paul I would gladly mqgry him, though legless and arm-'e- sa and sightless, and work myself o the hone to care for him and try to give him some hours of happiness for ail that hs bad suffered. Hig Ears Seemed to Hate Caught a , , Muffled Shriek From Within the Such waa Renee, for the sincerity ef her letter carried Ita own conviction. Building. After having road it 1 felt profoundly But thlssoon disgusted with Paul. all, he was acting snd arblt Ary ruling tif pression Very weil." I answered, but I must passed, for, after merciless minds. Ha had never bean say I think that you are foolish to feel according to his idea of what was actuated by any senes of personal that way about it. Paul. It s not as right, ao I wrote a few brief line to wrong nor hatred of hts antagonUt. though you had lost your leg by get- Renee telling her to be of good cheer, After a certain time ths taking of life ting drunk and falling down In front and if the worst came to the worst in a just causa had said ao more to of a street ear. It was slashed from and Welch fulfilled hts threat, I would his conscience and emotions than under you by a piece of shrapnel while buy the business myself and put Paul might the suppression of any other leading a charge on the field of honor. In to run It od a good footing, but to animal pest. Mere killing had lost all Most men would bd rather proud of it say nothing about this' to anybody. parof its repugnance to his mind. The than otherwise. Then, esteeming myself tn loco to my yoang friend. 1 comentis fatal thrust, ths extinction of ths vital "Men not are all alike, fnon ami," mitted a breach of confidents by spark now left him as cold as might murmured Paul. A lina to Paul, telling him the shooting of a wolL or panthers ATI rlght. then. "True. But what dropping to buck up and be a man, oven But his military experience had do you think of In Quebec." doing shy ons of hi props, and taught him caution, also, and he real"I thought that I might learn to though inclosed Renee's letter. It seemed ised that he was not acting under drive car and get a job aa chauf- to m the proper therapeutic procehigher orders which would justify his feur, ahe answered. dure, as if ever a person required a deed, but in distinct violation of them, "You might do that right here In vigorous moral jolt it was Paul, at and that such insubordination was of- Boeton said. I I "In take fact, this particular crisis of his Ilf. might ficially punishable by death. He did you on myself. I am not overpleased not propoee that after having fought In describing ths 'next chapter of with this man of mine. He has kept this instructive UtUe human docuand bled and suffered and caused ms several times lately, and ment, I am forced to reconstruct what other Innocent folk to suffer he should one waiting fine khall of these I to have days most probably occurred, or something be punished for aa act which his conhim go. If you'd Ilka the place you as near to It as my imagination can science told him was entirely justifi- let to have can I word. the have aay only for of a had furnish from ths actual event. Neithdona lot He able. killing at a chauffeur's school er Paul nor Renee ever favored me the good of humanity at large. aDd he you taught now intended to UH ones more for the here in town, ,and with that store leg with ao much as the slightest scrap of information on th subject, nor did I good of a more localised group ofiyoucoulddrlveacarwlthanybody.lt I ask for R. Had I dons so there Is potential victims aa well as to right a seems a very good idea. Thank you, doctor. Yduara alto- little doubt but that It would hare personal wrong, He felt that he had supplied. As a matter sf fact, I that right. ' gether too kind to me, Paul answer been did not wait it, for various reasons, Had he not been war hardened, th ed. "I should like to stay at Beav- the moot important of which were chances are that Paul would, under er creek until after the first of the have to purely personal. 8o I shall the same circumstances, havs armed year, when I shall take my aunt to shift th cogs Into tbs third person himself with rife or revolver, sought Quebec, and find a place for her. Af- and describe what happened precisely out Welch, summoned him to arm him-e- lf ter that, nothing would suK me bet- as do other historians, likewise and fight the matter out ter." ' arrtvsd In Beaver Creek from in the broad tight of day,' accepting It was therefore so arranged, and hisPsul visit to me without causing any As R waa he in- the following th consequences. Paul returned to day of e extsrmln-atto particular acceleration to th pulsewas tended purely and simply Quebec. He had bought a long steamer that backwoods community, it him. asaasslnate him. if you will. trunlc in which he new his packed been gensratly understood that hs hadconsul Whether or not It may bars bean part saying that he would not need it leg. on to Quebec to ses the French of his plan to give his enemy a chance the train, and that hs desired to spars matter of hts pension, and about to defend himself I cannot say. It as much nos as possible in order that hsths had been successful In procurConsidering my knowledge of Pauls that R might last the longer. French ing a slight advance which had enthrift. I thought, and smiled. He seem- abled him to. buy a cardboard trunk strong naturs, I should have known that no amount of warfare could ever ed also very shy about It and did not containing some new clothes. - Paul to the hie subdued even have show it 'to Pierre, which I and his slight affairs seemed, in fact, high spirit treatment Welch's of taking point thought rather farfetched, at the old scarcely worth placing before th dehand or voice chap counhad been so devoted to Paul, liberations of th cracker-barr- el lying down with never deceived his by raised td protest. But, whom he. regarded as th prince of cil Pauls position in the mean little of discussion heroes. quiet, almost Indifferent community was relegated to that of a was ths esse. I decided sadly that heroman. man broken In spirit and fortune who Aside from a thank-yo- u letter" on and broken a crushed merely his arrival at Beaver Creek. I did not permitted himself to be trod upon with and that, having renounced his hops hear certain of his old from Paul again until ths first of impunity. No doubt stood of Renee owing to hts poverty and up for him friends would have when December, he wrote to situame tell the mutilation, he hed accepted had ha.given thyn encouragement, hot that the sawmill a closed had of down, and the stole with tion hopslsesnsss stern aloofness asd apparent Inthat be had written to .Mr. Cadrlgan. hts shattered Belgian refugee who had our to sympathy, together with difference manager asking if he could seen bisT home eIn ashee. the known fact that he must. In tbe e e him employment at th club for glv the nature of things, be an enemy to the In due tlms PauTs store leg was month of December, looking after th pulaean't Welch, held these from ofor fires snow or shoveling Its tried of fers of assistance and expression of and he operation anything ready, though not concealing his the sort. There was no difficulty good will. this, ss a number of our memsurprise and gratification at ths mar-In about Paul resumed his work at th saw- bers were going up to spend Christvelous perfection of tho apparatus and be seen n standing high Jump he excelled Ms mas holidays in their camps to enjoy mill, and was to his slow morning and painful night stumping In the such also as did winter as he th record, sports proplace previous over th mils which lay between broad, though be turned slightly snd vided, so there would be plenty of way his aunt's farm and ths mill. Tbs first fell on landing. "It's like Jumping work for sn extra man. mill closed dowa, A few days later I received, also, s of December ths mads from a springboard. he said, smiting, provision for Paul, having and the pleased inventor, assured him letter from Renee, whom I had asked when hired Jake SkinRevanche, Madams of knack wouldsoon me to learn the writ to from time time. he Sb that trunk to th ner to take him and-hi- s getting an elasticity equal to that of wrote: Chain Lake club, where Mr. Cadrlgan condition ie shout the installed him In a comfortable room his live leg. He walked and ran withPapas out tho slightest limp, and assured us same, but I do not know what is over th garage and set him to work he going to happen If Welch turns us on that, barring ths lack of sensation, such odd jobs as he seemed able would never hare known but what he out, as he threaten unless I consent to Some of th guests arrtv- , was sound. T took him to an to marry him. Ho says that If I Ingperform. middle of th month, the about an was rink, and Paul, who will not do so he Intends to sen out one of PauTs duties wss to look after expert, showed ths patrons of the the business hero and go to, Ottawa, In the wsy of, where he has now some 'business place something unusual an (Continued on next page.) attendant' figure cutting. When complimented him. a bit of Pauls old sense of humor flashed out. Its muscles that does tbs trick said ha Just feel my calf, and offered the store leg, then winked at me as the young man gasped in stoonlshment that human tissues could attain such Iron contractility. As we walked hems from the rink, Paul said to me: Doctor, I am going to ask you to cap your groat kindness by ope supremo favor. ; "You have only to ask It mon gar,1 I answered. ,"Well, then- said he "I wish that tell yon would promise me never towon-' anybody about my having this derfut log, "Why, of course, if yon wish It." I answered, surprised at the request and n little hurt that be should object to being known as ths recipient of my gift, for I ascribed his request to pride over being looked upon as an object of charity. "But they are going to know It anyhow when they see yon a kipping around Ilk a throe-ye- UlL-ih- poor-hous- rd V- quick-temper- After a very trying ksnmr. during which "tin pyelomyrillia. nr Infantile . wa the burden of my cares partly-.lew from its danger than u combating tho panic which it caused I went up to the Chain Laka Hunt and Fish club in Ontario, cf which I have tho honor to be the pres! 1tr end the doubtful happiness as being regarded aa a sport of pater famiilas. not only for tho club members, but for tho in- -, habitants of a wide district encompassing a radius of a good many miles, and with whom I made acquaintance before our club eras ever thought of. Being an old bachelor, and, as such, - compelled by nature to love a good bother with the farm, since Welch is many families instead of concentrating theaf faction which we all possess going to sell us put the first of the upon a few limited units, I soon found year. In this wsy I can earn a little of myself under a considerable debt money, which, with my small pension, scattered the to will keep my aunt fairly comfort ybligation widely able. community. Many of them, especially tbe French --Canadian habitants, made f expressed my surprise that he me feel rather like a 'tutelary deity, should bo willing to work for a man and I must admit. I liked It. who had treated hi Wherefore, when there, arrived at done, but lfe mere eur camp a lank youth in a back-boa"What does It matter, mon ami? ho answered. "Welch is only seting drawn by two lean, wiry horses with rat tails and muscular rumps, alt according. to his nature, which is that of a pig. Perhaps when he has been frothing from :i mile of bog and . corduroy and bearing a message from properly fattened the butcher may get Renee Lemaltr imploring me to speed bedside. with all haste to her father's I looked at him keenly, trying to It was impossible to refuse. Hsr letIn those discover any ter was rather incoherent, but tbe words, but his lean face was Inscrutyoung man who had come to fetch me able. explained its import: "Well, I answered, "of course you "Old Jules had some words with known your own affairs, but I mum the-- boss say I dlsllks ths idea of your working What boesr I asked. for that beast. There is always a job for you at the club when you happen Why. Welch, o course. Hes the whole thing over to Beaver Creek to want it, I have asked Cadrlgan ' naow our manager at the Chain Lakes "Since when I Interrupted. Old club to take you on as a keeper or Jules, or "Pere Jules, as he wasst mht known to tho Trench Canadian age it with pour store leg.' was a particular friend of Renee tell, me thst blue, bearing tho chevrons of a ,00t' . Ing "Thank you, doctor, Paul answer- gave Md 0 lett upper mine, and 1w esteemed him highly, as who-knehim. did all th Tor quite a spelt the driver an- -, That If he fell, old Madame And how about Renee?.' I asked. Revanche w'ere pinned the Croix de Guerre and swered, deftly steering his team ao would to looked His eyes hardened imperceptibly. after. that a big hola in the rotten corduroy A Militaire. Medallle livid scar, Renee la not for me, mon ami, he Welch scowled,, "Well, the interest I the fell between horses and wheels Re-newy healed, run diagonally across said. "She la too fine a girl to be fleeting that he was probably a hench- has been waived, hasn't It? he an- - his cheek. And then, a a he stepped to hampered by a useless inutile. Besides, man I saw that hts rtght ieg had ; . my spirit a certain obligation to the hand which n earth, and1 been has knee on above the broken left battle- bean the amputated now that Paul's reported mlasln fed him, I probed more tenderly. As wore ooden field with my leg. They all seem to be primlUv What were the words about? I which probly mean, he--s b- -n kHWd th,t of the same advice. Welch has the asked, mrBulr..L thumb. "Poor Paul, I thoufht. no more whole commnnhy undcr-hi- s Oh. I dunno jes what, doctor, but mines r btc hells or ?Pr the Cur dogs like they are love the hand I reckon It had au'thin to do with like It ain't reasonable to expect me toTt tunnlngfor you, my led. which beats them. tho foreclosure on tho mortgage o to go en lesln money right nlong. ' And Renee? I asked. In It 'was about a month later when ... Paul Revanches farm. Ton see. when itm sorry for Paul, or course, but b Renee Is not afraid of him for ber ,k.t Paul went over to fight them Germans el- -t no kin to me. on. me naked to InaptK surgeon, his place was mortgaged bp to the thing snd business another,mente they thopac year he can dissolve Ip- -' the first of hubs to old Jules. but old Jules be dont mix no moren oil andand water. . which he I? Invented. It rtlf,clal with Pere Jules and turn waa Indeed partnership told him to go to it and fight for t ,v There was nothing Durand says that out. Doctor a them Prance and all that sorts stuff, and to ths swine, so I had my lunch with - most Ingenious device of strong. Pore , with careful nursing, Jules, that ho neednt worry none abaout Renee, set la rubber, porous who had ordered a fresh team plrtl spring, live on for years, ""and even . the mortgage, nor his old aunt gtttin to take me back to tbe dub. There articulating knee and ankle and pro-m- might make some improvement, but that It chucked out. So Pant be went, f the th i In be be would the pUUr eUlclty world than very dangerous to disturb Tr,2L prettier girl. barin been born in France and foolin' him. I think that Renee would make but I de not recall ever having ' 1 The composition of Its substance , like be ought to.- - Mebbe ho was right Renee, rendered R light, comfortable, dur-wl- anv sacrifice, even to marying Welch, maiden seen nor combined one. who a and mebbe be wa'nt, aint for mo to her lavish, natural beauty more shle. and in all ways excellent. There rather than run this risk. Besides say. and where would they go? The" neighbors and charm and good, sound, appeared to be but one defect, eon grace "No." I agreed. was that ths cost of its are kind enough, but they are poor this sense. was common She the French been hes Waal, anyhow, reported at ruction would make It prohibitive- people, and who wants to bo burdenmisadn. and the captain says thats purs type of Auverxnatte, Celtic, a tall with thick, black, ly dear to the majority of poor Am- ed with a helpless paralytic? Besides, the same thing as bein' reported dead, girl and that would make an enemy of Welch, black-fringputee to I guess Paul's got his" a. After all. lustrous hair, violet, After seeing its service demon- - of whom they are all afraid, and most he had no ptleular call to mix In. He eyes, and a groat- deal sf rod Mood tn of them are In his debt. Reneo is a man She would be a big strated by an active mights laid low over here and they'd lip pad cheek. who ran. jumped, roller skated, and proud girl and would not accept charwoman some day, a never bothered him. Well, what about Welch? I be- - mother of sturdy children, an oven danced With no perceptible evidence of ity." even voice was apathetic, can to taka a dlallka to my driver, the now, at the tender age of nineteen, she Infirmity. 1 thought, of course, imme-wa- s andPaul's the hard, almost indifferent-expressiomore so as Paul Revanche had been rather -- Junoeoqu. though edit diets ly of Paul. of his face completely misSo that night I wrote him n letter led ma my favorite guide. draped In the lissom, svelte graceful-- 1 I was astonished and I must Waal, doctor, ysee. old Jules was neee of youth se to neck snd shoulders ' describing ft and telling him that Id say disappointed at ths helpless reatg- sorts ey-goi- n' and alack Uka In his and waist, with delf consideration of th. friond.hlp .nd e tton wVh which ta memed to ae- -- h,ch 1 business methods Naow, Welch has wrist s and ankles : feIt for, hm--' JTklVW state affairs. the of It stniek me. cept hd,73r been really runnin the shop for a very white and' fine. But waa a as well as a mark of my however, that his recent, tearful exnumber of years soa naow. If it foreet product ef pioneer descent, of hts service to the cause appreciation humani- periences wero eflough to ekllous hla of a. came to a Welch would nothing of tho hothouse exotic ty, It would give me sincere pleasure sensibilities and numb his ardsnt nabare all the chips Hera, we get to with her, and she could paddle a to present him with one of the ef ture to a sort of hopeless inertia. wade a mtte. And hOoneouraged about canoe and swing an ax snd shoot ficlent store legs to replace the one Qnes attitude toward circumstances the wlry little horses to tug us gun with which he had sacrificed at Verdun, comes largely through a sense of protbe bast of those. Such through. ' on bash nor every grow and suggesting that ho had better fun portion, and It seemed .not altogether While they wero doing U I was girt does not as I and the for plucking; down to Boeton to Rave it fitted, surprising that a man who had witlong turning 'a number of things in my waft as a guest st my house while nessed so much of human agony and the flash of her eyas and the stopping mind. Pita, Paul Revanche, that observed Intense vitality of her, 1 sighed In- la town. I Inclosed him a check to wretchedness, not only on ths flsld splendid boy, with his jolly blus eyes wardly. reflecting what splendid mates cover Immediate expense and for the of battle, but In ths homes of tho Inand chestnut hair, always keen as a vaded regions and suffered himself a hound and as Sweat and affectionate she snd my god Paul would have journey. mutilation might be expectand painstaking as tbs noble race of made, ha physically bar antlthasts; -- Pant answered, gratefully accepting crippling to sustain a certain hinting of ths n shouldered. Mend, very my offer, snd a few days later arrived, ed bloodhounds to which 1 had always lean, broad of his spirit. Lwas not surlikened him end of whom tho rare Frank, locally famed tor hie gay songs when my old valet Pierre mads hint fine edge prised that Rene and his neighbors breed is so superior to most men. and laughter and very much at home. Rig- should Immediately have found R so. Which dem-- This gusxHng driver ef mine was a and n noted courour de hols who took ged out from my wardrobe, for we that ons may make a promud turtle compared to my brave no odds from the ndsktns tn tong tor-- wars of similar flgura, Paul presented onstrates a vary handsome and distinguished found study of human nature and yet Paul, and as 1 considered him sad 1 sold, think- appearance and the object of admir- be wholly at fault in the case of the hie cheap commentaries on Paul" Mon, paarro Paul- individual. , ' possible fate I grew disgusted with ing aload. I always spoke French to ing eyes wherever he went. Ho was. In For. in the light of subsequent him. Pero Jules and Paul foot, most flatteringly feted on several events, v the Inhabitants; I am now firmly convinced ' Never mind about, talking, 1 and Renee. oeeastoaa and boro himself with a that Paul had at this time. Inexorably Look after your horses and said. natural free calm, he from challenged. How Pauir dignity quits poor determined that Welch should never - get as there as soon as you can. In her tbHStf voice, but with a mtetl- - any embarrassment, and. so far as I live to carry out his Bo ho got ws there as soon as he ness sparkled, could ascertain, any particular emo-- U heartless design. Paul had decided to through which hsr eyes sort. could, been killed R was oa the tionof nay be man, and that In such a way Per n marked change had been kill the Pere Jules wsa really in a very field of tad honor, fighting for that the act could never be laid to his In bad way. Renas, that delicious girt, Hm the man. The former boy- score. Brought world from tyranthe of freedom He had accepted my gift of the . tetd ish buoyancy aad careless aa altsiea-tto- n that tatad-tawas goes, and I did not.belleve store leg with this intent, hut he did with bis partner, a burly ruffian y J admtted. ' "I POko with that tbe not that I should be accessory . named Welch, in regard to tbe forepropoee conditions which he had you tov. him vmy on ns return wer. ,ntIreIr reo- - before the fact, or that he should risk closure of tbe mortgages oa tke ta-- 001 imho I poiurtble for this. ranebe farm; end the M man who. . 7 JrZyLm I had. noticed th my Interference with his project. For difference In his look ana speech and Paul, In his own strong soul, had tried though the soul of kindness, was I to 1 cruel and ruthless abuse of uuick f, tamper when croud had general, bearing on his arrival at Welch for ", , flown Beaver Crook. It was written In his power which Included loot, - premediInto a rage which brought that he is dead. "Most of those are them who fhco. which, from being mirthful snd tated murder of Pere Jules,- and the about - a stroke or apoplexy. This he'plese and Innocent had taken him at tbe head of the sponded to UM Did call, I laughing, had grown thoughtful gnd enslaving of aconvicted Mm as guilty mao was to tho net and be tad fallen down, our brave Paul stairs, tern, while the expression about his girl, and had of ssfter-!nthese and passed the death wounded been torso g was had arm be charges end hlmeetf. one that of If Who had looked spare breaking his upper severe bruises The local doctor and taken prisoner wo should have fcpon terrific things This was natural, sentence, and It now remained only to of course, for he hod boon on the first carry the sentence Into execution. boon called, to Quebec on a hoard. r having difficult to nnderstand when . medico-leg- al case. Renee bad sent for that he lino from ths vary beginning except onIt Is not, to "Nevertheless, doctor, t think. Her gas a man a was from ma Pere Jules I Yeel it for throe times whan sent to hospital who stops suffering Is stin alive." she answered. had sacrificed his sacred responhemiplegia conscious tat not lucid. hero. And she pressed tar --small where he had not remained long, sibilities. hla home; th Integrity of and the prognosis was very bad. I pane hanks to his clean tissues and r teld Reese that, while he might live left hi physical body, and th woman he and thst -he- will mendous vitality. But war had eri-tefelt L deuM-fuwas loved Us mark upon him. snd It was oa for some tlms recovery snd offered life Itself for the Then fleent down into the store be coming that ths Paul was suppression of just such tyranny as That Is forever. Welch to talk to Welch, whom t found pot- -t daps. proposed to exercise. Paul had gons David Wi And whaj are you doing now, Idughterod harm ISOs and poaoeful attar about sullenly, taking stack or withWhat 1 st Wskhr think do yes Paul? J asked, tho first night st din- Germans whoa only offense was blind something ef the sort, - with skirt ner. obedience to tyranny. H had don slimes toned back from- hts bugs. What do I think? I think that he In Welchs sawmill." he this with bomb and bayonet and with flHMMltr fui urm Working hiss ao have Is told n . ptg. I answered with the flicker of e. smile. his trench knife tn stealthy raids, actThis man Welsh had gritted into . Censor Creek some years It seopMd . hardly worth while to ing la the cause of freedom from op-previous to many times, tat ft doss not . - 22 1922 SATURDAY-APR- IL LEG Kot r i ' , oposed thst j J hy tnd Rio ; the ott- - rtth d. tag r of JVM Its. tta at v tta , .li -- ng ar old. x He laid hie band on my arm. "Ten dont understand, mon ami, said he, fn his resonant French. "It is not that I am not proud to have such a generous friend and should like nil the world to knew It. But I am rather eensttlv about being lopped off way. and If I wear this leg where I am known everybody would be wanting to examine It and so how It workod. and I should fuel lib a freak In a ton know how curious those fools are, After th first of th year I shall look . for something to do In Quebec, and ! until then I can manage wait enough I wttJuagr old peg leg tta by in St s' |