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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON.UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920. f oxxooxxxoxoxxxxxxxxx the other jend; and Simeon was blink- Lucien emerged from the slianty, Ste. house. The interior was dark, save of what BapfTsfe was saying, partly oi was an extraordinary sight. the gestures, but more by his faculty ing up at Jhe cure from the floor. cure Marie drink-shostove. out through dialogues on had locked up, their for the dull flicker from the Every Get up. Simoon ; Im going to brought The cure flung the door open. They Are you owners had fled, and the streets were with his friend Tremmany evenings your sou! said the cure. heard a sobbing within. Carefully Faat the cures arm. crowds at the with down? dlose He which, to packed sight tugged blay. going ther Lucien struck a match and lit the W 1th of the of a set knees. his to delight. yell up him priest, that story aint true, faTell Simeon struggled Marie Dupont kneelwhafe worry"Thats said. he an unwonted agility he dodged the sin- The women pressed about him, sob- lamp,herdisclosing ther, face in her hands, beside the ing, difwas with their had 19 It bing always tmovement. gratitude. him. ing glestick Site looked lip with an exembers. By VICTOR ROUSSEAU. But Father Lucien resumed, aa if he bothered the cure) and rushed forward ficulty that he could make his way of despair. pression But jitter that bear. a the like through not heard: feminine bodyguard with arras extended, had Where is thy father? accompanied him along his way, and Even so, Jean, Mademoiselle Ros-ny- s Father Lucien had movement 17 pat, with Leblanc and has lie sailed, deafter he had persuaded them to go and movement 17 is especially life, perhaps, Is in danger. And (Copyrght, 1919, by. George H. Dora n Co.) toe in Pierre, and Monsieur Askew is abonrd. even If that were not so, thou must signed for this. Placing the right half home the distant cheering still rang and Madeleine Kosny a his ears. for evlL Else his blood Is against the left heel, he made What! shouted the cure, pulling return good T shall come back every week, was was ' reclining Simeon Smack! XVI turn. thee. Continued.)' (Chapter upon over him under the bow of the vessel, over his Father Lucicns last promise to Ste. her to her feet. Thou art dreaming, Let it be there 1 would have killed against the counter, Ais hands and her last hope went out !. child his of I head M.ir'e. she! the treak head, and blood streaming through him, only they pulled me away. They planned to kill Monsieur Asevery man who has brandy in his Angers. is thy duty, my son, said the It XVII. CHAPTER we room no was to and There for maneuvering, kew. I went mademoiselle, said the cure house. Simeon, It Is a hard test, Jean, cure quietly. to the wharf. She sprang and Hilary never knew afterward how God bless you, father, came back drove God calls a man to duty, he when but ' Lucien Arrives. Father he escaped. But he thrust his club aboard, and the ship sailed, half an must from a hundred throats. obey. Father Lucien had grown very fond into Leblancs face, and, then, as the hour ago. They will kill them. Ste. satisfied that at last And, being Baptiste began to break down. Ah, man stumbled back, brought it down of Hilary. He did not know what to and went Lucien wldte Father began was as as Marie was it dosed tightly mon pere, you ask me the hardest do. Hilary was in the woods now, and with full force upon Pierres skull. Marie Dupont, swear to ever likely to be, Father Lucien took to tremble. In thing In my life, he groaned. All the strength of his arms went almost inaccessible. The cure had not me he began. the homeward road to St. Boniface seen his face before have I forests the His with. to even Lafe days wrangle Into the blow. Pierre never spoke Ah, mon Dieu, it is true. I swear me. I have dreamed that I had him again. passed In dejection. Moreover, the He went through the limits instead it! him. by the throat, and started up with joy. matter of Ste. Marie bothered Why didnt thou come to me? of along the shore, and was nearing I have struggled, and I have contrived Father Lucien had been jeered out of I was afraid. the village when ho encountered Lafe. down my desire to slay him. the if that knew he and the village, The cure translated to Lafe. If to fight Ileio, Father Lucy! Where do And now you tell me I must save him. bishop heard of It he would be transshe he truth the began. speaks you co ne from? asked the latter. No, no, mon pere. Save the girl yes. ferred to another parish. Father Lu It is true, I guess, said Lafe. But Ive just been paying a pastoral let some one else sail the schoon- cien loved Stf Boniface, where he had Quick, father, lets get the other visit to Ste. Marie, said the cure deA spent all his Ilf schooner and go after them. Its our murely. Say, Father Lucy, why dont you He had sent to Quebec for a book on What dyou only chance. Ill go. Darn it, if they Lafe stared at him. to him that that yarns a Her had explain he which single-stic- k exercises, hurt a hair of Hilarys head, or or call that? he demanded. persisted Lafe. seen advertised in an old magazine. That is a singlestick, said Fa- mademoiselles, Ill send the gang to But again the core Ignored him. ! He had become Interested, and had It Is a good exerciser hell cried Lafe, half sobbing. ther Lucien. "We shall sail as soon as possible, a from fashioned a fine singlestick' But it is impossible! cried the for old men like you and me, Lafe. Go hack to the store Jean, he said. cure. her? Who will sail pliant hazel bough. Father Lucien said Sort of light double club. the and Instruct storekeeper to tele- followed the Instructions given in the answered Come with me, father, Lafe. Whats that hair on the end, the with and book with patient care, father? Say, that looks like blood, Lafe, a flicker of whimsicality appearbest1 results. He was very thorough ing on his face, as in such moments. dont it? in all that he did. His muscles began I guess Im in charge now, see? Lets That is' Simeon Duvals. the cure to grow, his physical health became go to the store. You see, Mr. Lafe answered. excellent. Soon he became quite exThere were the usual loafers inside. Father Lucy, Lafe stopped short. Yes, it was true ihe schooner had pert. It was a sight to see the cure knocked me to toll moan youve dyou IflvwA sailed, and it had surprised everypracticing lunges in the seclusion of out Simeon? his study, among the theological volbody, because Captain Dupont had Mr. Lafe. I couldnt afraid Im so, umes ; but nobody had seen him except announced that he would not sail for to You Are Going other in soul way. bis into Smack!) any get some days. And he had left his crew his old housekeeper, and it took sev- (Smack, Close Down? But Im getting there. Next time I eral" minutes to convince the old lady behind. But then every one knew exershall have learned some more that he was going out of his mind. that her revered charge had not gone (smack, smack !) arc you going to cises, and then Ask Lafe cut the gossips short. close down? suddenly insane. You closed up Ste. Marie? All the Strength of His Arms Went he them who can sail the schooner, Simeon lifted up his voice in a long, Father Lucien had just laid down adWell, for the present, yes, feebInto the Blow. Pierre Never Spoke his said to the cure. singlestick when a boy brought melancholy howl. He struggled next time But cure. the mitted ' Again. Only one man could sail the schoonhim a letter in an unknown hand- ly to his feet, and instantly went down Shake, father, said Lafe, stretch; blow across the terrific a er an was under 'A important through the ice. All the rest were letter again do By George, you ing out his hand. again. He went reeling across the writing. e on his woods. 22A). in the He ear Baptiste un(movement cures in put the event right day result's after all when you start deck like an inanimate thing, struck coast and the currents. soul better, Simeon? asked get the the enderstood Is sat down, your beopened do spectacles, schooner that as the In. But why didnt yon the bulwark, and, Where is he? ' ' Father Lucien. ' fore? lurched toppled Into the sen. He was velope, and began to read. St. of the The into at blinked Simeon ring storekeeper shrugged his shoulJoseph, the up was from It priest It was your friend, Monsieur Asprobably dead before he disappeared had faces about him. It was an extraorders. He was here half an hour ago Bonnat Nanette stated that and into my the waves. who beneath the thought put but he has gone more adven- dinary thing, but, though everybody kew, said Father Lucien. By the to buy woods traps, Leblanc rushed frantically toward given him Hie full story of the head, his in into the with interested much again seemed very the barricade. Hilary was upon him tures upon the island, together way, Mr. Lafe, I have a letter from a At that instant Baptiste entered the an account of the activities of Pierre predicament, nobody showed any signs friend in St. Joseph. when he saw Brousseau whip out a Public saw Lafe, and scowled. him. to store, of Duval. help and" interfering where him. Simeop St. Joseph? Why, thats and take deliberate aim at he began, This trap is broken Bad as Father Lucien had known opinion was very fickle - in Ste. Marie. Nanette Bonnat He felt the bullet clip his cheek. Twice it up for the storekeeper to had he holding Simeon, getNow Ste. be, up, Marie at second may conditions you told ;to she And everyAt has the flred. Precisely. more' Brousseau ' view it. which said the cure, and Simeon hastened to thin : about the visit to the island, shot Hilary stumbled and fell flat in never guessed at the revelations on him. Baptiste, cure In The pounced confrere. e.vus Letraveled quickly His Nanette had made to his obey. con1 erning which, as you are aware, the cabin entrance. At the third. But When God Calls a Man to Duty, come with me. Thou dost not go into bothe and of an over, brandy direction empty the whirled His spilled emoiselle Mac the Rosny Indignation brain, blaric, shot through He Must Obey." must take Thou woods the sevcould tonight. he for counter. If get the in of tle his .agitation It aint any upon study Lafe shook his head. paced round twice and collapsed In front schooner the us aboard an with struck It into his hand. I been to see eral minutes. At last, use, father, he said. phone to the crew Dronin Is one, and the barrier. Baptistes jaw fell. Mon pere, it is the others I do not know. And then Smack! went the singlestick, and her and told her. She knows that Madeleine dragged Hilary within the inspiration, he took up his singlestick, stammered he snow-shoeSimeon wqs down again with a roar yarh aint true. But shes like nil Impossible, return to me. cabin. Blood was gushing from a put on his cap, fur coat, and Dupont has gone and started off toward Ste. like a poleaxed bull. She hates herself so stood like a statue. He them Itosnys. wound in his breast. Frantically she Gone? cried Baptiste, running to of Marie. his head, muttering. Then, slowWhat did you do that for? he much because she knows it aint true L, hung began to tear away the upper part door. the he raised it and smiled into the i his It was about an hour later when the whimpered. that she hates him more. And hes clothing and to endeavor to stanch Baptiste, ly, The cure followed him. I looked the Boniface. best the saloon St. she way in Simeons face. cures you Im loafers to leave few perceived helping Suddenly wound. the going and find Mr. thou must sail the schooner he said answered the cure Enough, then. I go, Tut, tut! said the cure. Uttle rusted revolver upon the floor up to see the cure standing in the know, Simeon, mad. He has left his is him. He the lumbermen had mildly. Are you going to close down? Lafe, he added seriously, we must Since gravely. see to doorway. ran Leblanc and taken crew behind him and She snatched it up exclaimed Lafe. for the winter the Well, Im darned Ill have you arrestefl, 'Simeon stop this. It Is not for me to inter- and Pierre. And Mademoiselle Rosny Brousseau In the act of crossing the gone into camp faded about be had should to hall didnt you tell him write Jhe truth dance the bishop least the at why of Ill father, but "Say, yelled. fere, is in their hands barricade. She pushed it into his glories Simeon still did you. that wasnt It but story? true, i and known. I am going to see the girl Madisappeared, I go. face. What? shouted Baptiste. Are rie Dupqnt. business. He saw The cure smilei' whimsically and Crash went the singlestick. Brousseau cursed and dropped on the a thrivingandliquor At once I go inarrested? me Lafe. forward, his hand or Lafes shoulder. Ill said came laid to have cure that way, waddling the Im gmffg you going And Monsieur Askew, whom they fpr side ; Madeleine heard him running his mock quired Father Lucien. Mr. Lafe, he answered, when Askews with Im Ah, blue with blinking Hilary eyes you. go a pale have sworn to murder Into the darkness. She had brought his him. will cure a paralyzed limb, we about exercise muttered And Simeon, Im covering uneasy No, friend. r I do not go, said Jean Baptiste, do not use the crutch. , temporary respite. She ran back to humility. and said he hands. to his the with suavely. head camp, been they Come in, father, Ive just and stopped dead. Hilary. But it was almost dark in the We dont often see you here. What Lafe stared at Am. And slowly he Crash I Simeons hands flew apart tell me hes gone back to St. Boniface. The cure caught, him by the arm. cabin, and there was hardly anything will you have? A drop of gin? A lit--lto understand. Father Luclens set two began The dark. It was growing Listen to me, Jean. His life and that ways were often inscrutable, but someshe could do. He was conscious, but now? Or maybe youre as if was it brandy, but to out at attached were with she pace, are springs. quickened and to Mademoiselle they perhaps of death, Itosny ; he seemed bleeding how he got there In the end, bishquite dark before they saw the cotstake. could only try to stanch the blood that looking for some of the girls to dance Are you going to write to the As them. x Boniface before ' never tages of St. with? op? asked the cure. I do not go ! cried Baptiste again, stopped flowing. No. For Gods sake let me go, the wharf came into view Lafe uttered and snatched up his trap. He strode The men grinned and, nudged each Suddenly there came a terrific lurch (Continued next week.) a you d an exclamation. to the door and turned fiercely upon bully ! of the vessel, which began to spin other. It is not often that orte sees Hie cried. he on The schooners gone And cure baited. Simeon snatched at the knob Father Lucien, who followed him. Let crazily1 in the trough of the sea. You know, Whose, Mr. Lafe? Youre a sport, father; said Sim- end of the singlestick nearest him. bqt him die! he shouted. of the wind came above Your mother made you take it the roaring ' That other ones mon pere, you know what he has done The captain's;. What sort of stick do you call movement 4 provides for that, and the the' wild cries of Dupont and the ex- eon. Spring Hollisters Rocky to God crack of a broken finger was distinctly laid up for the season. I hope to me and mine! postulations of Brousseau. The cap- that, with a knob each end? Tea. the reliable Spring anand foolish word a interested done to to come had that the understood Shall who later, audible aint he anything hardly I intensely Hilary Lafe, tains reason haddeserted him; Modem Pharmacy. sense how cable. a Simeon, the cure. Simeon, slipped of this colloquy, caught ygerr? spectators. abandoned the wheel to fight out his swered, the the lo the ran about close to to Titov almost down, are captains I When you have often schooner, you The going spoken i quarrel with Hilary. ! is a demanded Father Lucien, uncontrolled, ran sidewise before the evil that you are doing here Itwith- Simeon? mmivtsaei sell liquor to over he the prostrate liquor-selle- r. offense as statutory standing willing and Brousseau, wind, offense an is it of hut errand a out on his license,, was to let Dupont go sort of place. At once!, yelled Simeon, bursting murder, was unable to steer her. He against God to run this will into tears. For Gods sake dont hit had handled ships before, but the Simeon, for the good of your soul, ! and this of down close not place the at juncture you swift Simeon looked so abject that the river and gulf made the task impos- , lend a different life? The mild words and humble atti-tur- e cure had not the heart to continue his sible for one who did not know intl-of the old priest were so comical punishment. He looked about him. A mately that uncharted track, far from amuse- singlestick describes a circle having a the main channel, now Impassable that nobody could conceal his - 2 with ice. The schooner was rolling ment any longer. A roar of laughter radius of several feet. Exercise Simeon a counter in over shack. the yawned. the cleared leaving shook jiffy, were seas sweeping heavily, huge Ill think about my soul when Im a wreck of reeking spirits and broken board, and she turned successively glass. half round the compass; the wind, sick, he answered. to You may be very sick at any moWhen the cure turfled upon the catching her swinging sails, began it. shouting throng, the grins whirl her round and round ; and ment, Simeon, without expecting an' of that, chances off their faces. take died the the toward pack drifted Ill she steadily he children! Get out Simeon. of island. swered my the here, shoreof ice along the Simeon, I am growing tired of shouted. And, twirling his singlestick Madeleine, working over Hilary to you. Do you know that with indescribable velocity, he brought saw speaking Dupont the in cabin, frantically in this vil- it down on one' head after another, Is a plague-spo- t house on the poop your and Brousseau struggling wont much as one might strike a row of last time, the for deck. Dupont was trying to force lage? Simeon, and all? fence posts. The terrible implement ' his way between the lumber piles, you close up for good seemed to fly in all directions at the Ah, father, you mean all right, while Brousseau urged him back to the job. I same time. Father Lucien cracked the wheel. Her mind worked rapidly. Was said Simeon, but thats your as much a sport as last man across the shoulders and sent there any Way of controlling the situ- bet youre just ' If moon only you let yourself him flying into the street. here, none. The see anybody ation? She could on now, and get into a For Gods snke dont leave me had risen high, and the mists were go. Come furalone in here with him I moaned Simwas game with us. clearing away. Not far distant you floor. Lucien, eon from Father and .said ,the Simeon, the of island, the nearing point stick. Ill Father Lucien came back and stood the open Gulf lay beyond. Toward the were asking me about thisLook! over him, twirling his singlestick Ice field 'the ship was hurrying with show you what its for. Smack ! went the hazel knob on Sim- meditatively. At last he laid It down frightful speed. upon the counter. on every eons head. i Madeleine saw the ice fast so flabbergasted that was Its all' right, Simeon, my son, he Simeon behind, 5 side. The narrow passage table. the said back plank fell gently. I think Ive cured you he against wnter, filled with black, he seemed transfig- now. Im going to hear your confeswas closing In. She did not hesitate, As for the cure, the singlestick in the sion. A man never .knows when hes ured. to Holding him and urged but caught at Hilary until It looked going to be sick, Simeon. Let me. hear It twirled he with middle, his feet. He managed to rise, of streak light, while he you say your Act of Contrition, If you a sidW like knobby her support, and staggered at her dervish. a havent forgotten it like pirouettedtoward the bulwarks. Walt a minute, pleaded Simeon. In reality he was going through the ' She coat fur the picked stopped, foot exercise marked com- "Are you going to see my brother outimportant dead the of shoulders from the ' that. Louis afterward? She bination 5; but nobody knew law, and placed it abput him. Brous-eacure. said Father Luseen the answered Ive him, Simeon, Come on, u pointed toward the io field. And Jean Pouliot, and Albert him across the nose, was still struggling with Dupont cien, flicking became ensanguined. Drouin, and George Moisan, and which Instantly was near the wheel and Dupont Im going to, replied the cure With a howl of wrnth Simeon came thrashing his arms and howling his So Simeon, .xvith a new exdescended grimly.' the singles.tick qnd wild paean. With the last exercise of forward, head was that thud a with pression of gratification, came back his hlB strength Hilary managed to drop on into the church. afterward, said neighbors heard, to the Ice. When, fifteen minutes later. Father across the street Another thud, from crouched Madeleine, He lay there, p 1 i XX5XXXKXXXXXXXXXXXKXXXXXX ' ,, , b ! , . , 1 I Jean-Mari- , ' ef , Jenn-Baptis- e ! fiz-i- cross-curren- NOTICE ts To Users of Electric Lights By order of the City Council those who are delinquent in the payment of their Light Bills are directed to pay them without . ther delay to the City Marshal at his offie foam-flecke- between the hours of 2 and d p. m. 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