Show 30 01 alla ila IF reaf by K A romance of early days ays a in the middle west t of kelcil of tile border malady My y la Lady d dy y of doubt tile tho mold maid of tile the fol forest est etc e tc NuJ 0 itt 3 SYNOPSIS 8 adele la Chea nayne a belle ot of new nev franc in among conspire 11 tore at al her un c ties I 1 es 1 house u e cassion tile lie liag en ted her undo uncle chevers Ch evets aid against ut salle balle DArt cartigny igny la salles halle a it I 1 lend 11 MB lite services na its gulde eulda to cas blona party un the journey to UK tho wilder alder acne T alio llio uncle adele that lie lias has bearol thed her ter to cession anki ami forbids her to a sto again in quebec adole vl allta ilita hot friend sister celeste Ct leate who bril 1 e cartigny DArt D igny to her site she tells talla him lier her sl story ory and ho vow to I 1 aimse her from fr the bargain with avith cession I 1 bartig DAr artle tig ny n leaves promising to see bee her at tit tho 0 lanco dance Ci teston escorts adele tu to tile tho ila hall t 1 she bhe tile governor lii la barre and it hears ears him warn the against DArt cartigny igny byll 1 s ticket to tile ball has hab been recalled but lie he gains entrance by the window adole adele informs hilra 0 of the governors s words to cassion for lier her eavesdropping at the ball adelo adele to in ord bordero eroil 1 by the hie governor to marry cassion Casa loii at once and to accompany him to the illinois country lie he summons chevet cheel and directs that lie he thein on the ibo journey they leave in the boats adeles future depending I 1 on tha decision of 0 whom en she hg 0 now knows she loves lovea cablon and DArt cartigny igny have hate words uncle chebot for the first time mine hears that ills his natee Is an all heiress and begins to suspect magalona Cag Cae alona motives adele refuses to permit her ter husband to share her sleeping quarters chevet agrees to help her she talks secretly cratl to DArt cartigny igny but he declines to give y her active ald aid against her husband bad luck frequently comes in bunches adele has been but feted by fate for months nay for several years in this fight against Commis saire carslon 0 e she needs direly every aid she can muster yet one after an 0 other her sources of help fall 2 away this Is a thrilling install e ment lent which describes how she receives two serious shocks f one of them blackens blac kena her lave affair the other frightens her 0 carslon finds his wife alore alone on the he hill and discovers a mans he accuses her angrily CHAPTER XI continued Conti nueZ the print Is frosh not an ff and none of the men beom n arx p 1 ap havo bavo come thin way lie ile strode for forward jfoss the mw open space au anti disappeared into ali tho fringe of trees bordering the edge of the bluff it would have am e apen easy for me to depart to escape to the security of the tent below but curiosity cuilo sity held me motionless I 1 knew what lie would discover and preferred to face the consequences where I 1 was free to answer him face to face I 1 wished him to be suspicious auspicious to feel fed that lie hall had a rival I 1 would fan his bis jealousy to the very danger point nor lind I 1 long to wait forth from the shade of the trees lie he burst anti and camo came toward me inc his face white his big eyes eyed blazing 11 ITIs the follow I 1 thought lie he burst forth and he went down the alie face of the bluff yonder so you dared to have ha 0 tryst with him 1111 with Ith whom mon monsieur the young foell do you think me blind did I 1 not know you wem together in quebec what are you laughing at 1 I was wai not laughing eur your bour ridiculous chargi does not me I 1 am a woman you ou insult me I 1 nin am your wife you charge me with indiscretion if you think to win will roe inc with such cowardly cowa idly insinuations you know little of my nature I 1 will not talk with iab you nor discuss the matter I 1 return to tho the camp ills ilia hands clinched its as though lie he had ball the jibe threat of nil an enemy between them but angry as lie he was rollie vague doubt restrained him mon alan ducut ill alit the dorl DArt cartigny igny you moan menn atis hi his trade I 1 hear and ho he Is good at it Ill leahl aill a bungler of the woods I 1 doubt it if he ever crossed blades with a swordsman nut but mark you this madame the lad ind feels my steel if ever you so much as speak to him again there was contempt in my eyes nor did I 1 strive to disguise it am I 1 your wife monsieur or your slave 11 my wife and I 1 know how to told hold youl you non mon but you shall learn that lesson I 1 was a fool to ever give the brat in the boats la barre warned me inc that he bo would make trouble now I 1 tell you whit what will occur it if you play false with roe me you may inny spare your threats they weigh nothing the bleur cartigny Is my friend anti and I 1 shall address him when it pleases me with whatever 1 quarrel may arise between you I 1 have no interest let that suffice suf lice and now I 1 bid you good night monsieur lie ile made no effort to halt me no nor to follow and I 1 mado nty my way down the darkening path without so much BS as turning my brad to observe arvo hl ills movements it was almost elke a play piny to roe me and I 1 was reckless or of the consequences intent only on my iny pur purpose poso in the early lawn dawn we bron brol camp is usual except that chosen boatmen guided the anno tl nouli tile the rapids while the others of the party bade portage along the rough shore lu the ammoth water above we all barked again and ami won slow any wn against tile current the advance mm PIU pany had departed dep ailed before our oui arrival nor did I 1 again obtain gilt I 1 apse ipse of for many days I 1 would not pay tint that carslon purposely kept in apart for the UK nt have lelii beell tile baillo had I 1 not been of tho the party yet act the only between tho two divi occurred when sonic messenger brought back warning of dangerous liter ahead usually tills this lues messenger wits was in all indian but once DArt liry himself self cattle came anti anil gilded our canoes through a torrent of white wa iva tir ter nold a mue maze of murderous rocks during these liia days anti weeks carslon treated me lite with consideration and outward respect not that lie ho failed to talk freely anti to boast of ills hla ex c anil adventures yet iet tie he refrained train honi laying lading hand on oil me lue not noi did lie onre once refer to tile the incident of tho the bluff nor was the journey journe lacking in fit litterest interest tc terest rest or adventure never shall I 1 forget the chirm charm of those dis days arnd nights tilt flita amid which we made slow tind toilsome toll soine passage through the tit desolate des olitte wilderness ever gaining new leagues leagnes to ilia westward only twice in fit weeks did we vie encounter human beings being it once 11 call 1 of indians ou on the shore bho p of a lake and once a capuchin alone but for foi it a single voyd voyaged geuy ns As companion passed us upon the river iler and nd when ft hen tit at last we tto mado biado the long por aaget tramp hig through the dirk dark forest foiest aisles i hearing s on our shoulders beavy he avy loads p wacely able to see tile tho sun suit even at didday through tho the leafy sewen or of laaveg tle and came forth foith at un on tile tho short shores fl of the mighty lake 0 a words can call express the ra rap p tv T with which I 1 stood and gazed gayed wiss that expanse or of hearing rest re st ss as water the men inon l attached their canoes oes upon the surface and made camp in tile the edge of tit alip forest but I 1 could not move mop could not restrain resti my eyes until darkness descended and left all before nio a voia alil it was scarcely arcely bc more than daybreak daybre ik when wo we broke elmp and aind headed our canoes out into the lake with the lawn dawn and the glint of sunlight over the waters much of my dread departed anti and I 1 could appreciate the wild song of delight with which our indian saddlers paddlers padd lers bent to their work tho the sharp proved canoes caloca swept through the waters swiftly no longer battling against a current and tho the shore line ever in view lew was fascinating in its green foliage we ve kept close to tile northern shore and all soon found passage amid abild numerous islands forest covered but with high rocky outlines for four lays das we coasted thus never out of sight of shore and usually with islands between us and ilia main body of water in all that ilif IL if time we had no ila sign of man not even ean a wisp of at smoke nor heard the crack of distant rifle about us its extended loneliness and desolation great waters never still aaa vast forests grim and all somber tall menacing rocks bright colored in tile the run aun As last we left the chain of islands behind and one morning struck out from tile the shor cAnto into tho the waste of waters tho the prows or of tit alio canoes turned westward the lie steersman gulding guiding our course by tile sun still for several hours licurs wo we were beyond view lew or of land with biti naught to rest the eyo eye upon save the gray rny sea and theu when it t was neatly nearly light wo we readied reached the shore and beached our canoes at st ignace so much had bad been said of st SL ignace niia and so long halt had tho the name been familiar throughout new prance france that my farst view lew of the place brought me bitter disappointment the miserable little village ans upon it point of land originally covered with lioney growth of forest A bit of this ills had been rudely rut cut the rotting stumps still standing and from the timber a dozen rough log houses had been constructed facing the inke A few rods hack back on slightly higher land was a log ch chapel and a house sonic baltic what more than the tha others in which the priests lodged the whole aspect of the place was wag peculiarly desolate des anti depressing fating that vast mist waste of water the black forest shadows behind bt hand and those rotting stumps in the foreground nor was WAR our welcome one to make the rejoice scarce a dozen doyen persons sons gathered tit nt tho the bench beach to aid us ug in landing rough outrages mostly and not among them nil all a face familiar it ans only later inter when two priests from froin tho the mission came hurrying forward fon ird eliat we were greeted ed by cordahl s speech each these invited n fawl us it to become guests at the llo mission hol holic lc ind aligned tile re of our party r airty to lacni vncent huts Cas caslon slon chevet ani ilore acio allouez accompanied me us as I 1 walked beside a ionn young priest u birj the beaten path hut but cartigny DArt igny ny was wag jett behind with the men I 1 overheard cation order him to remain but lio ile added somo word in lower loner ikc voice which brought a hush flush of anger into tie the younger mans face although he be merely turned on its heel beet without reply we remained at st ignase three days busily engaged lit in repairing our canoes and rendering them lit fit fur the long voyage yet before us its front from tills ibis point we were to venture on treacherous oua waters ns as yet scarcely explored the shores inhabited by savage ravage unknown tribes with not lint a white man mail in fix till all the long distance frova from green liny buy to the chicago portage once I 1 got out the map man anti and traced the distance feeling sick at heart as I 1 wits thua realized more moio clearly the weary jour uty iley those were dull lonely days I 1 passed in fit tile desolate mission house while the he others were busy nt at their various tasks only tit nt night binic or us ns they straggled lit in to their meals did I 1 see eo anyone an one but allouez who was always close tit nt hand 11 silent fleit sandow from whose pr selice I 1 could not c escape elope I 1 toti tile lirles ts gardon garden climbed clini bed ahe rocks overlook overlooking lm tile witter nud and even ventured into the dark forest foiest but lio lie was iver ever beside UK lite N suave but insistent on oil doing ills atols will alio only I 1 lind n of f DArt cartigny igny was tit nt a distance for 11 not 0 t once did he approach tho mission house so ho I 1 was glad enough when tile the canoes wore were ready till nil prep orations made for departure yet we were not destined to lo escape thus easily from st ignace of what ne occurred I 1 must write ns its it happened to me lite then and not as its full abgill flounce became bee nine later clear to lily iny understanding der flor it was utter after nightfall when carslon return returned eil to the mission house bouse the lights were burning on the table and the three priests were rather impatiently waiting ing meal occasionally exchanging brief sentences or peering out through the open window toward the dark water carslon came in alone yet I 1 observed nothing strange about ills his tippe appearance pear pe arance arice except ex capt that lie failed to 91 bicet acet no me with the usual sun a at t IMI gallantry lantry although ills hh sharp eyes swept our faces us its lie he closed the door and st ed about the room IV V antt not eaten yet ho he exclaimed 1 I anticipated my fate to be it a lonely men for uie alie rascals worked like snails and I 1 would not leave them rest lest until nil all was ans finished faith the odor Is as appetizing and I 1 am hungry as a boar bear the younger priest waved ills hand band to the servant yet asked softly monsieur chevet he be Is delayed also lie ile will sup with his men tonight returned cission shortly seating himself on tile the bench beach the sergeant keeps guard of anti and chovet will be useful with tl alose oft off duty the man ate tit as though nearly fain ashod his big ready tiiu unusually u rily 1 I lent anil ciul nt at the conclusion of 0 tile meal appeared oppe ired so fatigued that I 1 mado made early excuse to withdraw so he be might rest in comfort climbing the ladder in one corner to my lily own bed beneath the eaves caves tills this apartment whose only advantage was privacy wits was no more than A i narrow space between the ilia sloping rafters of the roof unfurnished but with a small mail window in ili tile end closed by it n wooden chutter bli utter A partition of axe liean planks divided this attic into two compartments thus lius composing the priests sleeping chambers while I 1 was there they bo both occupied I 1 the oue one to the south cassion Cas slon chrict and bere rere allouez resting in the main room below As I 1 lowered the he trap in fix the floor door L shutting hutting out the murmur of voices I 1 was conscious of no desire to sleep my mind busily occupied with possibilities bili ties of the marrow I 1 opened the window and seated myself on oil the floor gazing out at the night below extended tile priests garden gardea anti and beyond the dark gloom of forest depths 1 the way of egress was easy ft more mero step to the lat flat root roof of tho the kitchen the dovetailed logs jogs of which afforded I 1 ni 1 Q the way of egress was easy it ladder t to tatt ground I 1 lind bad no object in n such adventure but a impulse urged me lite nna and almost before I 1 renil zed my lily action nallon I 1 wits upon tile ho ground avoiding the glenin gleam ot of light which str streamed earned from the file open window windon of the room bolow belmy I 1 crossed the garden nna ren diek the path leading downward to the ho shore from tills this point I 1 could po pe elvo elvei the taic wide sweep of water silvery in the dim moonlight and detect mhd darker rim of the land there wits was ore fire on oil the ino point below the iho huts ani and its red glare afforded gli glimpses muses of the canoes mere blurred outlines and occasionally the lie figure of a man only recognizable us its he be moved I 1 wits was still staring 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