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'ByIlL DLlEgben
-CHAPTER XXIV .(Contiuued).
XLARY heard the sails being run
H up, and the crealgof the cord-
.. age in the wind. Then the
schooner, grinding her course thrutlie
drift ice. began to roll and pitch as the
force of the Gulf current struck her.
And thru the portholes llilary sawthe
, lights of St. Boniface reel into the en-
wrapping fog and vanish. .
Wit Madeleines arms about him he
thought with desperate concentration.
Doubtless the ruflians had gone to as-
sist Dupont in taking the schooner out
intomidstream. confident that their vic-
nce the ves-
sel hatllpassed the dangerous ice and
deadly sunken rocks alone
could keep her on her course. And Du-
pont had planned his death. lie re-
membered the hate on the old man's
face; but he could not imagine the
cause of it, for he did not connect it
with the story about Marie.
They would return, they would dis-
cover thnt the revolver was useless; his
life was worth about ten minutes’ pur-
chase, and of Madeleine's fate he dared
not think. He must fight for her and
live for her. He got his shaking limbs
under control.
"I‘m all right," he whispered. “I've
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Nearing the End of a Story That Has Entertained Us for Ten Weeks.‘ ” . J
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my plan now. Keep behind me and
ready to help. The door‘s locked. I
suppose?" .
A quick attempt to open it showed
him that it was. But he had a chance.
if he could break down door, for the
sound might pass unheard in the gale,
with the crashing of the ice against the
sides of the schooneruenabling ilim to
pass into Ihe hold unseen in the dark-
U
got
be
ess.
He hurled himself against the cabin
door, fists. shoulders, body.
nluscle set tense.
hinges. and Hilary fell. sprawling into‘
the passage between the piles of stacked
lumber, which rose to :1 height of twenty
feet on either side 0 im. running to
within :1 few‘ feet of the cabin and the
deck ladtlcr. '
He crouched there for a. few seconds,
hearing Madeleine behind him, and
ooke upward. The wind was roaring
thru the rigging with a noise tar louder
than that made by the falling door. No
one had heard the crash. Above him
swung the great n-iainsail, obscuring the
glbbous moon that scurried ll
ghost among the d
in the fog. Hilary could Just discern
the hazy figures of three giien, hard at
Work to gain the middle“channel,
the lantern that hung from the mast
above, faintly illuminating them.
He had seen. but had not consciously
observed, till the remembrance came to
him then, that B ’plie of lumber. plaretl
in the ship but not yet secured. lay about
the center of the open space in front of
the cabin. It could not shift with the
FY
raised two in his arms and carried them
in front of the broken door.
it was Impossible to make his voice
I. wol-
helping him. They began swiftly build-
rasifed her logs by the side 0! Hilary’;
Hilary wedged the ends against the
chained stacks on either side, so that the
whole would form an immovable barrier.
He tolled furiously. for their scanty time
was precious beyond value. -Soon Made-
leine was behind the barricade, adjust-
liu: the logs that Hilary brought, and It
Stood the height of his vials
Behind this. armed with I log, Hilary
knew that he could ward off the attacks
(:1 the three lndennltely. Moreover, one
tr-lust be on duty constantly. Jul rn
times two. This practically re ersed the
situation. could he have h five more
All they could do
starve him and Madeleine. And this was
hardly to be thought of. at least as a
serious possibll y. ‘
nausea. The barrier
r y of moonlight. straggling thru
the fog, disclosed old Dupont at; the
wheel '
. t
sight of the unexpected barrlcadag 33:;
Hilary’: club. aimed at Piei-re's head de.
not-rided upon the outlaw arm which
‘“”“‘[’l"1‘d limp at his side. '
I a yell Pierre st’ t .1
l2:blanc leaped forward,al(:ifehia:ki;gt;:it
so sudden was the attack that ii: drove’
within an inch of Hilary's throat Mad
lcinc screamed. rushed forward or?-
pulled Hilary hark. As Leblanc caught
and followed Pierre back into the dark.
ll .
SILENCE followed.
tense
That wait was
:0
:
moving out of the darkness of the lum.
er.
"Monsieur Askew, 1
You!" be called. "I
I can trust you."
llllary rutiirned n -
scan. apparently c:nllndse?i:r’ol;u‘1.;?1x;.‘;5;
h . .l
..;’:".:..S:;:.:‘? we no co
"Ali, Made olsclle, you’h'a‘-5
he said
Want to speak to
am coming to your
(‘ion '3
iiuietly to my 5
and
hey bro
’t afford to be lied nZ’3"“"'“'
want t l . '
Madcmtflagllzr‘ my hum" 1" your eyes’
nut in, neither answered h
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413.555: i’i'i'i’.r‘$"” 0: Mandne" ““‘i ‘d
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got more at stake than the
lng n barricade: and. as Madeleine de-
would be to drive the vessel to sea and ‘ ”".‘.' g"”‘g “’ ““"’-97'
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uttered an exclamation -"ll"? stumbled and fell
’ Read This First
Monsieur Rosny called Madeleine
to his side to explain hlsgplans for
the future. They‘ would remove to
the city of Quebec; after a brief 50-
journ there they would Sail for Eu- -
rope for a grand tour of the conti-
.nent, during which he expected.her
to wed a fiohlemanyafter a year or
that he did, for .his mind was
hopelessly sick. .
After the Seigneur's death Brons-
seau figured that w‘
pos-
session, he might yet wed Madeleine.
Knowing that Askew was to sziil for
Quebec with Captain Dupont, Brons-
seali conspired with the captain to
American out or the way
-forever. Two other men Wbrv
named to perform the bloody work,
if such work should be necessary.
Marie Dupont overheard the plot‘-
ting and informed Madeleine of As-
kew’s danger. Madeleine managed '
‘9 smuggle herself almai-ll the
schooner, but Marie was a few sec- '
pnlls too late, g
While going below Hilary re;-i-lverl
a stunning bio
on his heatl.
ridges.
' This scary began in No. 3i.rthe'L.ertger
for August 5. Back copies may be oh.
tained from our agents or newsdeaiers.
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selgniory . and
l"I
. . . idn't want
Selghlory. I wanted the fight.
Ins to drop it now and
But I want those papers‘.
I'm will;
give you best.
Iln't "yours. Monsieur. Askeivj‘ '
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lllorris forged them, bu;
adellne laughed contemptuously at‘
e lie, and Brousseau snorted like a
lashed horse. ‘ ‘ ‘. 3
" want those DaDers." herxvcnt on:
doggedly. “They ain't in your clothes’;
“"1 they 31"," “1. Your bag. Give them.
to me and we ll cry quits, and I'll put you
and Mademoiselle ashore at Ste. Anne. .
can trust you and you can trust tme,‘ Ann.
0!" shouted Hilary. ' V ‘ v
had the sense that Brousseau‘
mediated some treachery, but he was not’
prepared for what followed. '
.v
parieying. ‘ had
End they were upon Hilary together. '
force upon Plerre’s sltull. , - l-
- All the strength of his arms went into
the blow. ierre never spoke again. He
across the deck like an in-
struck the bulwark, and.
lurched. toppled into the
9 ie‘Was probably dead before he
disappeared beneath the waves. ’
Leblanc rushed frantically toward the
barricade. lilary w '
he saw Brousseau-whip out a revolver
and take deliberate aim at, him. . He felt
‘’ b“"9t Clip his cheek.’ Twice more
Bi-ousseau tired. the second shot
entrance. .
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13-llsed in front of the barr -
’ "““‘91Bl"e dragged Hilary wlthln‘the
“‘b"'' “’‘’d W35 Sushing from a wound
Frsnti she began to
cm TIL to see Brousseau in H1!
so rig th he
Pushed it into his lac: bamcada -5
Brousseau cursed and d d ' (ll?
far side; M d mppe on
mm the d;-kileeslgie heard him running
lemvorary respite.
ary.
cabin,
could
0l'l1l' try to t -
strapped no‘v?nl;l:iCh the’ blood that nciel
Suddenly there came a terrlilc lurch "oi
;:lItlmV'essei. which began to splncrnzily
8
0 Duvont, and the exposiulntlons of
Broussesu. The captain’: reason had de-
“fled him: he had abandoned the wheel
10 Flshr. out his quarrel with llilsry. The
schooneru uncontrolled, ran sidewlse D9‘.
his knife read$',’-
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