FATHER MORICE

the midst of a heavy fog, thinking that he
heard a noise as of a bear eating salmon,
fired in that direction, and immediately real-
ized that he had killed a man. So surprised
had been the chief that he did not have the
courage to go and see who his victim was,
but immediately hurried back to tell Father
Morice of the fact.

Being old and having passed a great part
of his life before the advent of a missionary
to teach him the moral code of a Christian,
the old chief felt quite sure that, though
he had been the actor in a pure accident,
the Indians would come and kill him in ac-
cordance with the Indian law or code of
blood for blood. So he wanted to run into the
woods and there build himself a log fort, as
in the olden days, and defend himself.
Father Morice at once dissuaded him from
running away, pointing out that the times
had changed since he was a young man us-
ing his musket and axe and knife too freely,
and that now, people being Christians—the
disciples of Him who pardoned His execu-
tioners on the Cross—they would pardon
him for this unfortunate accident.

Meantime Father Morice sent for the body

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