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<br /> <br />Car n a c <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />o.Car1UTC, with Barouche on.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />Novel of Canada <br />By Sir Gilbert Parker <br /> <br />"q C(~rn~c, disinherited hyoId John G1';er, <br />0' entm politia against Barode Barouche <br /> <br /> <br />LD JOHN GRIER was dead. That waS <br />surprising, but the real shock lay in the will he left. <br />Luke Tarboe, his new right-hand man, inherited the <br />Canadian lumber king's business. True, there was <br />twenty thousand a year for his widow, but for Fabian <br />and Carnac, his sons, there was nothing. After all, <br />it was no more than should have been expected. <br />Fa.bian had quarreled with his father and gone over <br />to the enemy, the BcUoe hlmLer concern. Carnac <br />had insisted upon heing au artist, in spite of his <br />father's bitter opposition. It was the quest for art <br />that took him to New York and it was there that he <br />had been tricked into a marriage with bis model, <br />Lm,anne Larue. True, be had never lived with her, <br />but the marriage stoodl Laning his way to Junia SJlale, <br />whom he lovcd. Of his marriage, he told only his <br />mother. Then, quite SlllvrisinglYI Camacdecidcd to <br />go into politics-to oppose for a seat in Parliamcnt-- <br />the Lig mall of the provincel narode Barouche, not <br />knowing tl1at; because of his ul.other's one mistake, <br />Barode Barouche was his father. So, unwittingly, <br />it was son against father. Eager for tile fight, <br />Carn.ac wrote at once to Headquarters, offering his <br />services and asking for all appointment. <br /> <br />JBEF~RE THE day was done, headquarters had ac- <br />cepted Carnac as the solution in part of their own <br />difficult problem. The three applicants for the post <br />eac.h ha.ted the other; btlt alII before the day was over, <br />agreed to Carnac as an effective opponent of Barouche. <br />One thing seemed clear to all-that Camllc's policy <br />had elements of seduction appealing to the selfishness <br />of all sections I and Carnac had an eloquence which <br />would make Barouche uneasy. . That eloquence .w:,1.s <br />. '.' . ,.. l' .. 1,. .. .... <br />