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That is how much of a devil and a beast in man-shape he is." Again Reese Beaudin laughed in his low, soft voice. "And his wife, mon ami? Is she afraid of him?" He had stopped smoking. Joe Delesse saw his face. The stranger's eyes made him look twice and think twice. "You have known her sometime?" "Yes, a long time ago. We were children together. And I have heard all has not gone well with her.
Joe Delesse tried to peer through the cloud of smoke at Reese Beaudin's face. "Yes, I know him. Does he happen to be a friend of yours?" Reese laughed softly. "I have heard of him. They say that he is a devil. To the west I was told that he can whip any man between Hudson's Bay and the Great Bear, that he is a beast in man-shape, and that he will surely be at the big sale at Lac Bain."
"Folks got awful stories a-goin' one time. I've heard it said, an' it allays creeped me cold all over, that there was somethin' come an' lived with 'em a kind o' black shadder, a cobweb kind o' a man-shape that followed 'em about the house an' made a third to them; but they got hardened to it theirselves, only they was afraid 't would follow if they went anywheres from home.
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