Mr. Mercier obtained from the city of Montreal the loan of fifteen
picked men. He placed these in the immediate charge of High Constable
Bissonnette. Major Dugas, a police magistrate, a skilled lawyer, and a
gallant officer, who, in 1885, had promptly responded to the call of
duty in the North-West, he placed in supreme command of this expedition,
to which he said dramatically, "Arrest Morrison!"
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE HUNTED OUTLAW.
The expedition arrived in Stornaway upon a raw morning in April.
Donald knew all that could be learned within an hour.
"I must be careful now," he said. "Well, if they can follow me through
the woods on snowshoes, they're welcome to begin the pursuit."
Major Dugas' capacity was largely magisterial. He had the supreme
direction of the men, indeed, but the carrying out of the movements
was to be entrusted to the High Constable. The men had been carefully
chosen. They were armed with rifles and revolvers, and their orders were
to shoot Morrison, if, when accosted, he should refuse to surrender.
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