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able but his thought was clear 

 enough. A few of the fragments 

 sufficed to lay bare the undisciplined 

 creature's perfidy. 



" promised Toinette I'd come 



she's la belle fille, such a shape 

 prettiest foot on ze Ottawa, she's 

 my girl couldn't have zat Fran- 

 cois dancing with her, no by 



why she's soft as mush on him I 

 said by ze head of St. Stephen, I'll 

 be zere she laugh skrrrrrch but 

 Creche he savez a way, he dropped 

 zat bundle soft-like, didn't want to 

 hurt it made shure it was hers 

 he he, women hates to miss zeir 

 things so as I'd be shure to have to 

 go back savez? I made shure it 

 was zere all right, but Creche did 

 not bother it no, no he he I tell 

 you my girl was sprised to see 

 Creche she gave me a warm wel- 

 come and I fixed ze French y. 

 Shrrrch if I did keep 'em waiting 

 three days let 'em wait by ze 

 head of St. Stephen, Toinette's- 



But I had heard enough; without 

 remorse, without appreciation of his 

 treachery, proud of his tricks, what 

 could one do with such a cave 



