CHAPTER XXXIII. 



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AN HEROIC ADVENTURE. 



When we had come to anchor in Trinity Bay 

 and all the sails were safely stowed, the captain 

 of our yacht proposed we should go ashore and 

 see the celebrated Comeau fils. 



Bob, my companion asked, "Celebrated for 

 what?" 



"Oh! for several things," replied the cap- 

 tain. "He is a most extraordinary man in his 

 many acquirements and knowledge. Born and 

 brought up on this coast, he has passed all his 

 life here, with the exception of the three years 

 his father was able to send him to school, but 

 those three years he made use of to lay the foun- 

 dation of a wonderfhl store of practical knowl- 

 edge. His schooling, as I have said, was but 

 the foundation; by reading and observation he 

 has added to it in a marvelous way. 



"From his early training and the life of 

 every one on the coast, it would go without say- 

 ing that he knows how to shoot, but he is more 

 than a good shot, he is a 'deadly' shot. Any- 

 thing he aims his gun at that is within shooting 



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