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by Comeau himself. The Captain was person- 

 ally acquainted with him and introduced us be- 

 fore we entered. I must say I was disap- 

 pointed. One always is when he has pictured a 

 person in his mind's eye and finds that in real- 

 ity he is quite a different kind of person. 



I had looked for Comeau to be a large man 

 and a boisterous one from his position of super- 

 iority over others. On the contrary, I found 

 him below the medium, a quiet, low-voiced man, 

 reserved almost to shyness. I saw at once he 

 was a great observer, one who would make de- 

 ductions from specks invisible to ordinary peo- 

 ple; or, in other words, he could put two and 

 two together and dovetail them better than most 

 men. 



We were ushered into a large, clean, airy 

 room, in the middle of which sat a very good 

 looking lady in a roomy rocker, with a child on 

 each knee. If Comeau himself is reserved and 

 not inclined to talk, his wife can do enough for 

 both. She excused herself for not rising when 

 her husband introduced us. Nodding down at 

 her babies, she said, "You see I am fixed." One 

 could see she is a proud mother they are 

 twins; this she told us before we were well 

 seated, and she further informed us that they 

 were the only twins on the Labrador. So she is 

 celebrated also. 



