The Land of the Winanish* 



who, as one easily sees, are truly des Mes- 

 sieurs." Everybody, however, was " ben 

 greye " (well-rigged). One driver had a 

 buck-board and great experience : " It is 

 he, sir, who drove un grand Monsieur de 

 Baston, two years ago," and perhaps he 

 could get a neighbor's horse. Another 

 had one of the finest mares in the parish, 

 but it was keenly debated whether her foal 

 could make the journey. A third could 

 borrow a quatre roue, " a fine one, all but the 

 wheels; " but then one always risks some- 

 thing, and what easier than for the Mes- 

 sieurs to hire another on the way if some 

 accident arrives: it is not as with poor men, 

 par exemple, who must look at five cents. 



However, we got off in good time next 

 morning. As we passed the village church 

 the congregation was gathering for the 

 weekly gossip before service, discussing the 

 notices which the huissier (bailiff and crier) 

 was affixing to the church doors, and - 

 there was an election coming anticipat- 

 ing the political orations after mass, which 

 afford keen excitement for the argumenta- 

 tive and voluble habitant. 



The road lies pleasantly near the border 



of the lake, and its course can be traced 



right and left, round the oval contour, by 



the slender white thread of houses on the 



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