The Land of tJie ll'inanishe 



felt? And they come, young and old, not 

 men alone, but les creatures as well ; for 

 there will be not only song and dance by 

 special permission of Monsieur le Cure, but 

 fireworks brought all the way from " the 

 States" for this occasion. One shrewd in- 

 valid comes in advance of the rest with his 

 little petition ; for well he knows that it is 

 an occasion when the sternest Protestant 

 or the most matter-of-fact sceptic cannot 

 refuse a " trente sous" toward the "pe- 

 tite collecte " to help him defray the ex- 



Foot of He Mcdigne Portage, 

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