LE LONG DU SENTIER 



ing to pay most assuredly nothing, 

 the depenses du voyage if you will." 



Two days' driving, merely that he 

 might be on hand should anything befall 

 an old companion of the road ! 



Talking of highways, one is reminded 

 how awkward it is where logic is too 

 strictly applied ; the Anglo-Saxon habit 

 of mind with its make-shifts, expedi- 

 ents, and magnificent illogicality has 

 certain practical advantages. Arriving 

 at a place where a bridge was wont to 

 span a stream, the familiar structure 

 had wholly disappeared. It had been 

 condemned as out of repair, and the 

 corvee had gathered to build a new one ; 

 with strict regard to the order of events 

 in time, they had demolished and re- 

 moved rails, flooring, beams and piers, 

 and then had taken to the woods for three 

 days to procure materials for another 

 bridge! Those who know the French 

 Canadian horse, and its driver, will 

 readily understand that this did not halt 



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