28 A MONTH IN THE FORESTS OF FRANCE. 



I cried, " I will, and thankfully ; so lend me five 

 twenty-franc pieces, which will, in addition to what I 

 have, be ample for my necessities ; and on reaching 

 Sauvages I wall return the money through the post." 

 No sooner said than done ; the Captain handed over 

 the money, never asked for a line in return, nor even 

 for my address (which I w-ill not insult his good- 

 nature by even supposing he had seen on my luggage); 

 and we bade each other a hearty good-night, with a 

 promise from me that if ever I sought the chase in his 

 country, and wended my way to the prairies, I would 

 communicate with him, and run over to Havre to let 

 him take me to New York. 



On the following morning I was up early, break- 

 fasted in my room, very well satisfied with the atten- 

 tion given me, and wrote down, and left with my 

 compliments for the Captain both my English and 

 French address, not a little pleased at my fraterni- 

 sation with America, and fully convinced that I had 

 stumbled either on a most kind and open-hearted 

 individual, or on one who was but the general type 

 of his countrymen — a specimen, in fact, of the best 

 of the nation to which he belonged. The money I 

 returned to him with all thanks, soon after my arrival 

 at the chateau. My early breakfast concluded, and 

 the cab having been ordered over-night (the sum 



