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" Guard ! turn out ! " roared the sentry on duty, on 

 the sledge passing the city gate. The elderly man raised 

 his cap. Jean-Baptiste looked round, saw no military 

 man in the neighborhood and also raised his red tuque, 

 saying, " Civility must be returned." The farmer's 

 sleigh then continued, through Fabrique street, its ascent 

 towards the wood market, which in those days stood on 

 the square opposite the Basilica, conveying on his load 

 his new acquaintance. 



" Guard ! Turn out ! " sung out the sentry at the 

 entrance to the old Military Jesuits Barracks (removed 

 in 1877.) The aged man saluted the guard and also 

 returned the respectful salutation of several citizens 

 standing by ; Jean-Baptiste again raised his tuque, 

 bowing both to the guard and the citizens, apparently 

 quite pleased to note the progress good manners had 

 made in the city since his last visit. 



Finally, he stopped his mare, when his new acquain- 

 tance, with alacrity, descended from the load of wood, 

 thanked him civilly for his kindness and slipped a coin 

 in his mitten ; he had nearly disappeared in the distance 

 when some one ran and met the woodman, asking him 

 how much the Governor had paid him for the ride. 



" What Governor ? " brusquely replied Jean-Baptiste. 

 " I am not to be fooled in that way ! " 



— " Look in your mitten ! " was the answer. 



He did so and pulled out, amazed, a gold coin, 

 remarking. " To think I was all the time under the 

 impression of having done merely a charitable turn. 

 Never will I judge of men by their appearance after 

 this " ! 



