. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. into something less hideous ? I am ever ready to oblige a friend, rejoined the reptile : I can take the form of a polar bear, awolf a panther or a rattle-snake and even the shape of a human being. I would prefer this last transformation, suggested Carcajou, and instanter there appeared beforehim. a little old man with fiery eyeballs, glaring l
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. into something less hideous ? I am ever ready to oblige a friend, rejoined the reptile : I can take the form of a polar bear, awolf a panther or a rattle-snake and even the shape of a human being. I would prefer this last transformation, suggested Carcajou, and instanter there appeared beforehim. a little old man with fiery eyeballs, glaring like the orbs of a tiger-cat. The apparition began byglowing offers, to tempt Carcajou from the paths of rectitude, appealing to the worst traits in his nature. You do not like work my friend, said the little old man. I shall arrange matters so that you willhave nothing else to do but sleep or saunter round at your leisure, with a well filled purse in your pocket. Right. You love dress and show. I will have you clad in silk and scarlet cloth, with silver ornaments, like agreat chief visiting Ononthio, at Quebec. Right. You love rum, there will be an everlasting self-filling flask of prime fire-water stowed in your wellprovided tobacco pouch. 82 n^. Right! Right ! ! When the little old man had exhausted the series of his very tempting proposals, Carcajou, hesitatinglymade bold to enquire, how he was to requite so many benefits. One thing only, a mere bagatelle, rejoined the mysterious old fellow, with the fiery eyeballs, Abjurethe Christians faith and pray to the Great Manitou, like the Hurons of old. Curiosity getting the betterof the rum loving Carcajou, he suddenly asked : But where am I to sleep the first night after I die ? In my paradise, my son. Is any fire-water to be had there? rejoined Carcajou. Why, of course ! I have so many .sots there, added the strange visitor, that to prevent them fromcausing trouble, I have to keep them dead drunk from morning to night and from n
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