Narcisse's Friend 155

A Strange Presentiment 170

A Memorable Dinner 184

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A Lover in Homespun.


Onesime Charest, farmer, of L'Orignal, was a happy man. As he drove
through the quaint little French-Canadian village, on his way to the
railway station, he was saluted by the villagers with much ceremony.

Everyone knew perfectly well just what it was that was taking farmer
Charest to the station this beautiful hazy afternoon. Over a week had
now elapsed since he received the letter from his son Zotique, in the
United States, saying he would be home on September 10th.

Before the important communication had been in the village a day, it
was common property, and had been read and re-read until almost every
soul in the place knew it off by heart.

The wanderer's return was to be made more momentous by Madame Charest
inviting a large number of guests to a party, to be given by her the