LIII. "LOVELY IN DEATH THE BEAUTEOUS RUIN LAY"

LIV. "THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND SLOWLY"




THE GOLDEN DOG.

(LE CHIEN D'OR.)


CHAPTER I.

MEN OF THE OLD REGIME.


"'See Naples, and then die!' That was a proud saying, Count, which
we used to hear as we cruised under lateen sails about the glorious
bay that reflects from its waters the fires of Vesuvius. We
believed the boast then, Count. But I say now, 'See Quebec, and
live forever!' Eternity would be too short to weary me of this
lovely scene--this bright Canadian morning is worthy of Eden, and
the glorious landscape worthy of such a sun-rising."

Thus exclaimed a tall, fair Swedish gentleman, his blue eyes
sparkling, and every feature glowing with enthusiasm, Herr Peter
Kalm, to His Excellency Count de la Galissoniere, Governor of New
France, as they stood together on a bastion of the ramparts of