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Edward William Thomson. Old Man Savarin Stories: Tales of Canada and Canadians
Old Man Savarin Stories: Tales of Canada and Canadians
Table of Contents
THE CANADIAN ABROAD
PRIVILEGE OF THE LIMITS
THE WATERLOO VETERAN
JOHN BEDELL, U. E. LOYALIST[1]
OLD MAN SAVARIN
GREAT GODFREY'S LAMENT
McGRATH'S BAD NIGHT
SHINING CROSS OF RIGAUD
DOUR DAVIE'S DRIVE
PETHERICK'S PERIL
LITTLE BAPTISTE
RED-HEADED WINDEGO
THE RIDE BY NIGHT
"DRAFTED"
A TURKEY APIECE
THE SWARTZ DIAMOND
BOSS OF THE WORLD
MISS MINNELY'S MANAGEMENT
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Edward William Thomson
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Then he took me by the hand and led me into the village store, where the lawyer read aloud the news from the paper that the veteran gave him. In those days there was no railway within fifty miles of us. It had chanced that some fisherman brought old John a later paper than any previously received in the village.
"Ay, but the Duke is gone," said he, shaking his white head, "and it's curious to be fighting on the same side with another Boney."
