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+<body>
+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40152 ***</div>
+ <div class="document" id="phil-o-rum-s-canoe-and-madeleine-verchers">
+ <h1 class="document-title level-1 pfirst title">PHIL-O-RUM'S CANOE AND MADELEINE VERCHERS</h1><!-- -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- -->
+ <div class="clearpage"></div><!-- -*- encoding: utf-8 -*- -->
+ <div class="align-None container coverpage">
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 65%" id="figure-46">
+ <span id="cover"></span><img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-cover.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ Cover
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="align-None container frontispiece">
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 100%" id="figure-47">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-front.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ "O ma ole canoe, wat 's matter wit' you, an' w'y was you be so slow?"
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"></div>
+ <div class="align-None center container titlepage white-space-pre-line">
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure white-space-pre-line" style="width: 60%" id="figure-48">
+ <span id="title-page"></span><img class="align-center white-space-pre-line" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-title.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure white-space-pre-line">
+ Title page
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <p class="pfirst white-space-pre-line x-large">Phil-o-rum's<br />
+ Canoe</p>
+ <p class="medium pnext white-space-pre-line">and</p>
+ <p class="pnext white-space-pre-line x-large">Madeleine<br />
+ Vercheres</p>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <p class="medium pfirst white-space-pre-line">Two Poems by</p>
+ <p class="medium pnext white-space-pre-line">William<br />
+ Henry<br />
+ Drummond</p>
+ <p class="pnext small white-space-pre-line">Author of "The<br />
+ Habitant," etc.</p>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <p class="pfirst small white-space-pre-line">Illustrated by</p>
+ <p class="pnext small white-space-pre-line">Frederick<br />
+ Simpson<br />
+ Coburn</p>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 4em"></div>
+ <p class="center medium pfirst white-space-pre-line">G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS<br />
+ NEW YORK AND LONDON<br />
+ The Knickerbocker Press<br />
+ 1898</p>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 4em"></div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="align-None center container verso white-space-pre-line">
+ <p class="pfirst small white-space-pre-line">COPYRIGHT, 1898<br />
+ BY<br />
+ G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS<br />
+ Entered at Stationers' Hall, London</p>
+ <div class="vspace white-space-pre-line" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <p class="pfirst small white-space-pre-line">The Knickerbocker Press, New York</p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 61%" id="figure-49">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-001.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ headpiece
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"></div>
+ <p class="center large pfirst">PHIL-O-RUM'S CANOE.</p>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"></div><!-- -->
+ <blockquote>
+ <div>
+ <div class="line-block outermost">
+ <div class="line">
+ "O ma ole canoe, wat 's matter wit' you,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ an' w'y was you be so slow?
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Don't I work hard enough on de paddle, an'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ still you don't seem to go--
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ No win' at all on de fronte side, an' current
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ she don't be strong,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Den w'y are you lak' lazy feller, too sleepy for
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ move along?
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "I 'member de tam, w'en you jomp de sam'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ as deer wit' de wolf behin',
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' brochet on de top de water, you scare
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ heem mos' off hees min':
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But fish don't care for you now at all, only jus'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ mebbe wink de eye,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For he know it 's easy git out de way, w'en
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ you was a-passin' by"----
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ I 'm spikin' dis way, jus' de oder day, w'en I 'm
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ out wit' de ole canoe
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Crossin' de point w'ere I see, las' fall, wan very
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ beeg caribou,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Wen somebody say, "Phil-o-rum, mon vieux,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ wat 's matter wit' you youse'f?"
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' who do you s'pose was talkin'? W'y de
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ poor ole canoe shese'f.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ O yass, I 'm scare w'en I 'm sittin' dere, an'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ she 's callin' ma nam' dat way.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Phil-o-rum Juneau, w'y you spik so moche,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ you 're off on de head to-day:
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Can't be you forget, ole feller, you an' me
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ we're not too young,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' if I 'm lookin' so ole lak' you, I t'ink I
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ will close ma tongue.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "You should feel ashame, for you 're alway
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ blame, w'en it is n't ma fault at all,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For I 'm tryin' to do bes' I can for you on
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ summer-tam, spring, an' fall.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ How offen you drown on de reever, if I 'm
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ not lookin' out for you
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ W'en you 're takin' too moche on de w'isky,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ some night comin' down de Soo.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "De firse tam we go on de Wessoneau, no
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ feller can beat us den
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For you 're purty strong man wit' de paddle,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ but dat 's long ago, ma frien',
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' win' she can blow off de mountain, an'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ tonder an' rain may come,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But camp see us bote on de evening--you
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ know dat was true, Phil-o-rum.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "An' who 's your horse, too, but your ole
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ canoe, an' w'en you feel cole an' wet,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Who was your house w'en I 'm upside down,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ an' onder de roof you get,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Wit' rain ronnin' down ma back, Baptême! till
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ I 'm gettin' de rheumateez,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' I never say not'ing at all moi-meme, but
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ let you do jus' you please?
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "You t'ink it was right, kip me out all night
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ on reever side down below,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' even 'bon soir' you was never say, but
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ off on de camp you go,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Leffin' your poor ole canoe behin', lyin' dere
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ on de groun',
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Watchin' de moon on de water, an' de bat
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ flyin' all aroun'?
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Oh, dat's lonesome t'ing hear de grey owl
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ sing up on de beeg pine tree!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' many long night she kip me awake till sun
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ on de Eas' I see,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' den you come down on de morning for
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ start on some more voyage,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' only t'ing decen' you do all day, is carry
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ me on portage.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Dat 's way, Phil-o-rum, rheumateez she
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ come, wit' pain ronnin' troo' ma side,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Wan leetle hole here, 'noder beeg wan dere,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ dat not'ing can never hide,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Don't do any good feex me up agen, no matter
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ how moche you try,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For w'en we come ole an' our work she 's
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ done, bote man an' canoe mus' die."
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Wall, she talk dat way mebbe mos' de day till
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ we 're passin' some beaver dam,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' wan de young beaver, he 's mak' hees tail
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ come down on de water Flam!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ I never see de canoe so scare, she jomp nearly
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ two, t'ree feet,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ I t'ink she was goin' for ronne away, an' she
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ shut up de mout' toute suite.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ It mak' me feel queer, de strange t'ing I hear,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ an' I 'm glad she don't spik no more,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But soon as we fin' ourse'f arrive over dere on
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ de 'noder shore
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ I tak' dat canoe lak' de lady, an' carry her off
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ wit' me,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For I 'm sorry de way I 'm treat her, an' she
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ know more dan me, sapree!
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Yass, dat 's smart canoe, an' I know it 's true,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ w'at she 's spikin' wit' me dat day,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ I 'm not de young feller I use to be, w'en work
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ she was only play,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' I know I was comin' closer on place w'ere
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ I mus' tak' care,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ W'ere de mos' worse current 's de las' wan too,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ de current of Dead Riviere.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ You can only steer, an' if rock be near, wit'
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ wave dashin' all aroun',
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Better mak' leetle prayer, for on Dead Riviere,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ some very smart man get drown;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But if you be locky an' watch youse'f, mebbe
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ reever won't seem so wide,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ An' firse t'ing you know you 'll ronne ashore,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ safe on de 'noder side.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </blockquote>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 38%" id="figure-50">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-005.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ tailpiece
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 61%" id="figure-51">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-006.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ headpiece
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 4em"></div>
+ <p class="center large pfirst">MADELEINE VERCHERES.</p>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 2em"></div><!-- -->
+ <blockquote>
+ <div>
+ <div class="line-block outermost">
+ <div class="line">
+ I've told you many a tale, my child, of the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ old heroic days,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Of Indian wars and massacre, of villages ablaze
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ With savage torch, from Ville Marie to the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Mission of Trois Rivieres;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But never have I told you yet of Madeleine Vercheres.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Summer had come with its blossoms, and gaily
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the robin sang,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And deep in the forest arches, the axe of the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ woodman rang;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Again in the waving meadows, the sun-browned
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ farmers met
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And out on the green St. Lawrence, the fisherman
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ spread his net.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And so through the pleasant season, till the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ days of October came
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ When children wrought with their parents, and
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ even the old and lame
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ With tottering frames and footsteps, their
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ feeble labors lent
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ At the gathering of the harvest le bon Dieu
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ himself had sent.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For news there was none of battle, from the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ forts on the Richelieu
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ To the gates of the ancient city, where the flag
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ of King Louis flew;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ All peaceful the skies hung over the seigneurie
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ of Vercheres,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Like the calm that so often cometh ere the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ hurricane rends the air.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And never a thought of danger had the Seigneur,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ sailing away
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ To join the soldiers of Carignan, where down
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ at Quebec they lay,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But smiled on his little daughter, the maiden
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Madeleine,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And a necklet of jewels promised her, when
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ home he should come again.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And ever the days passed swiftly, and careless
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the workmen grew,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For the months they seemed a hundred since
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the last war-bugle blew.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Ah, little they dreamt on their pillows the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ farmers of Vercheres,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ That the wolves of the southern forest had
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ scented the harvest fair.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Like ravens they quickly gather, like tigers
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ they watch their prey.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Poor people! with hearts so happy, they sang
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ as they toiled away!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Till the murderous eyeballs glistened, and the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ tomahawk leaped out
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And the banks of the green St. Lawrence
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ echoed the savage shout.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </blockquote>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 91%" id="figure-52">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-008.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ Like tigers they watch their prey.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div><!-- -->
+ <blockquote>
+ <div>
+ <div class="line-block outermost">
+ <div class="line">
+ "O mother of Christ, have pity!" shrieked the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ women in despair;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "This is no time for praying," cried the young
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Madeleine Vercheres;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Aux armes! aux armes! les Iroquois! quick
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ to your arms and guns,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Fight for your God and country, and the lives
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ of the innocent ones."
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And she sped like a deer of the mountain, when
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ beagles press close behind,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And the feet that would follow after must be
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ swift as the prairie wind.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Alas! for the men and women and little ones
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ that day,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For the road it was long and weary, and the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ fort it was far away.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But the fawn had outstripped the hunters, and
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the palisades drew near,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And soon from the inner gateway the war-bugle
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ rang out clear,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Gallant and clear it sounded, with never a note
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ of despair--
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ 'T was a soldier of France's challenge, from
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the young Madeleine Vercheres!
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "And this is my little garrison, my brothers
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Louis and Paul?
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ With soldiers two, and a cripple? may the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Virgin pray for us all!
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But we 've powder and guns in plenty, and
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ we 'll fight to the latest breath,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And if need be, for God and country, die a
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ brave soldier's death.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Load all the carabines quickly, and whenever
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ you sight the foe
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Fire from the upper turret and loopholes down below,
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Keep up the fire, brave soldiers, though the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ fight may be fierce and long,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And they 'll think our little garrison is more
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ than a hundred strong."
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ So spake the maiden Madeleine, and she roused
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the Norman blood
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ That seemed for a moment sleeping, and sent
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ it like a flood
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Through every heart around her, and they
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ fought the red Iroquois
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ As fought in the old-time battles the soldiers
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ of Carignan.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And they say the black clouds gathered, and a
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ tempest swept the sky,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And the roar of the thunder mingled with the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ forest tiger's cry,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ But still the garrison fought on, while the lightning's
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ jagged spear
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Tore a hole in the night's dark curtain, and
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ showed them a foeman near.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And the sun rose up in the morning, and the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ color of blood was he,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Gazing down from the heavens on the little
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ company
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ "Behold, my friends," cried the maiden,
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ "'t is a warning lest we forget,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Though the night saw us do our duty, our
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ work is not finished yet."
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And six days followed each other, and feeble
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ her limbs became
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Yet the maid never sought her pillow, and the
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ flash of the carabine's flame
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Illumined the powder-smoked faces, aye, even
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ when hope seemed gone,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And she only smiled on her comrades, and told
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ them to fight, fight on.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And she blew a blast on the bugle, and lo!
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ from the forest black.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Merrily, merrily ringing, an answer came
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ pealing back.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Oh, pleasant and sweet it sounded, borne on
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the morning air,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ For it heralded fifty soldiers, with gallant De
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ la Monnière.
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </blockquote>
+ <div class="vspace" style="height: 3em"></div>
+ <div class="align-center auto-scaled figure" style="width: 99%" id="figure-53">
+ <img class="align-center" style="display: block; width: 100%" alt=" " src="images/img-010.jpg" />
+ <div class="caption figure">
+ "Saluted the brave young captain."
+ </div>
+ </div>
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+ <blockquote>
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+ <div class="line-block outermost">
+ <div class="line">
+ And when he beheld the maiden, the soldier of
+ </div>
+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Carignan,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And looked on the little garrison that fought
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the red Iroquois
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And held their own in the battle, for six long
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ weary days,
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ He stood for a moment speechless, and marvelled
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ at woman's ways.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Then he beckoned the men behind him, and
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ steadily they advance
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And with carabines uplifted the veterans of
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ France
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Saluted the brave young Captain so timidly
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ standing there,
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+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And they fired a volley in honor of Madeleine
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Vercheres.
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ &nbsp;
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ And this, my dear, is the story of the maiden
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ Madeleine.
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+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ God grant that we in Canada may never see
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ again
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ Such cruel wars and massacre, in waking or in
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ dream,
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+ </div>
+ <div class="line">
+ As our fathers and mothers saw, my child, in
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+ <div class="inner line-block">
+ <div class="line">
+ the days of the old régime!
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+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </blockquote>
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+ tailpiece
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+ </div>
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+ <div class="backmatter"></div>
+ <div class="cleardoublepage"></div>
+ </div>
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40152 ***</div>
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