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The Sun Of Quebec

CHAPTER IX
13/43

He was the oldest resident of the island.

Nobody could be jealous of his position as adviser to the arriving vessel.
This was to be a great event in his life, and it must be carried out in the proper manner with every attention to detail.

He put on the uniform of an English naval officer that he had found on the ship, and then rifle on shoulder and small sword in belt went through the forest toward the inlet.
The night was bright and beautiful, just fitted for a rescue, and an escape from an island.

All the stars had come out to see it, and, with his head very high, he trod lightly as he passed among the trees, approaching the quiet beach.

Before he left the wood he saw the top of the schooner's mast showing over a fringe of bushes.


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