By William Henry Drummond, M.D.

Author of "The Habitant," "Johnnie Courteau," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
Frederick Simpson Coburn

SIXTEENTH THOUSAND

New York and London
G. P. Putnam's Sons
The Knickerbocker Press

COPYRIGHT, 1905
BY
WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND
Fourteenth Printing

TO
WILLIAM HENRY PARKER
LAC LA PÊCHE

Philosopher of many parts,
Beloved of all true honest hearts,
A man who laughs at every ill,
Because "there's corn in Egypt still."