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The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76

He stood leaning heavily on his carbine. High on his lonely perch, he slowly promenaded his eye over the dusk landscape spread out before him. It was the hour of midnight and a faint star-light barely outlined the salient features of the scenery. Behind him wound the valley of the St. Charles black with the shadows of pine and tamarac. Before him rose the crags of Levis, and beyond were the level stretches of the Beauce. To his left the waterfall of Montmorenci boomed and glistened. To his right lay silent and deserted the Plains of Abraham, over which a vapor of sanguine glory seemed. | The Bastonnais by John Lesperance 1 CHAPTER I. The Bastonnais by John Lesperance The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Bastonnais by John Lesperance This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Author John Lesperance Release Date August 2 2006 EBook 18967 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BASTONNAIS Produced by Chuck Greif Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http www.pgdp.net This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions www.canadiana.org THE BASTONNAIS TALE OF THE AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA IN 1775-76. The Bastonnais by John Lesperance BY 2 JOHN LESPERANCE. TORONTO BELFORD BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. 1877. Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven by BELFORD BROTHERS in the office of the Minister of Agriculture. TORONTO WILLIAMS SLEETH MACMILLAN PRINTERS 124 BAY STREET. CONTENTS. BOOK I. THE GATHERING OF THE STORM. CHAPTER I. 3 CHAPTER I. Blue Lights II. Beyond the River III. At the Chateau IV. In Cathedral Square V. Receiving Despatches VI. Pauline s Tears VII. Beautiful Rebel VIII. The Hermit of Montmorenci IX. The Wolfs Cry X. The Casket XI. The Spirit of the Waterfall XII. Three Rivers XIII. A Successful Mission XIV. Crossing the Boats XV. The Meeting of the Lovers XVI. The Round Table XVII. A Noble Reparation XVIII. Roderick Hardinge XIX. The Frightened Doves XX. The Spectral Army BOOK II. THE THICKENING OF THE CLOUDS. I. Zulma Sarpy II. Fast and Loose III. The Sheet-Iron Men IV. Birch and Maple V. On the Ramparts VI. The Flag of Truce VII. The Covered Bridge VIII. Cary .