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"My friend," said Marche-a-Terre in a curt tone, "don't let that happen in your case, or I'll cut you in two like a turnip. As to the emissaries of the Gars, they all carry his glove, but since that affair at La Vivetiere the Grande Garce has added a green ribbon to it."
If so, the name is suggestive of an untold story and there is material for a romance in connection with our historic "Isle au garce." The island is now owned by County Secretary George R. Vincent. The soil is fertile, well wooded and excellent spring water is abundant; fine oaks grow there as in Monckton's day.
"Another what?" Jean asked. "Oh, a place where the French once held out. It's that first island you see away up there. The Indian name is 'Ah-men-henik, but the French called it 'Isle au Garce, for what reason I don't know. Anyway, there were lively times on that island when the French had a trading post there. It now belongs to Captain Isaac Caton.
"She is a famous 'garce'!" was a compliment little understood by Madame de Stael when it was paid to her in a little village of La Vendee, where she spent a few days of her exile. Brittany is the region in all France where the manners and customs of the Gauls have left their strongest imprint.
As Baptiste expressed it: "Sacre enfant de garce; damn, de ting vas agin my grain, but de young Arapahoe he have saved my life."
As mentioned in a previous chapter, the Indians still call the island "Ah-men-hen-ik," which is almost identical in sound with Biard's "Emenenic," thus proving that the old Indian name has persisted for well-nigh three hundred years. The name "Isle au garce," found in the plan of the river, is not easy of explanation.
The present dissertation is excusable as of national interest; besides, it may help to restore the use of such words as: "gars, garcon, garconette, garce, garcette," now discarded from our speech as unseemly; whereas their origin is so warlike that we shall use them from time to time in the course of this history.
"The Grande Garce gave me the woman, and all that belongs to her is mine." "The coach will put a sou or two in your pocket; but as for the woman, she'll scratch your eyes out like a cat." Pille-Miche burst into a roar of laughter. "Then I'll tie her up and take her home," he answered. "Very good; suppose we harness the horses," said Marche-a-Terre.
"Garce" may possibly be a misprint for "grace," and the name "Isle of grace" would harmonize very well with the French missionary's visit and religious services in October, 1611, but Placide P. Gaudet who, by the way, is no mean authority as regards the French regime on the River St. John is disposed to consider the word "garce" as signifying a "merry maiden."
The fighting was at Florigny. Who the devil could have told them that the Gars was in our house; no one knew it but he and the handsome garce and we " Barbette turned white. "They made me believe they were the gars of Saint-Georges," she said, trembling, "it was I who told them the Gars was here." Galope-Chopine turned pale himself and dropped his porringer on the table.
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