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She had that almost impossible gift in a woman the power of telling a tale whimsically. It was said that once, when Orvay Lafarge, a new Inspector of Customs, came to spy out the land, she kept him so amused by her quaint wit, that he sat in the doorway gossiping with her, while Tarboe and two others unloaded and safely hid away a cargo of liquors from the Ninety-Nine.
She had that almost impossible gift in a woman the power of telling a tale whimsically. It was said that once, when Orvay Lafarge, a new Inspector of Customs, came to spy out the land, she kept him so amused by her quaint wit, that he sat in the doorway gossiping with her, while Tarboe and two others unloaded and safely hid away a cargo of liquors from the Ninety-Nine.
"So droll, so droll, our Tarboe there!" they shouted, for already they began to look upon him as their Seigneur. In time the cure forgave him also. Tarboe seldom left Isle of Days, save when he went to visit his daughter, in St. Louis Street, Quebec, not far from the Parliament House, where Orvay Lafarge is a member of the Ministry.
Orvay Lafarge did when he got the word, was to go straight to his hat-peg, then leave the office, walk to the little club where he spent leisure hours, called office hours by people who wished to be precise as well as suggestive, sit down, and raise a glass to his lips. After which he threw himself back in his chair and said: "Well, I'm particularly damned!"
"So droll, so droll, our Tarboe there!" they shouted, for already they began to look upon him as their Seigneur. In time the cure forgave him also. Tarboe seldom left Isle of Days, save when he went to visit his daughter, in St. Louis Street, Quebec, not far from the Parliament House, where Orvay Lafarge is a member of the Ministry.
With this money, if it were got, there could be another life in Quebec. She could not forbear laughing now as she remembered that first day she had seen Orvay Lafarge, and she said to Bissonnette: "Loce, do you mind the keg in the water-pail?" Bissonnette paused on an out-pull, and threw back his head with a soundless laugh, then played the concertina into contortions. "That Lafarge! H'm!
With this money, if it were got, there could be another life in Quebec. She could not forbear laughing now as she remembered that first day she had seen Orvay Lafarge, and she said to Bissonnette: "Loce, do you mind the keg in the water-pail?" Bissonnette paused on an out-pull, and threw back his head with a soundless laugh, then played the concertina into contortions. "That Lafarge! H'm!
And when Mr. Martin, the inspector in command of the expedition, was ordered to take with him Mr. Orvay Lafarge and five men, "effectively armed," it was supposed by the romantic Minister that the matter was as good as done. What Mr.
Orvay Lafarge did when he got the word, was to go straight to his hat-peg, then leave the office, walk to the little club where he spent leisure hours, called office hours by people who wished to be precise as well as suggestive, sit down, and raise a glass to his lips. After which he threw himself back in his chair and said: "Well, I'm particularly damned!"
She laughed. "See," he added; "give me a chance. Let me search the Ninety-Nine for contraband, that's all I've got to do with, and then I can keep quiet about the rest. If there's no contraband, whatever else there is, I'll hold my tongue." "I've told you what there is." He did not understand. "Will you let me search?" Joan's eyes flashed. "Once and for all, no, Orvay Lafarge.
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