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But the little chap seized him at once by the nose; gave it a swing and a pull; clapped the big chapeau de-bras upon his head; knocked it down over his eyes and mouth; and then, lifting up the big fiddle, beat him with it so long and so soundly, that what with the belfry-man being so fat, and the fiddle being so hollow, you would have sworn that there was a regiment of double-bass drummers all beating the devil's tattoo up in the belfry of the steeple of Vondervotteimittiss.
Florent soon passed from month to mouth, and each wretched emigrant congratulated himself in silence that he had so far escaped from republican revenge. Many of them had still to sojourn on the island for the night, but there they were comparatively safe; and Arthur, Chapeau, and his friends, succeeded in gaining the opposite shore. Poor Annot was truly in a bad state.
On the night when Lecorbeau, Pierre, and the old sergeant were holding the conversation of which I have recorded a fragment, the fleet containing the Massachusetts volunteers were already at Annapolis. A day or two later they were sailing up the restless tide of Fundy. On the first day of June they were sighted from the cloud-topped mountain of Chepody, or "Chapeau Dieu."
In the days of King Congo the procession had some claim to show and importance, if only because he was at the head of it, for he had, in ways known only to himself, come into possession of the chapeau of a captain-general, a lieutenant's coat, one epaulette, a pair of blue breeches, and a belt; hence, attired in all these grandeurs at once, and mounted on a mule, he looked every inch the king he said he was.
And I can fix a hat like the dreadful châpeau of hers that came out of the ark. And glasses, too " Isobel and Dorrie laughed delightedly. "How can you get them out here?" "Oh, I'll find a way!" Ginny always could! "Do you think that nose is pug enough?" She deftly packed it down on each side with a finger, then gave it a quick, upward touch. "Isn't that better?"
"He wasn't here a minute in all," said she; "and he said nothing about paying for what he took and, when I saw him going in there, I thought it best to let him have his own way." "And he is there still," said Chapeau, who had now again joined his master. "Unless he went out through the window, he is; there is no other way out than what you see there."
Henri now went among them, and as he did so, Jacques Chapeau proceeded through the town, imploring all the men who were in it, to go out and join the rest of the army, as a holy man had been sent direct from Rome by the Pope, to tell the people of La Vendee what it was their duty to do.
"No, but you do not mind their being killed if you want their wings for your hat," continued Joe, in a bantering tone. "Not at all," said Ellen, triumphantly. "In future I am going to wear only ribbons and artificial flowers on my chapeau. I have joined the Society for the Prevention of the Destruction of the Native Birds of America." "Whew!" ejaculated Joe, with a prolonged whistle. "What a name!
I was glad Lowell had come to the door with me, as he could now see for himself that my general was one for whom a man might be proud to fight a dozen duels. The president gave his reins to an orderly and mounted the steps, touching his chapeau to the salute of guard and the shouting citizens, but his eyes were fixed sternly on me.
"And so, my friend," said Chapeau, "Jean and Peter are not to go to Saumur?" "Not a foot, Chapeau," said the old man, "not a foot, Chapeau; let ye fight, we will make swords for you: is not that fair, neighbour?" "I have nothing to say against it, M. Stein, not a word; only such fellows as they, they would surely get promoted." "Oh, ay; you will all be sergeants, no doubt.
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