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CHAPTER VI.
The Maple Inn--Mr. Bigglethorpe's Store--Dinner--Worms--Ben
Toner--The Dugout--Fishing in the Beaver River--The Upset
Suckers--The Indignant Dominie Propitiated and Clothed--Anecdotes
of Mr. Bulky--A Doctor Wanted.
A very clean and attractive hostelry received the travellers, and
compelled the dominie to remark cheerfully, "Now shall I take mine ease
in mine inn," which led to his lately indignant friend's response:--
Who'er has travell'd life's dull round,
Where'er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome at an inn.
P. Lajeunesse was the name on the sign, which displayed a vegetable
wonder of the painter's art meant for a maple tree, for Madame
Lajeunesse kept the Maple Inn. That lady, a portly brunette, with a
pleasant smile and a merry twinkle in her eye, received the
distinguished guests in person. Wilkinson replied to her bow and curtsey
with a dignified salutation, but the lawyer shook hands with her,
saying: "I hope you're very well, Madame; it's a lovely place you have
here.
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