“Heem tink so, oui.”
“Good. Now, Jean, Rex has never seen a log rolling contest and right here are two of the best, Jack Skeets and this Baptiste. Why not settle the question as to which is the better. Tell Baptiste that if he can beat Jack Skeets nothing will be done about last night.”
For a moment Jean was silent, then his face lighted up.
“Dat be one beeg sight, oui,” he declared.
“It’ll be a sight worth coming a thousand miles to see,” Bob declared enthusiastically.
“I see what Baptiste, heem say,” and Jean again approached the group by the stove.
“Hey, Baptiste, you bon at log rolling, oui?” he asked.
Instantly the face of Baptiste lighted up.
“Oui, I beat all mans.”
Jean then proceeded to lay the proposition before him.