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MARGUERITE VERNE;
OR:
SCENES FROM CANADIAN LIFE.
BY
RE. AGATHA ARMOUR.
CHAPTER I.
NEW YEAR'S EVE.
"Every one for his own.
The night is starry and cold, my friend,
And the New Year blithe and bold, my friend
Comes up to take his own."—Tennyson.