[ PRO PATRIA ]

"Jus' tell dem de news of Gédéon Plouffe—
How he jump wit' de familee."

[ MEB-BE ]

"Don't bodder no wan on de school
Unless dey bodder heem."

[ SNUBBING (TYING-UP) THE RAFT ]

"To-night I can hear hees darn ole fiddle,
Playin' away on Joe Belair."

[ JOSETTE ]

"So dat's de reason dey call Josette
Leetle sister of de poor."

[ CHARMETTE (Missing from book) ]

"You see dat lake? Wall! I alway hate
To brag—but she's full of trout."