Ba'tiste

But Pennington, her unfailing comfort, was at one side of her, and the friendly, if inarticulate, Ba'tiste at the other; and presently she was chattering on, and liking it very much.

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Ba'tiste was not at the mill, where new foundations had appeared in

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He stepped to the veranda, waiting for Ba'tiste, who was making a last effort in his behalf.

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To Barry, it was quite evident that there was some purpose behind the actions of Old Ba'tiste, and certainly more than mere pleasantry in his words.

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At the doorway, Ba'tiste, his big hands fumbling, caught the paws of

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The loafer sprang to the street and veered across, shouting the news as he went, while Ba'tiste made hurried arrangements regarding the silent form of the lonely cabin.

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Closer she came, and Barry watched her, taking a strange sort of delight in the skipping grace with which she negotiated the stepping stones of the swollen little stream which intervened between her and the cabin of Ba'tiste Renaud, then clambered over the straggling pile of massed logs and dead timber which strewed the small stretch of flat before the rise began, leading to where he rested.

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At the veranda, Ba'tiste pulled on the reins and alighted.

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"Eet is the --" Ba'tiste was waving one hand vaguely, then placing a finger to his forehead, in a vain struggle for a word.

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Ba'tiste, his features old and lined, reached out with one big hand and patted the man on the shoulder.

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