The Sea and the Savages (Adapted from a Tale by the Countess de Sa(c)Gur). (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI.-REUNION. JERHAPS a week had passed since Paul finished his story, and one morning M. de Rosbourg's children were playing in the garden behind the house. Suddenly their young visitor leaped the wall, and appeared among them with a red and hot face that told of great exertion. "Why, Paul, what have you been about?" cried they. "Oh, I have had such an adventure I never was so frightened before. Do you know that meadow behind the oak wood? Well, I was crossing it quite unsuspiciously, when a great beast of a bull made at me, and I had to run for my life. A lucky thing that I was brought up among savages, and learned BRAGGING. 135 to make good use of my legs. Didn't I run " "Why, I thought you were so brave, and had done such wonders of strength and courage " said Leon with a sneer. To tell the truth, he was a little jealous of this stranger, who seemed to be interfering with his position as head of the juvenile family. "He must be a strong and bold man, indeed, who would undertake to struggle with a bull," replied Paul. "I knew that I could not fight him, and I did not want to be gored by him; so I did the best thing I could--I ran away. And you would have run away too, Leon, if you had been wise." "No, I shouldn't," declared Ldon. "I am not afraid of a bull." "Aren't you? You must be a very wonderful sort of fellow. Most people are afraid of wild animals which they are not able to resist. I am, at all events." "Suppose you go through the meadow, Le"on," said his sister, with just the slightest touch of irony in her tone. "It will be very easy to show us how much braver you are than Paul." "Yes, Le'on, let us see you walk past the bull. All alone, mind. And you mustn't run when the bull flies at you." "Don't be impertinent, Jacques," said Leon wi...