Chapter XVI. Diamond Cut DiamondJacques Briant worried. - Construction of the enclosure and the farmyard. - Maple sugar. - Destruction of foxes. - New shipping to Schooner-bay. - The carriage harnessed. - m******e seals. - The Christmas holidays. - Hurrah for Briant.
They went well with French-den during the absence of Gordon. The leader of the little colony had nothing but praise for Briant, which showed a very small sincere affection. But for his haughty and jealous nature, Doniphan, too, would have liked - at fair value - the qualities of his friend, but it was not, thanks to the influence he had taken on Wilcox Webb and Cross, they willingly supported when it came to the young French opposition, if different from the look and character of the Anglo-Saxon origin companions.
