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Show LAURIER'S HOLD ON QUEBEC. One might risk an old habitant story liere, as illustrating thr? extraordinary hold of Laurier. the French Canadian, j upon th gre?t French Canadian province prov-ince of Quebec, which province placed Mm in power and bids fair to kep him there. Queen Victoria the Good was dc3d. It had never occurred to the French Canadian farmer (habitant) that this great but 'distant ffgure: would ev?v leave the stage. Puzzled; he sousht 3'ght from the village notary. "De queen she's dead. Who you fink get da jo'j now, eh?" . "Oh, the Prince of Wales teoomes king at once." said the nolsrr. "King?" said the habitant amazed. "He iuvs' have a devil of a null with LauriorV It is that fueling in Quebec today which makes the government an "odds on" favorite in the betting. j |