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A thunderstorm came on; a general panic ensued; and Bonivon soon found himself struggling in a whirlpool. Powerful swimmer though he was, he would most certainly have been drowned had not some one come to his assistance, and, freeing him from the heavy clothes which weighed him down, dragged him on dry land. A THUNDERSTORM CAME ON A GENERAL PANIC ENSUED AND BONNIVON SOON FOUND HIMSELF STRUGGLING IN A WHIRLPOOL POWER SWIMMER THOUGH HE WAS HE WOULD MOST CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN DROWNED HAD NOT SOME ONE COME TO HIS ASSISTANCE AND FREEING HIM FROM THE HEAVY CLOTHES WHICH WEIGHED HIM DOWN DRAGGED HIM ON DRY LAND
 accompanied him back to the monastery, where, upon hearing the Abbot's story, it was enthusiastically welcomed and its wounds attended to. At dawn it was restored to its natural shape, and the monks, one and all, were startled out of their senses to find themselves in the presence of a stern and awesome dignitary of the Church, who immediately began to lecture the Abbot for his unseemly conduct the previous day, ordering him to undergo such penance as eventually, robbing him of half his size and all his self-importance, led to his resignation. THE CASE OF ROLAND BERTIN André Bonivon, the hero of the other incident, was eminently a man of war. He commanded a schooner called the "Bonaventure," which was engaged in harassing the Huguenot settlements along the shores of the Gulf of Lions, during the reign of Louis XIV. On one of his marauding expeditions Bonivon sailed up an estuary of the Rhone rather further than he had intended, and having no pilot on board, ran ashore in the darkness. Y THE WHEREWOF ACCOMPANIED HIM BACK TO THE MONASTERY WHERE UPON HEARING THE ABBOT'S STORY IT WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED AND ITS WOUNDS ATTENDED TO AT DAWN IT WAS RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL SHAPE AND THE MONKS ONE AND ALL WERE STARTLED OUT OF THEIR SENSES TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE PRESENCE OF A STERN AND AWESOME DIGNITARY OF THE CHURCH WHO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO LECTURE THE ABBOT FOR HIS UNSEEMLY CONDUCT THE PREVIOUS DAY ORDERING HIM TO UNDERGO SUCH PENANCE AS EVENTUALLY ROBBING HIM OF HALF HIS SIZE AND ALL HIS SELF IMPORTANCE LED TO HIS RESIGNATION THE CASE OF ROLAND BURTON ANDREA BONIVAN THE HERO OF THE OTHER INCIDENT WAS EMINENTLY A MAN OF WAR HE COMMANDED A SCHOONER CALLED THE BONAVENTURE WHICH WAS ENGAGED IN HARASSING THE HUGUENOT SETTLEMENTS ALONG THE SHORES OF THE GOLF LEONS DURING THE REIGN OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH ON ONE OF HIS MARAUDING EXPEDITIONS BONIVAN SAILED UP AN ESTUARY OF THE RHONE RATHER FURTHER THAN HE HAD INTENDED AND HAVING NO PILOT ON BOARD RAN ASHORE IN THE DARKNESS
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