He could ruffle it with the best of them like any of his race he could lounge with dignity and listen to the tales that hum wherever many horsemen congregate and he was no mean raconteur he had a tale or two to tell himself of women and the chase and of the laugh that he too had flung in the teeth of fear when opportunity arose - Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy

It was calculated to rouse my raconteur and draw him to a story - Wolfville Nights by Alfred Lewis

Falling into the pose of the raconteur one very natural to the northman he tells me tragic things and some that are both tragic and humorous - Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck