"Nerves
in
Bad
State
tt
.
Could
Not
Sleep"
.
.
.
israeii,
mrrowsmilh,
Unt,
writes:
My
nerves
were
in
a
very
bad
state,
and
for
nearly
six
months
I
did
not
know
what
it
was
to
have
a
good.night's
test.
I
could
not
eat,
and
never
felt
well.
1
heard
about
Dr.
Chase's
Nerve
Food.
and
thought
I
would
try
it.
After
taking
it
for
a
few
days
I
began
to
feel
better,
and
soon
was
able
to
sleep
well
at
night.
My
appetite
also
returned,
and
I
felt
stronger
and
better,
and
after
taking
three
boxes
of
Dr,
Chase's
Nerve
Food
I
was
quite
well.
I
have
also
given
the
Nerve
Food
to
my
little
girl,"
with
good
Dr.
Chase's
Nerve
Food
60
CM.
a
box
of
0
ptrbt,
Fdmannun,
llmlra
A
(V.,
IL,
Tiironlo
SMITHERS
11.
II.
I.einhlon
of
Prince
IIU-pei!
ami
II,
W.
Bharpe
of
on.
nllicials
of
Ihe
Forestry
De
partment
were
in
town
on
Tues
day
on
olllclal
business.
I
'.
K.
Ilolmes
of
Tnpley
was
a
business
visitor
In
lown
on
Mon-
day
and
Tuesday.
I
Arrangements
are
beim?
made
by
the
Hoard'
of
Trade
for
r.
ll.
!.
Wrineh,
member
for
ISkeena,
lo
address
Ihe
members
;al
'Was
played
here
on
Tuesday
evening
between
teams
representing
Ihe
.luiilor
Hoy
Seoul
and
Ihe
Canadian
Girls
in
TriCiu-
I
intf.
The
play
was
fairly
even
ex-
A
unlive
by
Ihe
name
of
Peggy
Wilson
was
arresled
on
.Mondii
:
on
a
charge
of
vagrancy,
and,
was
ordered
by
the
authorities
lo
leave,
lovn
on
Ihe
next
train.'
She,
left.
ill
heai
While
djslrtcl
.
act
iug
j
Caledonia.
I
conference:
with
the
ministers,
of
lliis
parl
of
Ihe
Diocese,
discussini;
withi
I
hem
various
mailers
p'rlniniii.r
lo
Ihe
wnl
fa
re
nf
church
work
IhroUKhotil
the
ili.slncl.
Aiikiiik
IllOse
allemlHlK
liie
IlleelillfT
were
llev.
Win.
Sweelnam.
of,
Kmlako,
llev.
.1.
S.
Hrayfiehl
-of
Telkwa
and
llev.
It.
i:.
W.
Hid.
tell
nf,
Siiiilhcrs.
The
Arcile
Ice.
Company's
j
crew
,
oi
llurleen
men
arrived
in
town
on'
Sunday
evening's
train
am)
ljn'
pu
Momlay
tfir"
Lake
Lalhlyii,
where
thb"
company
is.
lo
harvest
Ihe
ice
lo!
rill
their
conracls
wilh
Ihe'
flan-J
iidian
;
National
lliiilwiiy.s.
Oscar!
Almus
will
he
iiiMdiiire
of
Ihe,
Work
and
Ihe
ice
'will
he
loaded
j
directly
into
Ihe
cars
and
taken
j
lit
Ihe
various
ice
houses
nil
the
line
between
Prince
lluperl
and
here.
'
.
.
Harry
Xoos
of
Tdpley
lie
fore
.Manislnilc
S.
Hi
llos-
a
luncheon
lo
he
lid
in
llieikins
in
Ihe
police
eourl
Monday
jllulklcy
Hotel
on
'or
January
L'H.
the
afternoon
An
iulereslinvr
jtaine
of
hockey
luoriiimr
charged
wilh
huyimr
and
selling
furs
wil
limit
a
fur-dealers'
license.
He-
1
wiih
round
fill
illy
and
fined
.'0!no
and
costs.
"(o-o.
Oullon
of
Ihe
Wmiand
lalry
Is
busy
hai-vcstlng
ice
from
Ihe
Seymour
Lake
ror
use
in
connection
with
his
dairy
busincets.
v.
TAfiR
TWO
TUT!
DAILY
rTEV5?
Thursday,
.Tanuaiy
in
Housekeeping
for
Globe
Circumnavigators.
A
Big
Job
Quality
and
Charm
ZINC
ORE
MAY
Distinguish
BE
TREATED
AT
v
"
till
ANYOX
SMELTER
s''
.
Valuable
Deposit
on
McGrath
Mountain
Likely
to
be
Shipped
to
Big
Plant
JC
3ES
j9L
MORE
PROPERTIES
NEEDED
H3M
"The
most
Delicious
Tea
you
can
buy'
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News
hunch
hupkrt
-
mutism
columhia
I'uldished
Kvery
Afternoon,
except
Sunday,
the
Prince.
Ituperl
Daily
News,
Limited,
Third
Avenue.
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Kdilor.
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All
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in
The
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News
Office
hefore
p.m.
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of
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Bureau
of
Circulations.
DAILY
EDITION
t
Thursday,
.Ian.
2;',
ltUT.
Elevator
Contract
Is
Finally
Let.
Tlie.
elevator
contract
is
h
i
and
is
in'
the
hands
of
a
hig
company
which
will
prohahly
also
build
the
..superstructure.
The
negotiation-
and
preliminary
work
were
rather
long
drawn
out
and
at.
times
many
people
lost
faith
in
the
outcome.
One
man,
however,
always
had
railh
and
that
man
was
Fred
Stork,
meniher
for
the
district.
When
many
were
douhtiiia:
lie
alwavs
decliiled
ho
felLipiile
confident,
the
work
would
proceed
in
good
.
.
...
..
.
i:
Tl:
r.'il
!
;
i'j"
i
i
win-,
ms
uiiu
is
now
jusiiiicu
iv
me
eveui.
Can
Quite
Understand
4
Position
Of
Old
Timers.
t
'
It
is
ipiile
possible
to
understand
Hie
lniilds
expressed
hy
many
or
those
who
have
heeli
in
Prince
Mirperl
a
long
time.
They
Jiave
had
many
and
hitler
disappoinlinenls.
Some
of
Iheni
Iiroiighl
mojiey
here
and
invested
in
real
esfale
at
outrageous
prices.
They
lost
just
as
ieople
in
every
other
western
cily
Inst
when
the
real
eslale
market
slumped.
Most
pie
scrapped
their
losses
and
started
anew.
Here
most
people
hung
on
and
continued
to
pay
taxes
in
the
liopi
of
heller
limes
returning.
It
is
the
people
who
hung
on
and
conlimied
to
pay
who
are
most
dissatisfied.
They
seem
to
have
been
looking
for
a
ret
urn
of
I
he
pre-war
prices
tif
real
estate.
This
will
probably
never
come,
at
any
rale
not
for
many
years,.
City
Off
To
A
Good
Start.
The
city
is
now
off
to
a
good
start,
The
building
of
the
elevator
will
give
an
impetus
to
business
ami
advertise
us
on
the
outside.
The
operation
of
the
mill
will
provide
more
employment
and
the
new
cannery
and
other
building
and
industrial
development
will
add
to
Hie
prosperity.
What
will
be
needed
now
will
be
houses.
There
will
be
nowhere
for
the
people
to
live
unless-an
exjensive
building
program
is
initiated,
11
will
be
difficult
from,
now
on
to
find
a
pessimist
in
the
city.
There
will
not
be
room
for
any
here
and
there
will
riot
lie
time
to
listed
In
any
calamity
howlers.
What
we
want
now
is
action
on
the
part
or
citizens
fo
keep
pace
with
the
general
movement
thai
is
bound
lo
come.
Must
Not
Be
Ungrateful.
'
Humor
few
years
ago
the
peopfe
or:
l'riiice
Jlupert'ehiW
to
represent
them
I'red
Shirk,
the
preseiil
Ineniber.
'
lle;ls'3nsl-ati
nioimiij
-iiueu.
.ssuciaieil
Willi
him
in
the
work
of
getting
tin
"
.
i
to
wawsou,
oirecior
or
the
Canadian
National
-Mailway.
Fred
Stork
.has
been
working
fur
his
constituency
and
Fred
Dawson
has
tried
lo
get
the
elevator
I
aus.
lie
saw
business
in
it
ror
the
railway.
Mr.
Slork
pntclieallv
carried
his
political
lire
in
his
hands
when
he
went
after
it
nlid
he
lias
won.
lie
deserves
all
the
support
he
can
gel
as
a
result.
I'ossitdy
ve
may
not
be
thought
I,,
be
talking
politics
ir
we
also
suggest
that
William
Lynn
Mackenzie
King
has
now
implemented
one
of
his
promises
,-,,,,1
deserves
recognition
Tf
we
gel
a
completed
elevator
we
shall
feel
that
at
any
rale
the
government
feels
its
responsibility
to
this
port.
The
conreiilralinjr
and
sinell-i
in;;
or
zinc
may
heroine
a
feature
if
Die
work
id
Anyox
should
the
rurlher
prospecting
of
f
In
Standard
frouii
oT
claims
now
under
IioikI
hy
I
he
(iranhy
Company
on,
Mriiralli
mountain
prove
Ihalj
Ihe'ore
bodies
there
are
as
valu-1
aide
as
present
showings
indi-!
'rale.
Open
cuts
and
tnnnelllngs
show
that
lliere
are
rich
zinc:
ore
'bodies
hut
Ihese
will
have
t'lj
he
proved
further
during
the
cominc
summer,
Hy
rail
the'
policy
of
the
company
in
this
re-l
gard
will
probably
he
known.
The
company
it
is
announced
is
on
the
.lookout
tor
other
pro-
perl
ies
that
seem
likely
lo
pro
vide
a
supply
or
ore
fur
the
smeller.
Policy
of
Company
Discussing
Ihe
silualiou
al
Anyox.
the
(iranhy
News,
the
weekly
paper
issued
by.
I
he
Com
munity
League
says:
"Willi
Ihe
price
or
Ihe
red
metal
cliinltitiir
slowly
and
pros-peels
for
continuance
of
a
slaldo
market
for
some
lime
lo
come,
conditions
al
Hie
le:inriiiifr
of
11)25
look
belter
for
the
copper
industry
than
for
some
lime
past.
At
Anynx(
during
I
Oil.
Ihe
roncenlralinjr
and
smelling
of
Hidden
Creek
ores
developed
un-lookeil
ror
problem.!
which
will
undoubtedly
be
solved
in
the
not
but
distant
future
hy
(iranhy
en
gineers.
Prior
to
the
completion
or
Ihe
concentrator
earlv
in
Ihe
past
year,
it
was
expected
that
concentrates
from
.'this
mill
would
be
treated
al
the
local
smeller
ami
that
all
the
furnaces
would
he
kept
busy
with
eom-plele
opcratim;
crows
continual
ly
on
Die
job.
II
is
needless
In
J
point
out
I
hat
'
when
I
lie
,
result
of
.all
experiments'
had
proved
otherwise,
Iheiv
was
considerable
dissapninliiicnb;
as
it
then
became
necessary
lo
ship
Ihe
concentrates
lo
Tacoma
and
lo
limit
Ihe
operations
of
the
smeller
lo
three
furnaces.
Ac-Minting
In
the
.Management.
Ihjs
arrangement
is
by
no
means
final,
and
every
elforl
will
be
made
Inwards
Ihe
.ultimate
suc
cessful
smelting
i
f
Hidden
('reek
conceiilrales
al
Anyox,
Ihe
logirnl
place
ir
Ihey
can
be
smelted
fur
Ihe
same
cost
as
i
now
paid.-for
the
Tacoma
I
real-
uciil
and
carrying
charges.
Could
these
conceiilrales
have
!)een
Irealed
al
the
local
smeller
and
a
toiiuajrc
of
from
eighty
lo
ninety
thousand
Ions
put
through
per
iiDiii
t
h
as
was
being
done
before
Ihe
Conrenlrnlor
was
ready
for
business,
I
here
would
have
been
a
slight
operating
profit
at
Ihe
prevailing
p'dce
nf
Ihe
red
mnlal
in
l2l;
but
with
the
con
centrales
practically
all
going
lo
Tacoma,
Ihe
high
cost
of
freighting
has
permitted
nolhiivg
heller
than
an
even,
break,
without
al
lowing
uriylhihg
for
depreciation
ami
interest
charges.
II
will
be
l)r
policy
if.lhe
Company,
so
far
as
known
at
present,
to
keep
I
lie
smeller
operating
as
long
a,
stilllcienl
supplies
id
ore
Dial
caii
be
smelled
with
some
degree
of
profit
are
forthcoming.
What
Ihe
future
has
in
store
for
Anyox
wit'
depend
largely
upon
the
mineral
development
of
Ibis
liorlh
country
and
the
'probable
location
of
new
ore
bodies
in
Ihe
Vicinity
of
its
present
mines.
Above
la
sen
the
"Empress
of
France,"
with
(met,
a
corner
of
her
dining
talon.
From
the
diagram
one
gathera
an
Impression
of
the
grcit
amount
of
supplies
this
vessel
carriea
on
her
round-the-world
cruise.
and
polishing
as
a
steady
diet
ts
to
most
people
BOOT-BLACKING
more
objectionable
tbaa
dishwashing.
Yet
there
are
some
who
take
a
pride
and
pleasure
In
this
occupation
and
actually
shine
in
It.
A
little
blacking
goes
a
long
tray
and
gives
a
high
polish,
but
knowing
even
this,
the
bootblack
on
the
Empress
of
France,
now
stocking
up
for
the
round-the-worldcruise
Ihe
will
commence
on
leaving
New
York
January
15th
did
not
quail
when
he
saw
a
hundred-weight
of
boot
polish
being
run
up
the
gang
plank
tor
him.
As
a
matter
of
fact
he
beamed.
Each
task
Is
but
a
means
to
an
end
and
although
he
may
be
called
upon
to
see
that
many
square
miles
of
shoes
are
shtned,
he
will
have
an
opportunity
of
wiping
the
dust
of
many
lands
from
them,
and
seeing
something
of
these
lands
beside.
His
office
was
sought
after,
as
were
all
others
on
the
ship.
But
dealing
with
huge
figures,
one
would
think
that
at
least
the
chefs
on
this
giant
Canadian
Pacillc
Steamship
would
be
to
some
extent
awed
by
what
is
before'
them.
Think,
Madame
Housewife,
of
having
to
prepare
185,000
pounds
of
vegetables,
of
having
to
roast
53,000
pounds
of
beef,
37,000
pounds
of
lamb,
27.200
pounds
of
other
fresh
meats
and
2,750
pounds
of
sausages.
Would
it
not;
tend
to
take
some
of
the
Joy
out
of
a
four
month
cruise?
Yet
this
Is
the
task
of
the
stewards'
department
of
the
cruising
Empress'.
Supposing
that
with
the
necessary
assistance
you
had
to
prepare
12.000
pounds
of
chickens,
7,000
of
capons,
4.000
of
ducklings,
2,000
of
goslings,
8,000
of
turkeys,
2,300
of
guinea
......
i
i..,
ii
.,..,,.
I...
I..
...i
i
.,
,
'
I
I
II
II
1,1111,
It'
.-
I
I
M
,
,
,
on
goal,
the
boys
then
outclass-'
ing
Ihe
girls
and
Ihey
won
the
anie
by
a
score
of
H
to
I
.
SI
Hit
rl
Campbell
anil
S..
S
ovclcsM
are
hauling
ice
to
town
from
Seymour
Lake,,
catering
to
he
demand
of
.Ihe
local
mer-
hanls
ami
rerreshnienl
statnl
proprietors.
.,-
m
called
"The
Passionate
niabt."
itf.nl
with
.the
farmers
ot
the
Western
JYalries
and
portrays
the
romance
of
.
one
whose
ambition
to
sour
beyond
the
black
loam
led
to
drumatlc
consequences.
More
than
1,500
manuscripts
were
submitted.
The
Judges
state
that
Miss
Ostenpo's
was
so
far
superior
that
no
other
story
seriously
rivalled
A
brief
sketch
ot
her
life
and
tho
circumstances
which
Inspired
ber
novel,
as
related
by
Miss
Ostenso.
follows
:
"Where
the
long
arm
of
the
Har-dahgerfjlord
penetrates
farthest
into
the
rugged
mountains
of
the
coast
of
Norway,
the
Ostenso
family
has
lived
In
the
township
that
bears
its
name
Bince
the
days
of
the
Vikings
The
name,
means
'Eastern
Sea,'
and
was
assumed
centuries
ago
by
an
adventurous
forbear
who
dreamed
of
extending
his
holdings
over
the
mountains
and
throush
the
lowlands
of
Sweden
eastward
to
the
very
shores
of
the
Batlic.
Although
his
dreams
never
came
true,
the
family
name
recalls
tt
and
the
family
tradition
of
land-holdl.ig
las
Rrsisted
fowl,
pigeons,
quail,
etc.,
and
Innumerable
game
fowl
for
the
hb'.t
en
route;
would
you
be
so
keen
on
your
tripT
All
Joking
apart,
the
unattached
young
ladies
who
figure
on
tin
passenger
list
will
be
thrilled
to
know
that
the
aggregate
we:.M
c'
the
nuts
aboard
totals
lfi'K)
pounds,
and
the
unattached
young
m
n
1
be
equally
pleased
to
learn
that
on
all
the
ship
there
are
only
40
tl
of
lemons.
Hut
the
little
boys!
It
will
Indeed
go
hard
with
theai
F:-some
hard
hearted
purchasing
agent,,
with
no
little
boys
of
hip
owa,
ordered
16,650
tablets
of
toilet
soap,
17,700
pounds
of
soft
soap,
t-i
long
of
liquid
salt
water
soap,
and
two
tons
of
scouring
soap,
and
soap
powder?
He
thinks
that
6,000
Polar
Bars
and
Esquimaux
Via
ire
going
o
compensate
for
all
this!
it
seems
that
Dad
has
been
looked
after
rery
well.
Canadian
r-clflc
cruise
officers
tell
us
that
for
the
round-the-world
trip
of
the
Era-
press
of
France,
some
59.170
bottles
of
various
shapes
and
sixes
hits
been
taken
aboard,
and
In
addition
54,700
bottles
or
mineral
waters.
A
few
other
outstanding
figures
In
connection
with
the
fou
months
supplies
for
the
450
or
500
passengers
are
as
follows:
750
cases
of
Canadian
apples,
250
cases
of
grape
fruit,
36
barrels
ot
grapes,
eoq
pounds
of
dates.
890
lobsters
and
crabs,
20.000
pounds
of
rresh
flm.
3.861
pounds
ot
coffee.
30.150
pounds
ot
sugar,
2,280
ot
tea,
250
gallons
of
ollTes,
5.600
pounds
of
salt,
1.780
bottles
of
sauce,
120,000
pound
of
flour.
10.00.0
rounds
of
butter.
22.350
pounds
of
bacon
and
hams50,0?a
drinking
straws,
43,000
menu
cards
and
so
on.
Fresh
fruits,
tege'tablM,
fish,
milk
and
eggs
will
be
purchased
in
considerable
quantltle?i(i
trwt
requirements
as
the
cruise
progresses.
Fifteen
thousand,
four
-hundred
tons
ot
fuel
oil
will
be
used
by
tre
cruising
steamer.
Thousand
Stories
;n
Lake
District
Manitoba
Says
Canadian
Authoress
Martha
Ostenso
Gave
Eest
First
Novel
of
Year
ttfat
Sett
mon
to
the
farmer
the
world
over
a
slmjtHe
bm
tc.;-f
erred
from
tho
Ostcnsos
and
HaiikelandH
of
the
Oid
World
to
the
richer
loam
of
the
new.
TLey
should
have
a
story
written
about
them
thoso
stn
moan,
yet
glorious
little
towns
of
my
childhood
!
In
one
of
them,
on
the
dun
prairies
of
South
Dakotat
I
learned
to
speak
English.
What
a
lovely
Martha
OMtitM
language
I
fonnd
It
to
be,
with
words
-s
t
!i!:e
pall
nnd
funeral
and
alone.
unbrokeni
the
part
of
the
land
thai
Zx
L"J't'J??i
"f?
bordeiH
the
lovely
fjord
la
still
In
Its
possession,
banded
down
from
eldest
son
to
eldest
son.
"My
fatner,
a
young
son,
was
free
to
indulge
his
roving
disposition.
A
sounds
the
new
words
made
to
me.
"Later,
la
another
of
the
little
towns,
I
learned
that
it
was
fun
to
ikiuKa
nun
worus.
it
was
while
few
years
after
his
marrlata
tomy!Mvlnn
in
a
little
ton
In
Mlnneso
u
mother
be
decided
to
em
Urate
toi'hat
I
became
a
remilar
J.h.
,?
America.
"My
mother's
parents
lived
high
up
In
the
mountains,
remote
from
the
softenlns
Influence
of
the
coast
towns.
At
their
homo
It
was,
near
the
little
village
of
Haiikeland,
tlint
I
whs
born.
This.
Ihe
first
of
many
small
towns
in
which
I
have
lived
is
known
to
me
only
through
hearsay,
for
when
I
was
two
years
old
wo
came
to
America.
"The
story
of
my
childhood
Is
n
uue
oi
seven
uttie
towns
In
Mlnne
Kjia
ana
nouih
Dakota.
n
II..
....,
uiuui
juuiu
rase
or
the
Minneapolis
Journal,
and
was
rewarded
for
my
literary
trlal-balloons
at
the
rate
of
eighty
cents
a
column.
In
the
publlocchootot
that
little
town
there
still
hangs,
perhaps,
a
large
print
of
n
rural
scene
in
a
resplendent
frame,
with
a
neat
name-plate
at
the
noli
Wn'i"-,
Thal
"Locarno
from
tl0
Journal,
In
recognition
of
an
eesav
ion,
placed
me
abreast
of
Emerson
'mn.....
....
en
i
was
rirtccn
years
old
tObH.
ing
w,
..
.
.
i."n
mui-
LUffV
IIHU
Mirunz
'
ni'PVH
lllnf
nr.l-lli
fn
lha
u
..!
nnn.
royaltles
on
the
book
lor
the
boel
first
und
eloqiunit
of
that
novil
submitted
during
the
past
year
In
'a
contest
organized
Jointly
by
Dodd,
Mead
&
Company,
Pictorial
Review
und
Famous
Piftyors-Lasky
Corporation,
h
a
twin'y
foiir-yeir-old
school
teacher
rror-i
:,:.n;i.i.a
Jllss
Ostenso's
novel
will
be
Serial-
Archdeacon
IU
vli.orj;
.
Siuilhers
,0,u
luesilay
oil
his
..form
in
1925..
The
story,
which
Is
first
since
trip
inp
Ihl'ouifh
iiicnutfii
Ihe
i
in
'
'
his
his
'
appoint
ajipoiulmep!
men!
jfjlliitjioeese'
of
j.
'
li.'re'h
heRl
a'
en
iruK.e
coin,
i
try.
iht
faiMIy
settled
In
'UM-
"It
wa
Curing
a
summer
vacation
from
ray
university
work
t!
:-t
I
went
Into
Ui
lnko
dlstrlru
of
t
.inl.
tobii,jnIl
towards
the
frontlc.
of
thiit
northern
clvill;-.atlon
ihe
story
that
Ihive
wfiftcn
lay
there
w
::!w
to.
b
put,
Into
words.
HVtfw.
-las
tii'.materJal
6ut
of
which
uttla
Town
wej-a
made.
Here
w
a
'
nature
sturk,
unattlred
li
ti
esn
vtntlon
of
a'
siiiootber.
softci
A
tligulilind
stories
are
tberr
still,
to
be'
Written.
"My,'novl
lay
back
of
my
mini!
for
several
years
before
I
be
in
to
wrlte
.lt.
In
the
Intervals
or
tkors
yeilrs,
spent
as
a
sona!
won:
in
a
great
city,
I
ortcn
comn:
J
crcaklrlg,
machinery
of
U)j".'.c..'Pr
clvllliatlon
with
the
cruder.
Ii
society
of
the
frontier.
Slowly
biy
work
among
the
needy
brou-ht
me
nearer
and
nearer
to
the
hi
rt
of
the
city,
the
border
life
be
in
to
bfl
limned
clearly
against
the
murkier
background
of
my
work-a-day
scene.
A
year
ago
last
summer
I
returned
to
Manitoba.
The
approach
to
remembered
scenes
renewed
wT
Interest
In
my
story,
tbd
character
stood
out
clear-cut
at
last
and
I
made
the
first
draft
of
the
novel.
"I
was
not
satisfied
wi'.h
the
remit
and
laid
the
manuscript
aside,
with
no
definite
purpose
regarding
It.
"
was
not
until
spring
that
I
returneil
to
the
city
nnd
learned
of
the
Curtis
Hrown
contest.
It
was
with
diffl-ience
and
reluctance
that
I
wa."
persuaded
by
friends,
who
thought
wll
of
the
early
draft
and
its
'possibilities,
to
rewrite
it
In
tlmd'to
submit
it
ror
consideration.
At
best,
I
felb
It
tt
Vera
As
good
as
my
friends
said.
It
might
not
bo
wholly
Ignored.
"I
leave
It
to
tho
srli-ntlsts
and
pseudo-scientists
who
argue
interminably
about
the
relative
Influence.
On
men
Of
hernlllv
nnrt
.nvlinnmpnt
to
decide
the
responsibility
'W
wha-
j:er
merit
my
story
may
have,
m"
i0?.
bf
m
Norsemen
I
The
Sevfn
i
Utile
Towns
T
'
Perhaps
I
do
not
know.
No
hut
I
lmv
mv
own
very
unsclcntlflo.
opinion.
It
won't
benr
"tiling,
but
this
much
may
bo
snM
nr
It:
It
has
something
to
do
with
naglc
and
fairies
nnd
alt
tho
other
Towns
ot
I
bad
ood-by.
to
Ik,
,
e.vi!
"uttl,
iLXmLv''
b,'auUful
tUlns
that