. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . n for business or pleasure on toCanadian soil ; he doesnt want to see the UnionJack hauled down and Old Glory raised in its place ;he wants to see the two floating side by side in anindissoluble alliance. Now look at that grizzled old man on the farside of the deck. He is a prospector, as toughas nails although he must be well over sixty. Hecame from Germany forty years ago, ran awayfrom the Army, he says. He has been all oventhe West, and has forgotten how to speak German,but his English is very peculiar even after all theseyears. He has
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . n for business or pleasure on toCanadian soil ; he doesnt want to see the UnionJack hauled down and Old Glory raised in its place ;he wants to see the two floating side by side in anindissoluble alliance. Now look at that grizzled old man on the farside of the deck. He is a prospector, as toughas nails although he must be well over sixty. Hecame from Germany forty years ago, ran awayfrom the Army, he says. He has been all oventhe West, and has forgotten how to speak German,but his English is very peculiar even after all theseyears. He has been out to Spokane with wonderfulsamples of ore from somewhere up Twelve MileCreek, and has got a igrubstake for the summer,so as to drive a tunnel to tap the vein lower downand prove the immense orebody which he knowsis there. He will make several trips up there,packing powder, candles, tools and grub on hisback, sixty or seventy pounds at a time, until hehas all his supplies ready for the summers he will remain up there alone all through. A MINI >. IMP
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