The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . oction)was brought down from the West, and introducedhere in large gasoline tins. The result was heavydrinking in the bunkhouses and a free fight. Onefellow called another the ** son of a Dago bastard,and then the fat was in the fire. Bootleggersshould be strung up and flogged. Yesterday I spent visiting some of the home-steaders, who, in spite of the roughness of theland, have begun to settle in the vicinity ofMarlboro. The first man I called on is an old-timer forthese parts, having squatted on his place ov
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . oction)was brought down from the West, and introducedhere in large gasoline tins. The result was heavydrinking in the bunkhouses and a free fight. Onefellow called another the ** son of a Dago bastard,and then the fat was in the fire. Bootleggersshould be strung up and flogged. Yesterday I spent visiting some of the home-steaders, who, in spite of the roughness of theland, have begun to settle in the vicinity ofMarlboro. The first man I called on is an old-timer forthese parts, having squatted on his place over sixyears ago. He has better land than anyoneelse—his shack showed signs of having beensmothered in summer with creeping plants, andhe grows beautiful vegetables. For many yearshe was butler to the late Lord Leconfield, andwas most amusing in his comparisons betweenEnglish and American manners. I had dinner with a delightful old couple whohad come out here from Lancashire late in life. And how was it you did not come before?I asked. Cos I never had the money. I was a cotton176. A railway-engineers moving HOIUE IN THE MOUNTAINS
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