The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . packing the mail in a country district. THE AUTHOR STARTING ON A TWO WEEKS ROUND(45 below zero) NEW CITIZENS OF CANADA Lac la Nonne, Alberta,January nth Winter is here with a vengeance, and we are inthe middle of a cold snap ; not more than nineinches of snow, but the thermometer far belowzero. Our house here is far from warm. Westoke the heater up with as much wood as it cancarry—dry and green—before we turn in, but,even so, everything is frozen in the morning. Itis not safe to leave water in the kettle or b
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . packing the mail in a country district. THE AUTHOR STARTING ON A TWO WEEKS ROUND(45 below zero) NEW CITIZENS OF CANADA Lac la Nonne, Alberta,January nth Winter is here with a vengeance, and we are inthe middle of a cold snap ; not more than nineinches of snow, but the thermometer far belowzero. Our house here is far from warm. Westoke the heater up with as much wood as it cancarry—dry and green—before we turn in, but,even so, everything is frozen in the morning. Itis not safe to leave water in the kettle or buckets,as it might burst them. The mere ** hewing ofwood and drawing of water, in other wordschores, under these conditions is a ordinary circumstances Jim Clare takes agood deal off our hands, but he has been awayfor some days. First the fire has to be lit, thenthe water has to be thawed, likewise the bread,which is as hard as a brick, and the butter. Iconfess that visions of the shiny-faced Abbott (youremember my scout at Christ Church), bringing ineggs and bacon to a warm oak-panelled room inPeck,
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