The picturesque StLawrence . d other relics in the country. Could anyonewish it a more appropriate fate ? I was interested in the quaint old rooms andtheir abounding memorials of the past, and Iwas no less interested in certain comments ofone of the woman guardians of the treasureswho criticised in a sociable and friendly way theAmericans who visited the chateau. I neversaw such people for hurrying, said she. Theydrive to the chateau in their carriages and jumpout and run through here as if they were goingto a house a-fire. I sometimes ask if the OldNick is after them. What good do they getfro
The picturesque StLawrence . d other relics in the country. Could anyonewish it a more appropriate fate ? I was interested in the quaint old rooms andtheir abounding memorials of the past, and Iwas no less interested in certain comments ofone of the woman guardians of the treasureswho criticised in a sociable and friendly way theAmericans who visited the chateau. I neversaw such people for hurrying, said she. Theydrive to the chateau in their carriages and jumpout and run through here as if they were goingto a house a-fire. I sometimes ask if the OldNick is after them. What good do they getfrom such a hasty glimpse of the things we havehere ? If I was them I wouldnt take the troubleto get out of the carriages. Of course there area few not quite so rapid. I remember one manwho stopped to look at the picture post cards wehave to sell, and he picked up one with theVictoria Bridge on it, and says: Is that thebridge I crossed coming into Montreal fromAmerica ? And where do you think you are now butin America ? I The river ronJ on Montreal Island The Montreal of Today 97 Your people have an idea that the UnitedStates is all there is to the whole continent. Ithink they do not study geography enough inyour schools. I have been in New England. Many peo-ple from Canada are living in the mill townsthere. Once I was in a manufacturing place inConnecticut and rode in an electric car. It wascrowded with men, women and children—andyet they spoke not a word of English—nothingbut French. Great Scott! I said, what a lotof Canadians there are here! Have I got intoMontreal without my knowledge ? They wereall my compatriots. Every man Jack of emwas a Canadian. On the square in front of the neighboringcourt house formerly stood the town pillory, andhere, in 1696, four Iroquois were burned byorder of Count Frontenac in reprisal for similarbarbarism on the part of the Indians. Close by, within sight of the serene and stoutold chateau, is the chief city market. It is aperfect bab
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