k and piercing as arrows sent to their mark.

CHAPTER X.

MARGARET GODFREY ARRIVES IN NOVA SCOTIA.--DEATH OF THE YOUNG LION OF THE
WOODS.

In the month of August, 1784, Margaret Godfrey once again arrived in
Nova Scotia. This time she came alone, her husband being too ill to
accompany her. She left her English home and came out to Nova Scotia to
secure a personal interview with Governor Parr, and do all in her power
to get back the property on the St. John River; or if not, then she
would endeavor to secure some compensation for it, through the
instrumentality of the governor. She remained at Halifax a few weeks,
and then left for the St. John River. She did not appear satisfied with
her visit to the governor. She could get no promise from him that the
estate at Grimross Neck would be restored to her husband, or that any
compensation would be granted in its stead. Nothing seems to have been
done in her interest, and she left Halifax deeply disappointed in her
mission.

Trouble had recently arisen between the people settled at the mouth of
the St. John and the authorities at Halifax. Instead of one Province she
was informed that there were now two Provinces. She determined to cross
over to Parrtown, and see what she could accomplish by visiting the
estate personally. With the letter from Sydney to Governor Parr, she
took a certificate of survey, which read as follows:

This may certify, that by the desire of Captain ----, I have laid nine
hundred acres of land on the Peninsular or place called Grimross Neck,
in the Township of Gage, on the River St. John, beginning at the Portage
and running down the river about two miles and a quarter to a maple tree
marked, thence running S.W. till it meets Grimross Creek, thence up the
said Creek to the Portage, thence crossing the Portage to the first
mentioned bounds.

ISRAEL PERLEY,
_Dept. Surveyor.

Gagetown, Jany. 31st, 1771._

Mrs. Godfrey finding that nothing could be accomplished by her visit up
the river, returned to the settlement at its mouth. The place of
settlement had undergone a great change since the year 1770, when she
first came to Fort Frederick with her husband.

She remained at Parrtown a few weeks, in order if possible to gather
further information respecting the property at Grimross Neck, and to
consult with some of the leading inhabitants, as to what course they
would advise her to pursue. She was most kindly entertai