-like progress. Out
of the station, across the tracks, and away out on to the open prairie
she fled, never pausing till she reached the village, where she turned
into an Indian's house and was lost from view. The next morning her
son came to get the few articles belonging to her. He would not come
any nearer the station than the side-track, and we were compelled to
carry her belongings to him.

* * * * *

Narcisse's Friend.

Narcisse Lafontaine and Charlie Saunders became acquainted on their
way to the lumbering camp, which was situated some fifteen miles back
of St. John's. Charlie had only recently arrived from England, and
knew practically nothing about lumbering, while Narcisse had been born
in Canada, and felt as much at home in the woods as Charlie would have
done in London. Charlie took a liking to Narcisse the moment he saw
him, and Narcisse was not slow in responding to the friendly advances
of the young Englishman.

In appearance they were strikingly different. Narcisse was a typical
French-Canadian lumberman; he was about five feet eleven inches in
height, dark-skinned, dark-eyed, broad-shouldered, powerful and
good-natured. Not even the most imaginative, had they seen him in the
woods dressed in nondescript Canadian home-spun and swinging an axe,
would have associated him with anything but what was commonplace and
uninteresting; yet the great powerful, rough-looking fellow had a
disposition that was as sympathetic as a woman's. The weather never
affected him. With Charlie it was different. He was not accustomed to
Canadian winters, and the rough unvarying food that was daily dealt
out in the camp. He got to dread the sight of pork, which was the
staple article of diet the week round. His health at times was so poor
that he could not do heavy work, and it was then that the generous
disposition of the young French-Canadian showed itself. Narcisse was a
great favorite with the foreman, and by a series of adroit schemes
always managed to get Charlie put at easy work, although at times his
scheming resulted in his having to do far more than his own share of
the sawing and chopping.

Charlie was below the average stature, yet he was broad-shouldered and
looked strong. He had blue eyes, fair curly hair, a ruddy skin, and a
laugh that was most pleasant to hear. If they differed outwardly, they
were remarkably alike in disposition. Like Narcisse, Charlie was
light-hearted