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Title: Seeds of Pine

Author: Janey Canuck

Release Date: May 18, 2010 [EBook #32409]

Language: English

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SEEDS OF PINE

_By_

JANEY CANUCK

Author of

"Open Trails", etc.

"_A handful of pine-seeds will cover mountains
with the green majesty of the forest, and I, too,
will set my face to the wind and throw my
handful of seed on high._"
--_Fiona Macleod_

TORONTO

THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED

Copyright, Canada, 1922

THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LTD.

PUBLISHERS

TORONTO

_Affectionately dedicated to
my four brothers;_

_Thomas R. Ferguson, K.C.
Gowan Ferguson, M.D.
Harcourt Ferguson, K.C.
Honourable Mr. Justice W. N. Ferguson_

CONTENTS

Chapter

I WESTWARD WITH THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
II A FRONTIER POST
III TO THE BUILDERS
IV BEHIND THE HILLS
V THE END OF STEEL
VI BITTER WATERS
VII MOTORING TO ATHABASCA LANDING
VIII COUNTRY DELIGHTS
IX AT THE LANDING
X ON THE ATHABASCA RIVER
XI SOME NORTHERN PIONEERS
XII AT THE PARTING OF THE RIVERS
XIII ON THE PORTAGE
XIV ON THE LESSER SLAVE RIVER
XV THE BISHOP OF THE ARCTIC
XVI NORTHERN VISTAS
XVII A COUNTRY WOMAN AT THE CITY RACES
XVIII IN NORTHERN GARDENS
XIX COMMUNING WITH THE RUTHENIANS
XX THE SHADOW OF THE SCAFFOLD
XXI THE BABOUSHKA
XXII THE HERO PRIESTS OF THE NORTH
XXIII COAL-MINING IN ALBERTA
XXIV THE PLAYGROUNDS OF THE WEST
XXV THE OVERLAND TRAIL OF '98
XXVI A SONG OF THIS LAND

SEEDS OF PINE

CHAPTER I

WESTWARD WITH THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC

"'What went ye out into the wilderness to see?' They answered thus,
'So that we might not see the city.'"--SIR WILLIAM BUTLER.

The new steel trail the railway men are laying from Edmonton leads away
and away, I cannot say whither. For these many days I have had an
anxious desire to follow it and the glories thereof. I am tired of
this town and of th