1 8 The Home of the Wolverene and Beaver. 



"Good gracious, Paul, you would be frozen!" 

 cried kind-hearted Mrs. Marshall ; but the young 

 man was unwavering, and in talking it over with 

 his wife, Mr. Marshall said — 



" He might do many a worse thing, my dear. 

 The pay will be small enough at first, but if he 

 had the wealth of Golconda he couldn't spend it in 

 Rupert's Land. He will learn a good business 

 practically, and I will sec to his advancement. I 

 also hope that we shall save enough from the 

 wreck of the property to clear the West Indian 

 estates, but to accomplish this I must have every 

 penny. Altogether, the boy has shown a great 

 deal of good sense, and in nothing more than in 

 this his last determination." 



Three months after the receipt of the telegraphic 

 message — the word " telegram " was unknown then 

 — Paul Gresham took leave of George Marshall 

 on the deck of the Cunard steam ship Baltic, 

 bound for Halifax, and I shall endeavour to 

 pourtray his life in the wild western land, the 

 home of the moose, the wolverene, and the beaver. 



