A LABRADOR SPRING 



original ideas presented an entirely different 

 figure from the last. A tall, raw-boned Yankee, 

 a painter by trade, and at first sight an un- 

 interesting personality. As we came to know 

 the man more intimately, however, and as he 

 revealed to us his history, his plans and his 

 views of life, we could not but admire and be 

 attracted by him. Although in appearance, 

 voice and conversation he was a typical Yankee, 

 he "hailed from" Western Massachusetts, 

 his name was evidently French. His ancestors, it 

 appeared, had come from France and settled 

 at Quebec, where they prospered. His great 

 grandfather, visiting the mother country, left 

 his affairs in the hands of the priests to guard 

 and preserve. He died abroad and his son 

 and grandson, the latter the father of our 

 hero, failed to claim their patrimony from 

 the Church, but moved to a little village in 

 New England where our Yankee Cartwright 

 grew up to the humble trade of house-painter. 

 It was evident, however, that the adventurous 

 and independent blood of his ancestors coursed 

 through his veins, and he refused to remain in 

 his native town, but travelled from place to 

 place plying his trade, but fretting all the time 



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