CHAPTER III 



HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLEMENT AT THE CARRYING PLACE 



The week had passed rapidly as usual for Joseph Keeler, Esq. 

 Monday morning had brought its usual duties and the irregular 

 appearance of the family at the breakfast table did not excite 

 any comment, as it had become habitual, and in no way affected 

 Mr. Keeler's daily routine. It was not without some mis- 

 givings, however, as to the quality of his eldest son's habits, 

 that Mr. Keeler had noticed his usually late hours at night and 

 his non-appearance at the family breakfast table, with now and 

 then later in the day displays of irritability, which could not 

 certainly be due to the exhausting nature of his legal duties. 



But, once in his office, the heavy English mail drove all 

 other matters from Mr. Keeler's thoughts. The short midday 

 lunch at his club, a meeting of his bank directors at 2.30 and a 

 later one of the Trust Company at 4.30 had filled his day, and 

 at 5.30 he rolled home in his auto, the type of the successful 

 city man. A heavy course dinner at which the family, with a 

 friend or two, were present, as on full dress parade, completed 

 the day's duties after which he passed the evening in his study, 

 glancing through the evening papers over a comfortable cigar, 

 and the last English Review, thereafter retiring only to repeat 

 a similar daily round throughout the week. 



Sunday evening had come again, and Joseph Keeler found 

 himself as usual in his study, and taking up almost mechanically 

 the historical volume laid down a week before, he recalled 

 suddenly the story of the old grandmother and the words, 

 "Those were indeed halcyon days." He found the passage 

 again and reading on found still more interesting recitals of the 

 old days down in the Lake Shore Settlement. 



The whole territory at the head of the Bay of Quint6 was 

 redolent of the stirring scenes of Indian warfare from Cham- 

 plain's time onward to the days of the Jesuit missions, where 

 the very site of the old mission of Wellers' Bay (the four- 



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