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warming stuff indeed. I took advantage of the 

 first chance I had to pour my brother's portion in- 

 to a slop pail. When she saw the empty tin cup a 

 few minutes later she expressed the hope it would 

 " do the poor young man a lot of good." 



Early that evening we reached Matane, where 

 we put up for the night, having travelled about 

 thirty-six miles. We were now getting into a 

 more densely populated section and the roads were 

 fair. We left Matane early and reached the 

 I.C.R. station at Summit, Metis, about 4 p.m., 

 making our best day's drive about 45 miles. I 

 found several telegrams awaiting me here, 

 amongst them one from the late Colonel Allan 

 Gilmour, of Ottawa, congratulating us upon our 

 safe arrival on the South Shore and advising me 

 to draw on him for one hundred dollars to pay 

 our expenses up to Quebec, a very liberal and 

 most welcome gift at that moment. A second 

 message was from a personal friend in Quebec, 

 advising us to wait at Metis till the next day, as 

 he was trying to get us a free passage over the 

 I. C. Ry. However, my brother's condition 

 would not allow of any delay and I preferred to 

 pay our fares and to hurry up. It was as well 

 that we did, as I heard afterwards that my 

 friend's request had not been granted. 



We put up at a small boarding house near the 

 station, kept by a Mr. Beaulieu, who did all he 

 could to make us comfortable. A young gentle- 



