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no remuneration would be accepted. We arrived 

 at Levis after dark, and learned that owing to 

 the condition of the ice there would be no ferry 

 boat that night, so I had to seek lodgings in the 

 meantime. In an adjacent hotel, after consid- 

 erable haggling, I secured a small room in the 

 upper portion of the house, which was very in- 

 convenient, as my brother being too weak and suf- 

 fering too much to walk, we had to carry him. 

 We had tea and breakfast there, for which we 

 were charged the modest sum of six dollars and 

 fifty cents! Whatever may have been this good 

 landlord's qualities, humanity did not seem to be 

 his failing. We really could not complain much, 

 for in all our trip, which occupied a month, this 

 was the only exception to the generosity that 

 marked our homeward trip. About 8.30 a.m., 

 the ice permitting, we crossed over to Quebec and 

 were met at the ferry landing by many friends 

 and sympathizers, chief among whom were 

 Colonel Vohl, Messrs. A. Fraser, J. Holliday, E. 

 Beaudet, E. N. Chinic, Arthur Turcotte, Ed. 

 Giroux, L. Noel, C. Bergevin, A. Toussaint, J. 

 G. Bruneau, G. VanFelson, Wm. Doyle and 

 others. After many handshakes and congratula- 

 tions, we were driven up to the residence of Mr. 

 Noel, an intimate friend of the family, where my 

 brother and two companions were taken care of, 

 Colonel Vohl insisting upon my being his guest 

 during our stay in Quebec. Dr. M. J. Ahern 



