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then at Tom, and also glanced at his companion. 

 Then he said : 



" I come in from about forty miles east, 

 and my friend from about eight miles further 

 east ; about us they have been pretty well 

 picked over, but there are a few fairly good 

 that may be worth your while looking at, and 

 if you come along we can put you in the way 



of seeing them. My name is ; address, 



K Post Office," he added, as we left the 



room. 



The morning following, feeling refreshed by 

 a good night's sleep and a good breakfast, we 

 sat ourselves down in a quiet corner to talk of 

 c^M plans. 



" Well, Jack," said Tom, " how do we pro- 

 ceed to take possession of these presentation 

 farms this benevolent Canadian Government is 

 going to bestow on us ? I don't suppose they 

 give them away with a pound of tea, do they ? " 



" Well, Tom," said I, " the Government does 

 publish maps, which they mail you from Ottawa, 

 if you write for them, and I wish we had a set, 

 for they are fine things ; but there is no time to 

 get them now, so after paying our little capital 

 into the bank we will go to the Land Office for 

 this district. After that the trouble will begin. 

 We might make up a pack with a blanket and 



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