CHAPTER X 



A GRAIN GROWERS' MEETING 



In the early part of December we had a beauti- 

 ful spell of weather, the thermometer ranging 

 from ten degrees below zero during the night 

 to as much above that point during the day. 

 While this spell lasted, the charm of the weather 

 was almost indescribable. True, the sun rises 

 late and sets early, and its path above the southern 

 horizon forms but a small arc of a circle ; still, 

 while in sight it shines, and its heat and light 

 are not obstructed by such fogs and haze, cloud 

 and smoke, as so often hang over the Old Country 



hen the barometer stands high in winter-time. 



On one such day. Bob and Harry came along 

 on ski, and after the usual laconic greeting had 

 passed, Bob said : 



" We want you two fellows to join our Grain 



Growers' Association and come to the meeting 



to-morrow night ; the annual subscriptions are 



only one dollar each, and chaps like you should 



^rtainly be in with us." 



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