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guage, that after parting from him I asked Kibbee who 

 and what he was. 



" Well, you see, he came to Barkerville and wanted 

 some place to go where he would be among big game 

 and where he could learn how to handle boats and 

 traps, cut wood and do frontier work generally. He 

 was referred to me, and I told him what I would 

 charge him per day, and that he could stay as long as 

 he liked and leave when he liked ; that I might be 

 away a-lookin' after my traps a month or two months 

 at a time and he would be left alone. 



" He just smiled and said that wouldn't worry him a 

 bit, so I said : 



" ' Well, I want to know all about you before we 

 hitch up together.' Then he gave me his name, and it 

 was i Lord ' something or other. 



" So I goes to a friend of mine in Barkerville and 

 tells him all about it. So he says: 'If you'll wait, 

 I'll look up the English " stud " book, and if he's the 

 real thing, he'll be in it.' 



" So he gets the book and runs up one page and 

 down another and, sure enough, there was his name, 

 all right. 



" You see, my friend's name is also in the ' stud ' 

 book, so he knew all about him. When he lighted on his 

 name he read about his people who lived long before 

 him. I'll tell you this ; he's a willin' worker and isn't 

 afraid of any kind of work, although he's not overly 



