1 1, Ufa 



I'. .11. .wed him inside. ( n mi e.s i-jiught si^ht 



shelf ep.wded with an array of In.nles Iain-lied lemon. < 



I was parched w ith thirst. I called ! 



drink, Lut s i learned tin- InittL-s wejv all nij.t v . I 



I managed t.. ^ct some milk \\hie 1 ' table I 



then aii'l th'- proprietor ami i 



had a consultation, which resulted in their sending ,,ut 

 ia/.y Iii'lian s.jiia-. it' she eoiil.. 



thin^ t- --at at tin- station. \Vhil<- waiting for m\ 



four hungry l-Yench immigrants called at th.-hot.-l. l.ut uri- 



tin- j.roj'ri.-tor n..r inys..-lf coul-1 answr tln-ir i|U.-stions . th.-y 



ihoiwed by their geetnree they \vi-n- hungry ami thirsty, l.ut 

 tin- jM>r fi-llows had to go empty away is a 



coiij.li- of t.-aniM. -r.s calli-il. ami aski--l foi a.lrink. pointing to 



grand display of empty lemonade bottles on tin- shelf: ti 

 in their tiii-n wercsolil like myself, ami ha- 1 to go away thirsty, 

 eanittg the hotel and the ]ropri'-tor at not providing some- 

 thing to drink. I saw I was going to have to rough it at this- 

 place, a- the whole surroundings indicated indolence 



po\erty. At't.T waiting an hour, my tea was ready. < tMA 



of dark, dirty-looking hn-ad. wishy-washy t.-a. and some kind 



ge im-at unknown to me. I was \,-ry hun_ i red 



not ask whether it was wolf, doe/ ,,r racoon, f ( ,r f,-ar my aj>- 



sj.oiled. howevel-. | managed t UIV 



hun_ 



pity this place is not Letter provided with ac- 

 OOmmodation. HaeLui-n is only thirty-five miles west of 

 Winnipeg, and I fared worse heiv than at any place I stopped 



at in the North- West. L, ,|,^ \ jil \ < ,. ,\, H -^ n ,,t possess fl 



wh. ii Led or decent meal <-an Le ol.tained.and I think 



it would pa\ ntej-prising Winnipegger to go out tl 



and erect an inn . it would IK- patroni/ed Ly travellers in spi 



and summer, sportsmen in the fall. and teamsters in th- 



who Lring tons of fish to HaeLurn stat ion from Like Mani- 



toLa. 



Tutting on my ruLLer l>oot.s. 1 went down to tin- lak 

 hind the cal-in. Lng Like is a Lout ten miles in length 



