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who, although still young, had travelled in many- 

 countries, and had been through a period of service 

 in the American Army. Not long after the school- 

 room episode I found him employed in building a 

 church ; then in control of the municipal elevator 

 at South Qu'Appelle. Later I heard he had gone 

 into real estate, and on the last occasion I met him he 

 vv^as the managing director of an important financial 

 house in Regina. That is the charm of Canada, 

 none of the doors are closed — yet. The women 

 teachers also do well, and school teaching in Canada 

 offers a far better prospect than is usually known 

 in Britain. Nor is the law of certificated quali- 

 fication quite as rigorous and unyielding as its word. 

 I know that a woman who has been a school-teacher 

 in Britain is permitted to teach in Canada without 

 obtaining this certificate, because I met one in 

 October 191 1 at Sedgwick in Alberta. She had 

 arrived in April, and told me she had not the 

 smallest intention of teaching when she came out, 

 but the opportunity came, and in the six months 

 she had already saved more money than she could 

 have earned in Britain — where she had taught for 

 ten years — in a year. 



On the last day at the farm I put my house in 

 order. The wheat had been sold and paid for, 

 all but a hundred and sixty bushels held in reserve 

 for seed. I bought winter coats for the four horses, 

 and that winter I and my brother acquiesced in 

 the great mistake of keeping them as warm as possible 

 in the stables, instead of sending them out to seek 

 warmth in exercise. The two cows were rap'dly 

 approaching the dry season ; the farm at that time 

 was unfenced, and the two calves had wandered off 



