1 6 WHEAT AND WOMAN 



Union Bank of Canada. In the manager I was 

 fortunate enough to find an English gentleman, 

 who in the process of event became my adviser, 

 my censor, and my tyrant without offence. On 

 that first and on all subsequent occasions of our 

 meeting he was courtesy itself. I submitted my 

 copy of the draft, but it appeared that its duplicate 

 had not yet arrived at the bank. However, on 

 being informed that the harvest was well under the 

 binder, and the wheat of the finest quality, he gave 

 me permission to make the full payment of one 

 thousand dollars to my predecessor, and also to 

 draw on the bank for any further sums that might 

 suit my convenience at the rate of seven per cent. 



With a considerably lighter heart I bent my neck 

 willingly and most gratefully towards the gilded 

 chain of that obligation ; it was not removed for 

 many years, and the scar of temporary loan sears 

 the pages of the history of my experiment. On that 

 day, however, I was content to sign a bill of three 

 hundred dollars at seven per cent, for one month, 

 so that I should not be at the inconvenience of 

 being without ready money. Within four days the 

 duplicate draft had arrived, but at the end of the 

 month its value had been distributed among the 

 many claims of a new undertaking. 



Messrs. Johnson and Creamer I found equally 

 obliging. Dr. Creamer was out of town, and I 

 had a hazy idea that if I didn't meet the bill for 

 the team which fell due on September i I must at 

 least personally explain the delay, lest the horses 

 should be seized, and the initial payment of one 

 hundred dollars forfeited. I made my way to the 

 harvest field of Mr. Johnson, where no fewer than 



