THREE MODERN CARTWRIGHTS 
at the bondage of the trade-unions. Finally 
the spirit moved him to visit in a brief vacation 
the home of his ancestors in Quebec, and while 
there he stumbled on the mail steamer about 
to leave for the Labrador Coast. He took 
passage, intending to return by the same boat, 
but at Seven Islands he kindly offered to help 
out for a few days in painting the church, 
taking the place of a painter who had fallen ill. 
This was three years ago and he has been the 
ecclesiastical painter along the coast ever since, 
kept there partly by the entreaties of the 
priests, but chiefly, he admitted, by his enjoy- 
ment of the independence of the life, and the 
fact that he was his own master and not subject 
to walking delegates. He could work over 
time to his heart’s content, and do his very 
best without fear of disparaging another. He 
was particularly enthusiastic about the health- 
fulness of the climate, and, like Cartwright of 
old, declared that, although the thermometer 
went many degrees below zero in the winter, 
he never felt chilly as at home. 
His plans for the future were certainly 
original and were all carefully arranged. Al- 
though he thoroughly enjoyed his work and the 
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