Englishtown 
learn, for even the faces of the children that had 
been born since he left lighted when we spoke 
of him. His memory is handed down to the 
younger generations ; and all, old and young 
alike, when we were there, fondly believed that 
he would some day return to them. But that 
he will not do, for since this book was begun 
the brave and gentle spirit has passed from its 
mortal toil. His death was the result of in- 
juries received when stopping a pair of runa- 
way horses, saving the lives of those in the 
carriage. 
At one end of the village of Baddeck stands 
a little church of unique appearance, which is 
one of eight in different parts of Cape Breton 
and Nova Scotia which the great courage and 
perseverance of Parson Gibbons had built, 
some of them in places where another would 
have seen no possibility of erecting so much as 
a shed. 
We were obliged to remain in Baddeck for 
several days, partly on account of the weather, 
and partly to make the necessary preparations 
for the peculiar journey we had undertaken. 
One cannot start into the wilderness without 
forethought, and we had received such contra- 
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