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gives us permission to take possession.” But
the house was actually theirs and he knew it.
It was more than a year later before the

re-opened case was finally decided in his favor
- and Fred Wilfer and Betty moved into the red
brick mansion to stay. In the mean time he had
established himself in a law practice, had re-
newed old friendships and had settled down as
a responsible citizen.

Betty too had made friends and now she was
going to prove herself a competent little man-
ager of her father’s house. Of course, there
was school as well, a very pleasant school estab-
lished almost within the limits of the Park
where all of Betty’s childish memories
clustered.

Life was settled and happy, and British
Columbia and the Cariboo, though not for-
gotten, were a long way off.

One last picture before the end of this story
which began on the Queen’s Birthday and con-
cludes on another National Holiday, and the
first of its kind, namely July First, 1867, when
Canada celebrated the confederation of its
Provinces on the first Dominion Day.

Of course, in Toronto the celebrations cen-

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