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of all he now held his head up; he had lost the
hang-dog look.

‘After all,” the professor confided once to
Mary Mulligan, ‘“‘the lad must have some back-
bone, or he would not have set out for the ends
of the earth without so much as a half-penny
in his pocket. He’ll make a good man yet.”

The book that Jim had joked Betty about
was a fine copy of Ballantyne’s “Hudson Bay,”
which had been presented to the little girl by
one of the clerks at Fort Garry as a parting
gift. It had been published ten years previ-
ously, but as books did not travel round the
world as fast then as they do now, it was new
to them all.

“Tt?s most interesting,’ Betty answered Jim
sedately. “I’m learning a great deal about
the country by reading it. And Arthur and
Mully like it too, when I read aloud to them.”

“T learn about the country by keeping my
eyes open,” Jim told her.

“T wish you’d stay with the cart a while,”
Betty begged, “I’m sure you’ve hunted enough
for today.” 3

“See that little valley over there, with trees

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