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They travelled in a comfortable and leis-
urely style, first to San Francisco and thence
by a long sea voyage to New York, finally
reaching Toronto by rail. And by the time they
came to the end of their journey most of the
Cariboo gold had been used up and they were
poor again!

It is hardly necessary to say that Mary
Mulligan would not let her Betty leave the
country without seeing her to Say goodbye, and
she made the long j ourney to New Westminster
for the purpose.

And it was important also for the people of
the Cariboo. Prices of necessities came down,
and luxuries that had been impossible, such as
pianos and cushioned furniture were now
brought up by wagon over the Wide new road
to grace the cabins of lucky miners. And Jim
and Arthur, still working on the Williams
Creek claim; were happy not to be forced to pay
fifty dollars for a pair of boots and twenty for
a flannel shirt.

Mary Mulligan’s last words to Fred Wilfer
had been:

“Remember sir, there’s me little cottage
still there and empty since my sister who was
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