--{ To CARIBOO AND BACK }-- others and make no trouble. You'll not catch me singing no songs again unless I’m asked ie They asked him about his parents and his home, but to these questions he gave evasive replies. He would not look them straight in the eye, which angered Jim and displeased the professor, but only made Mary the sorrier for him. “He’s had the hard life, poor lad; and he’s scared, like a stray cat,” she said to her- self. ‘ So she beckoned the professor through a door that led into the back hall. “Sure, ’m sorry for that English boy, so far away from home and all,” she said to him. “Couldn’t we take him into the party of us? We'd not miss the bit of food he’d eat. I suspicion he’s no money much to see him through, nor so much as a blanket or a buffalo skin to wrap round him at night!’ “Well, I’ve an extra rug if it’s needed,” said the professor kindly. “And I’ve a few spare dollars to help pay for food.” “And I’ve the same,” quoth Mary. ‘So then t’is settled and the boy will stay by us.” Then Mary, or the “Little General” as she had been nicknamed, spoke with a voice of Be ee ea ee [57]