18 FIFTY YEARS IN WESTERN CANADA

had just commenced to tear a way for its future line
along the steep banks of the river.

In the evening, after supper his boys would ‘‘dis-
course sweet music’’ to the camps of workingmen, and
a collection was taken up by Father Le Jeune.
The men were generally lost in admiration of the
ability of the performers, some of whom seemed to
them so young that they were inclined to imagine
they were there only for sake of number. They would
even offer them money to hear them play separately
their own instruments and make sure that they were
not dummies. Practically everywhere people showed
themselves generous to the troupe, and when the
youngsters returned to St. Mary’s, they had amassed
more than was necessary to defray the cost of a good
organ, the playing of which at church naturally
devolved on the bandmaster.

This was in 1881. Another form of extra-theo-
logical activity for Brother Morice—for he must
always have extra work to do—was the reprinting of a
series of letters his Bishop had written for the British
Columbian on the ever important question of education.
We have not forgotten our subject’s passion for
printing. He had acquired for his new post a little
printing press which was more practical than the
trinket he had used at N. D. de Sion, but, nevertheless,
was still little more than a toy, since its outfit did not
even comprise a composing-stick. With this, how-
ever, he printed a neat little pamphlet, which was sent
to all the members of the Provincial Legislature and
the principal institutions of the country. Very few,
if any, of these reminders of the early days now
remain in British Columbia. If appreciated in pro-
portion to their scarcity, they should now fetch a
pretty good price from bibliophiles.