Morris tribune., 1896-01-01
copvaloAr. 1896. BY FREDeR.ckA. STOKES COMPANY

4 received as deep ana comprehensive an
education as would put the expensive,
ornamental and often superficial so
called finished educations of some of
Britain s fashionable ladies colleges to
the blush? Colleges where confused
and meaningless reference to certain art
topics, u few glib references to Herbert
4 Spencer or the prevailing quasi ethical
1 or scientific fad of the day, passes for
/ erudition Besides, she bore the name
/ of st. Denis, But, after all, had things
/ been different, had not this cold blooded
calculating way of weighing all the
possible contingencies initiating against
1 his desire to possess her been satisfac
tory, it is possible that he would have
/ been but little influenced by them, AT
least he had come perilously near that
stage The question that exercised him
most now was, Did she care for him?
Think as he might, she had given him
no sign whatever OF either positive lik
ing or dislike Then his pride came to
his aid and the thought of previous
experience to his mind Was he then,
going to stake his happiness by surren
dering himself to the caprice of any
woman? He would see if a little delay
would not work change in him. The
hustle of Regina would enable him to
forget her-if he could
Then the east bound train ratified on
past Crane lake, Gull lake, Goose lake
these stretches Of water being now in
distinguishable from the leagues Of
Honotonous rolling prairie by reason of
their ice bound and snowy NANTES
Every little station house they passed
was exactly like its neighbor-that is,
weatherboarded and gabled two storied
building, painted a warm brown color,
strip of wooden platform, in front of
which were two steel rails which
seemed to go out and on into infinite
space, and row of telegraph poles
which dwindled away at the horizon
line into we'll defined point, Offering
one Of the finest lessons in perspective
that the youthful and inquiring mind
could possibly have,
To the unthinking mind perhaps this
journey over the prairie may be mo-
nOtonoUs one, but to the thinker and lover
of nature il her many moods the spirit
Of grim utilitarianism IN the presence
Of the engine that hurries him along is
lost sight OF. There is instead a realiza-
ton Of that glamour which surrounds cur
youthful conceptions of the illimitablo
new world prairie lands, where from
the rising to the setting sun the pictur
esque red man and the countless herds
Of buffalo reigned supreme. Il is more
than glimpse Of that mystic prairie
whose very air is pregnant with ro-
nance, and which will stir the blood
in the veins Of youth and fire the mag
ination of old as we'll as young for all
time to come-at least until man has
been evolved into that in which all
traces Of his savage ancestry have been
lost and therefore the old instincts cease
to move him.
Swift Current and the welcome init
nation, Luncheon is served in the din
ing carr And those of the passengers
who could afford SO cents made for the
second last car-that hotel upon wheels
where, be it said in justice to the Cana
dian Pacific railway, one can always get
a substantial and very daintily served
little meal, good glass of wine and
fairly good cigar at a moderate figure.
"You and Pierre can go in and have
your lunch, . said Harry Ycrke to
Townley. II don t feel like it at pres
ent. I'll come in later and get cup of
tea.
"Why, Harry said the youth,
"don' let it''-but he broke off sud-
denly when he looked at his comrades
face and only said: "I'm sorry you
don t feel like it, old chap. If I didn't
know you, I'd say you stood on the dig
nifty of your three stripes. Allons, San
cho :"
And the idea regarding the stripes SO
seemed to tickle the irreverent youngster
that he INDUCED in a grim chuckle. For
the noncommissioned officers Of the
mounted police, be it said to their
credit, relied in reality more upon the
force and influence of their individual
ity than any mere supremacy which
rank gave them, which of course was
essential in its way. Then the private
caught the little scout by the arm and
marched him along toward the we'll
appointed Pullman dining car. Here
little incident occurred, trifing in itself,
but serving to show the comedies we
sometimes unwittingly take part in.