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CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.

GOOD NEWS AND ROMANTIC SCENERY--BEAR-HUNTING AND ITS RESULTS.

Jacques failed in his attempt to break off his engagement with the fur-traders. The gentleman in charge of Norway House, albeit a good-natured, estimable man, was one who could not easily brook disappointment, especially in matters that involved the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company; so Jacques was obliged to hold to his compact, and the pastor had to search for another guide.

Spring came, and with it the awakening (if we may use the expression) of the country from the long, lethargic sleep of winter. The sun burst forth with irresistible power, and melted all before it. Ice and snow quickly dissolved, and set free the waters of swamp and river, lake and sea, to leap and sparkle in their new-found liberty. Birds renewed their visits to the regions of the north; frogs, at last unfrozen, opened their leathern jaws to croak and whistle in the marshes, and men began their preparations for a summer campaign.

At the commencement of the season an express arrived with letters from headquarters, which, among other matters of importance, directed that Messrs. Somerville and Hamilton should be dispatched forthwith to the Saskatchewan district, where, on reaching Fort Pitt, they were to place themselves at the disposal of the gentleman in charge of the district. It need scarcely be added that the young men were overjoyed on receiving this almost unhoped-for intelligence, and that Harry expressed his satisfaction in his usual hilarious manner, asserting somewhat profanely, in the excess of his glee, that the governor-in-chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick." Hamilton agreed to all his friend's remarks with a quiet smile, accompanied by a slight chuckle, and a somewhat desperate attempt at a caper, which attempt, bordering as it did on a region of buffoonery into which our quiet and gentlemanly friend had never dared hitherto to venture, proved an awkward and utter failure. He felt this, and blushed deeply.

1. Who did Jacque have an appointment with that could not be broken?
2. Was the man in charge of Norway House foul tempered?
3. what arrived at the beginning of spring?
4. what did the express bring?
5. from where?
6. who was coming to Saskatchewan?
7. where were they going there?
8. What was the governor of Rupert
9. what were the men preparing for now that spring was here?
10. what were the frogs doing?
11. what did the pastor have to do since Jacque couldn't leave?
12. How did Harry show his happiness?
13. Did Hamilton agree?

Numbered answers:
1. Jacques
2. no
3. the awakening of the country
4. letters
5. headquarters
6. Somerville and Hamilton
7. Fort Pitt
8. a "regular brick"
9. preparations for a summer campaign
10. croaking and whistling
11. search for another guide
12. by asserting that the governor-in-chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick"
13. yes