Gulf and Glacier

ning. No sooner had they found their places in the "Kamloops" than out

and Bess, thereupon, called them out, as they walked beside

y mean?" inq

of Alaskan chieftain

he old head one,

e embarkation, caught the words and explained that the names we

call, and away went the train, out i

épertoire, and then the head of the family announced that it was time to retire. The porter, William, ha

lph, "make up Number Three

gentlemen," added t

llowed suit shortly afterward, there was silence-for about three minutes. Then

the girls heard him ask. "I thou

re, and I'll get u

Fred Seacomb's voic

nd me your eyeglasses, will

putting her head out between her curtains, timidly called

self for a nap, dressed again, and staggered off

nt any?" he aske

ations with his cups of cold water did not cease u

rails, and when Randolph awoke next morning, he found they were at Chalk River, a small town on t

ar. Our friends secured seats close

red, "to eat a breakf

hed Tom, helping hims

't stop to eat," exclaimed Adelaide, w

ng life, the girls found. Everything w

eir camp-fires," Randolph remarked, as they passed mile

pon thousands of acres of forest near t

, "how long has this

ef account of the Canadian Pacific, on

soil, was long the dream of public-spirited Canadians and Englishmen. On the

ee why," p

of her dominion. Suppose her Pacific cities, existing and to be built, should be attacked by a foreign power. She

gh this wilderness," said Randolph, glancing out of the wi

sed them at every step. You'll see for yourselves to-morrow. Beyond Red River for a thousand miles stretched a great plain, k

lly get to work?"

rise, and afterward handed it over for comple

onductor's story, the

glancing at his watch, "this is North Bay,

rd the shore of the lake, only a few rods distant. "Now, Captain Bess, let's see w

he said nothing, she began hunting about for kindling at once. Ther

ew down in a heap on the pebbly beach, kneeling beside them, and hastily

contest with interest. Several passengers from the other cars

tch spluttered

he cried, as Bess walk

h had long ago drifted ashore. From its upper surface she stripped some thin s

ent on the pebbles, at a litt

Tom!" shout

atches had already been blown out by the fresh lake breeze,

labored Tom. "Wet's water."

pulled off her pretty yachting cap, holding it closely over the bark while she struck her first match. Protected by her dress,

own hair escaping in little curl

s Tom, blowing at his smoki

, old

ry,

ir cheers and laughter t

riumphantly, leaning

upward gleefully through the twigs, and cracking i

owed, and heaped all his hoarded fuel on his si

cival, naming it, as they

r safety; and the engine giving its preconcerted

's hear the rest of the ra

no means averse to the ta

found forests of pine and other timber, together with valuable farming land, and mineral deposits of immense value. The prair

radiant than usual, as he told of the

n years-for which undertaking they received twenty-five million dollars, twenty-

m. "Say, Ran, let's

housand miles beyond Winnipeg. Sometimes they advanced five or six miles a day, armies of men attacking the mountains with thousands of tons o

lause, and all hands turned to the car windows once more, with ne

tricts on the continent. The forest abounded, he said, in moose, bear and caribou-all of which was extremely tantalizing to th

s of red rock, at the base of high cliffs, and across broad tributaries that came sweeping down from far Northern wastes. At times there was a heavy fog, through which the passengers could see the slow waves breaking on the rocks below. Then it would lift, sh

rest to see a fine, sturdy dog with the Esquimaux showing

res in Dr. Kane?" whispered Pet

let of log huts, clustering on a rocky

. Postal cards, buttons, candy and fancy pins disappeared in the pockets of the tourists, to the delight of the proprietor, who had not had such a run o

mpment of Indians-Chippewas they were; half-amused,

r to meet "Central Time." Little girls crowded up to the passengers, selling milk in broken mugs, from small pails with which they darted hit

special invitation, and the united chorus sang over and over all the songs they did-and did not-know. "

ph, Fred and Mr. Selborne singing sturdily along, or pausing when they did not know the tune; Tom, singing at the top of his voice, whether he knew the tune or not, and beating time with a vigor that would have put Carl Zerrahn to shame-ah! how it all co

tle breast-knot of "squirrel-tail grass" which he had picked at Rat Portage, for each young lady. It was very pretty, but before long the objectionable feature of the g

ngers "went ashore," and the empty cars were trund

ge young city, the capital of Manitoba. Twenty years ago its p

bustling Winnipeg, it was curious to notice many rude

re little girls, who plied their

urbs. The only drawback to their enjoyment was the intense heat, and the abundance of gra

mented indignantly; "and the Winnipe

d reach. Tom gathered handfuls of flowers and threw them into expectant laps, only to rush out again and gather more. The short grass was starred with blossoms of every color.

l resembling a prairie-dog, only smaller. They live in burrows all along these sandy embankments. See that little fellow! He sits up o

y were in Indian country now, and at every station a dozen or more dar

the Excursion-a dozen or more in all-and great was the good-natured rivalry in securing good views. Indians were bribed, soldiers flattered and precipices scaled in this fascinating pursuit. As to the hundred travelers, the photographers snapped at them and one another wit

ways winked hard, and occasionally jumped when she "pressed the button"; thereby, as she afterward discovered, giving her characters a peculiar misty effect, which she declared was enchanting. One indefatigable lad

, meeting the squaw just half-way around the building. Tom tried to purchase a sitting with a silver quarter, but the wrathful Indian woman poured out a torrent of Cree invective, and hooked at him with

against her will; and to atone for his conduct, Bessie knelt beside two little

own a villainous-looking Sioux, who was one of Sitting Bull's band that massacred General Custer and his troops a few years before. The Indians in that whole section of Canada are

no, a pool of dry salt, like the white ghost of a lake. The air in the cars becomes insufferably hot. Look at the thermometer, where the sun does not shine, and the air blows in through the open window. It marks full 105°. Mr. Selbor

reep up from the east; a cool breeze touches the fevered faces. Night, beautiful, restful, kindly night, spreads its wings over the we