The Young Emigrants

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Catherine Laura Johnstone. The Young Emigrants

The Young Emigrants

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CHAPTER I. OFF TO LIVERPOOL

CHAPTER II. THE VOYAGE TO QUEBEC

CHAPTER III. ON THE TRAIN

CHAPTER IV. IN ASSINIBOIA

CHAPTER V. BACHELOR FARMING

CHAPTER VI. THE INSPECTOR’S STORY—LOST IN THE SNOW

CHAPTER VII. THE THRESHERS—A NARROW ESCAPE—ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE

CHAPTER VIII. A NEW ARRIVAL—KILLING A WOLF

CHAPTER IX. AN EXPEDITION BY THE MAIL-COACH—AN AMATEUR HOSPITAL

CHAPTER X. A CANDIDATE FOR JAIL—LIFE ON A RANCH—SOMETHING TURNS UP

CHAPTER XI. DISCONTENT—TAMING A BRONCHO—A HAZARDOUS ADVENTURE

CHAPTER XII. A VISIT TO CHICAGO—MEETING AN OLD FRIEND—CONCLUSION

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Catherine Laura Johnstone

A Story for Boys

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“A thousand miles?” said Johnnie; “why, that would be as far as from London to Vienna. Indeed I do not quite recollect where he is, and his brother said the place was not marked on our maps.”

Just at that moment the father of the family came in for his tea, and Mrs. Wilmot told him what they were talking about. “Well,” he said, “I have often thought myself that we should have to send some of our children to the colonies, and Canada seems nearer than most of them. I hear that boys no older than Johnnie go there, and can pick up a living; and perhaps if he went out first, he would be able to make a home for the rest. But I have to pass the Canadian Agency to-night, so I will just look in and ask about it.”

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