Good land in Ontario means seventy-five to a hundred dollars per acre, and a man can't do with less than a hundred acres; besides, farming is getting to be a science now-a-days, Sir." "Ah, quite true! But to a young man bred on a farm in this country--" "Excuse me, Mr.Rae," replied Martin quickly, "there is no such thing in Canada as a gentleman farmer.

The farmer works with his men." "Do you mean that he actually works ?" inquired "Lily." "With the plough and hoe, and that sort of thing ?" "Works all day long, as long as any of his men, and indeed longer." "And does he actually live--?
of course he doesn't eat with his servants ?" said "Lily" in a tone that deprecated the preposterous proposition.
"They all eat together in the big kitchen," replied Martin.
"How awful!" gasped "Lily." "My father does," replied Martin, a little colour rising in his cheek, "and my mother, and my brothers.

They all eat with the men; my sister, too, except when she waits on table." "Fine!" exclaimed Miss Brodie.

"And why not?
'Lily,' I'm afraid you're horribly snobbish." "Thank the Lord," said "Lily" devoutly, "I live in this beloved Scotland!" "But, Mr.Martin, forgive my persistence, I understand there is cheaper land in certain parts of Canada; in, say, ManitoBAW." "Ah, yes, Sir, of course, lots of it; square miles of it!" cried Martin with enthusiasm.

"The very best out of doors, and cheap, but I fancy there are some hardships in Manitoba." "But I see by the public newspapers," continued Mr.Rae, "that there is a very large movement in the way of emigration toward that country." "Yes, there's a great boom on in Manitoba just now." "Boom ?" said "Lily." "And what exactly may that be in the vernacular ?" "I take it," said Mr.Rae, evidently determined not to allow the conversation to get out of his hands, "you mean a great excitement consequent upon the emigration and the natural rise in land values ?" "Yes, Sir," cried Martin, "you've hit it exactly." "Then would there not be opportunity to secure a considerable amount of land at a low figure in that country ?" "Most certainly! But it's fair to say that success there means work and hardship and privation.