"If you don't mind." Martin laughed.

"Then they had grub, and that afternoon grandfather cut the trees and the boys limbed them off, clearing the ground where the first house stood.

That night they slept in a little brush hut that did them for a house until grandmother came two weeks later." "What ?" said Doctor Dunn.

"Your grandmother went into the forest ?" "Yes, Sir," said Martin; "and two miles of solid black bush stretched between her and the next woman." "Why, of course, my dear," said Mrs.Dunn, taking part for the first time in the conversation.

"What else ?" They all laughed.
"Of course, Mother," said her eldest son, "that's what you would do." "So would I, Mamma, wouldn't I ?" whispered Rob, leaning towards her.
"Certainly, my dear," replied his mother; "I haven't the slightest doubt." "And so would any woman worth her salt if she loved her husband," cried Miss Brodie with great emphasis.
"Why, why," cried Doctor Dunn, "it's the same old breed, Mother." "But in Manitoba-- ?" began Mr.Rae, still clinging to the subject.
"Oh, in Manitoba there is no forest to cut.