"No, not very good.

One of the Belgians took a fever and nearly died.

After that it was rather late in the season; many Indian families had already gone down to Ste.
Anne de Chicoutimi and could not be found; and on top of it all a canoe was wrecked when running a rapid on the way back, and it was hard work fishing the pelts out of the river, without mentioning the fact that one of the bosses was nearly drowned,-the same one that had the fever.

No, we were unlucky all through.

But here we are none the less, and it is always another job over and done with." A gesture signified to the listeners that the task was completed, the wages paid and the ultimate profits or losses not his affair.
"Always another job over and done with,"-he slowly repeated the words.