But Mr.
Anderson seems to know everybody--gets everything done.

Instead of sending my letters round this morning he telephoned to everybody for me.
And everybody is coming.

Isn't it too kind?
You know it is for Papa's sake"-- she explained eagerly--"because Canada thinks she owes him something." Delaine suggested that perhaps life in Winnipeg was monotonous, and its inhabitants might be glad of distractions.

He also begged--with a slight touch of acerbity--that now that he had joined them he too might be made use of.
"Ah! but you don't know the country," said Lady Merton gently.

"Don't you feel that we must get the natives to guide us--to put us in the way?
It is only they who can really feel the poetry of it all." Her face kindled.