"I went to school as well as to college in St.Johns.

You see, father was a merchant there until he bought a great tract of land on the west coast.

Then he gave up his business in the city and came over here to establish a lobster factory, which at that time promised to pay better than anything else on the island.

He left us all in St.Johns, and it was only after his death that we came over here to live and try to save something from the wreck of his property.

Now I don't know what is to become of us; for, unless one is allowed to can lobsters, there isn't much chance of making a living on the French shore.