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The Algonquin National Park is situated in the Parry Sound region, just above the Muskoka Lakes, and it has an area of 1,930 square miles. It is well stocked with moose, caribou, white-tailed deer, black bear and beaver.
I array myself in strange raiment, thick and woollen, of many colours; my linen is coarse and sometimes superseded by flannel; I wear a cast-off fur cap on my head and moccasins on my feet. I have grown a beard and a fierce moustache. I have made no money and won no friends except the simple settlers around me here. And I shall grow old and grey in your service, my Muskoka.
"Ah, it is the excitement of these late hours. Try to sleep again." But Helene could sleep no more. A few days later she heard that Edward Macleod, with a party of friends, had gone on a shooting expedition to the Muskoka country. The current of a strong human affection, when it is thrown back upon itself, must find vent in another direction.
Wilson, finding an envelope in his pocket, dropped to a boulder and began writing. "W. B. J., Exeter," he scribbled. "Am at the mine. The tapping has stopped. No one else can go in, so I am going myself. Please send down operator from Ledges to read my tapping if I am unable to return. "Jennings." "Redding! Whar's Red?" shouted Muskoka as he folded the message. "Here. What?"
Trembling, Wilson removed his collar and handed it over. The cowman stepped back and calmly proceeded to shoot a row of holes in it. "There," he announced, returning it, "much better. That's Bonepile fashion. Put it on." Meekly Wilson obeyed, and the circle of cowmen roared at the result. "Now," proceeded Muskoka, "that coat of yours is nice. Very nice. But I think it'd look better inside-out.
But just the summer before he had been grievously offended. Mr. Scott had gone on the annual excursion of the Sons of Scotland to Muskoka.
Your father was a fine man, my dear. Yes, indeed. We knew him well as a student. He preached one summer in where was that, Annabel? Alaska?" "Muskoka, Mother." "Oh, yes, Muskoka, and the Rev. Walter Hislop, your father, was there as a student." "Murray, you mean, Mother." "Don't interrupt me, Annabel. Your uncle preached there two summers, my dear, and I thought my daughter Annabel and he "
Hence it was that he welcomed the idea conveyed in a letter from a friend in Barrie that they, with another boon companion, should go hunting in Muskoka. Edward wrote an immediate agreement to the proposition, mentioning Pine Towers as the place most convenient for them to meet and lay plans for future action. He at once made preparations to depart, for the idea of delay was intolerable to him.
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