The Young Woodsman; Or, Life in the Forests of Canada

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Life in the Forests of Canada
Author of Diamond Rock; or, On the Right Track, &c. &c.
1895
I'm afraid there'll be no more school for you now, Frank darling. Will you mind having to go to work?
Mind it! Why, no, mother; not the least bit. I'm quite old enough, ain't I?
I suppose you are, dear; though I would like to have you stay at your lessons for one more year anyway. What kind of work would you like best?
That's not a hard question to answer, mother. I want to be what father was.
The mother's face grew pale at this reply, and for some few moments she made no response.

The march of civilization on a great continent means loss as well as gain. The opening up of the country for settlement, the increase and spread of population, the making of the wilderness to blossom as the rose, compel the gradual retreat and disappearance of interesting features that can never be replaced. The buffalo, the beaver, and the elk have gone; the bear, the Indian, and the forest in which they are both most at home, are fast following.