SEEDS OF PINE

By

JANEY CANUCK

Author of
"Open Trails", etc.

"A handful of pine-seeds will cover mountains with the green majesty of the forest, and I, too, will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high."
Fiona Macleod

TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED

Copyright, Canada, 1922
THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LTD.
PUBLISHERS
TORONTO

Affectionately dedicated to
my four brothers;

Thomas R. Ferguson, K.C.
Gowan Ferguson, M.D.
Harcourt Ferguson, K.C.
Honourable Mr. Justice W. N. Ferguson

CONTENTS

Chapter
I [WESTWARD WITH THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC]
II [A FRONTIER POST]
III [TO THE BUILDERS]
IV [BEHIND THE HILLS]
V [THE END OF STEEL]
VI [BITTER WATERS]
VII [MOTORING TO ATHABASCA LANDING]
VIII [COUNTRY DELIGHTS]
IX [AT THE LANDING]
X [ON THE ATHABASCA RIVER]
XI [SOME NORTHERN PIONEERS]
XII [AT THE PARTING OF THE RIVERS]
XIII [ON THE PORTAGE]
XIV [ON THE LESSER SLAVE RIVER]
XV [THE BISHOP OF THE ARCTIC]
XVI [NORTHERN VISTAS]
XVII [A COUNTRY WOMAN AT THE CITY RACES]
XVIII [IN NORTHERN GARDENS]
XIX [COMMUNING WITH THE RUTHENIANS]
XX [THE SHADOW OF THE SCAFFOLD]
XXI [THE BABOUSHKA]
XXII [THE HERO PRIESTS OF THE NORTH]
XXIII [COAL-MINING IN ALBERTA]
XXIV [THE PLAYGROUNDS OF THE WEST]
XXV [THE OVERLAND TRAIL OF '98]
XXVI [A SONG OF THIS LAND]