DANIEL CONANT.
THE AUTHOR’S FATHER.
MARY ELIZA CONANT.
THE AUTHOR’S MOTHER.
CHAPTER XI.
The “Trent affair”—Excitement in Canada—Bombastic “fire-eaters”—Thriving banks—High rates of interest—Railway building—The bonus system—A sequestered hamlet—A “psychologist” and his entertainment—A mock duel—A tragic page of family history.
“There is no other land like thee,
No dearer shore;
Thou art the shelter of the free;
The home, the port of liberty
Thou hast been and shalt ever be
Till time is o’er.
Ere I forget to think upon
My land, shall mother curse the son
She bore!”