CHAPTER I

THE MENDICANTS REACH WINNIPEG

The Mendicants leave Chicago--The invisible parallel of 49 where the eagle perches and makes amorous eyes at the beaver--Union Jack floats on an ox-cart--A holy baggage-room--Winnipeg, the Buckle of the Wheat-Belt--The trapper and the doctor--Mrs. Humphry Ward speaks--Boy Makers of Empire--The vespers of St. Boniface

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