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Katherine Radford stretched her arms wearily above her head as she spoke. There had been five days of persistent snowfall; but this morning the clouds had broken, showing strips and patches of blue sky, and there was bright sunshine flooding the world again, with hard and sparkling frost. "Why don't you go?" demanded Phil, who was the youngest. "Miles and me don't mind having a holiday at all." "Speak for yourself if you like," growled Miles, who was thirteen; "but I want to get this schooling business over and done with, so that I can start doing something useful." "And speak grammatically, please, or else keep silent | A Countess from Canada - A Story of Life in the Backwoods 1 A Countess from Canada - A Story of Life in the Backwoods The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Countess from Canada by Bessie Marchant This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods Author Bessie Marchant Release Date February 16 2004 EBook 11110 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A COUNTESS FROM CANADA Produced by Prepared by Al Haines A COUNTESS FROM CANADA A Story of Life in the Backwoods BY BESSIE MARCHANT Author of Three Girls in Mexico Daughters of the Dominion Sisters of Silver Creek A Courageous Girl c. ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO Contents CHAP. I. BEYOND THE SECOND PORTAGE II. A CURIOUS ACCIDENT III. OUTWITTING THE ENEMY IV. A NIGHT OF ROUGH WORK V. A SACRED CONFIDENCE VI. BUSINESS BOTHERS VII. ANOTHER CLUE VIII. THE FIRST RAIN IX. THE FLOOD X. THE STRANGER PROVES A FRIEND IN NEED XI. A WOMAN OF BUSINESS XII. THE FIRST OF THE FISHING XIII. MARY XIV. WOULD THEY BE FRIENDS XV. MR. SELINCOURT IS INDISCREET XVI. WE MUST BE FRIENDS XVII. DUKE RADFORD S NEW FRIEND XVIII. STANDING ASIDE XIX. AN AWKWARD FIX XX. KATHERINE MAKES A DISCOVERY XXI. MATTER FOR HEARTACHE XXII. A BUSINESS XXIII. THE MAJORITY DECIDES XXIV. MR. SELINCOURT IS CONFIDENTIAL XXV. THE RIFT IN THE CLOUDS XXVI. FIGHTING THE STORM XXVII. A BEARER OF EVIL TIDINGS XXVIII. THE GLADNESS XXIX. WINTER AGAIN XXX. PREPARATIONS XXXI. THE WEDDING CHAPTER I 2 Illustrations The Rescue of Jarvis Ferrars Duke Radford Meets with an Accident Katherine and Miles Spearing for Fish With all her strength Katherine hauled at the rope Bartering with the Indians Drifting Down the River CHAPTER I Beyond the Second Portage Oh dear how I should love to go out .