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The following appeared in Truth in the form of a prose tale of considerable length. We have concentrated the essence thereof into the few verses below. It is a tale of the Canadian Northwest, during the times of the Hudson Bay Company's rule.
Two youths, employed at the fur fort, / Resolved to have half-day of sport;