&
took the ohempiomhip at A great V1.8. teir. Bren it you killed an anlmul
at that sin and used mm merely for beer. he'd. be worth more per pound than
the iém. you august".

when I speak or visitors .‘ oi oourae, I am not referring to the

winter. when we had no guests. But during the fishing and gone ueaoon
we always had. houee "guests, and many uninvited. guests oamping down by
the river. after the trout and the small game-—pa.rtriciae, pmirio ohicicen
,phenea.nt and mallard duok on the ponds. 1_ have had mung does spring din-
eotly in treat or our horse, and I've seen wonderful antlers gleaming
through the trees. but 1 never told. at the ranohouse about this, because
I ciidnnt want the lovely things k':il1.ed on our place. who Indiana brought
us all land: or venison, moose, wild. sheep-, goat see. and somehow that
I liked to pretend that the wild stuff in our own woods hadoomo down ‘cure {or
sanotuae-ry. 01‘ course, the men on than themselves, but anyway I waa'nt .
going '00 oentribute to the knowledge or ‘their presence. W

I would not leave the impression that winters in Alberta are
neoaeseriiy all cold and that snowstorm: are the general rule. who climate
is unusual. ineemoh as often in a. spell of com that sent tie thennoneter down
to it) to even 4.5 degrees: below aero. suddenly out or the mountains would come
a. great wind. may oalled it an "0hinoek", uni its origin was mid to be nw
man the Japanese current. This wind uvould be snnoet not: Inside or a
few hours, we would witneee the miracle of all the snow: evaporated, stream
running, weather as balmy as a June day. and. sometimes this weather would last
for weeks.

However, there came the inevitable day when! made up my mind

that" I needed. a. change. 1 was "fed up" on ranch 1110. 1 nma
xzsoplo better than cattle. 1 me An annex? mung tint 1 ‘one spoiled for
life again in a. ‘big oity, but at least I told when I wanted to get 3 tone
ot it again. No doubt, as all nw neighbors insisted, I would be going back