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AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
artist, “ nothing will give me more pleasure ; but
I fear my steed is too much exhausted to”—
“ Oh ! make your mind easy on that score,”
said the fur-trader, interrupting him. “I have
plenty of capital horses, and can mount the whole
of you, so that’s settled. And now, friends, do
justice to your supper, I shall be back before you
have done.”
So saying, Mr. Pemberton left the room, and
our three friends, being unusually hungry, fell
vigorously to work on the good cheer of Fort
Erie