+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber’s note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ GLEANER TALES BY ROBERT SELLAR HUNTINGDON, Q. 1895 Entered according to act of parliament of Canada, in the year 1895, by Robert Sellar, at the Department of Agriculture. A glance at the map shows the south-western extremity of the province of Quebec to be a wedge shaped bit of territory; the St. Lawrence on one side, the United States on the other. All that is related in the following pages is associated with this corner of Canada. The name of the book comes from the newspaper in which most of the tales first appeared. There is a purpose in the book. It attempts to convey in a readable form an idea of an era in the life of Canada which has passed--that of its first settlement by emigrants from the British isles--and to give an account of two striking episodes in its history, the invasion under Hampton and the year of the ship fever. These are historically correct; the briefer tales are based on actual incidents in the lives of early settlers in the old county of Huntingdon. CONTENTS. PAGE HEMLOCK 1 ARCHANGE AND MARIE 205 THE SETTLER’S FIRST GRIST 225 ABNER’S DEVICE 236 A SETTLER’S STORY 254 JEANIE MORISON 290 LOST 318 AN INCIDENT OF HUNTINGDON FAIR 324 THE SUMMER OF SORROW 341 NOTE 459 HEMLOCK. CHAPTER I.