In the course of years Mr. Mainwaring died, and Steve found himself a rich man, the owner of many broad acres in America, and of more in France and in England. But he never left his native country. The charm of the backwoods held him a prisoner, while he could never forsake Jim and Mac and Pete and many another trapper, now grown old and feeble and dependent upon him. The storm of the American revolution, which lost us one of our finest possessions, passed over his head like a huge rumbling cloud, leaving him unharmed. For he remained a neutral, in spite of threats and fines, declining to fight against his old comrades-in-arms, though he was conscious that his fellow-colonists had many grievances. When that struggle was ended, Steve made his way up those historic lakes, St. George and Champlain, found the hillock which he and Jim and their comrades had defended, and fought his battles over again. That zig-zag path up the face of the ridge at Quebec attracted his attention, and he clambered to the summit of the Anse du Foulon. His steps took him to that spot where the gallant soul of Wolfe had departed, and once again he saw the triple line of the English, heard the roar of their double-shotted weapons, and watched the charge of those gallant fellows. He was a lad again. The years which had flown past since those momentous times were bridged for the moment, and once again he was Captain Steve Mainwaring, fighting for a noble cause, the friend and leader of a gallant band of trappers and redskins. * * * * * [Transcriber's Notes: The transcriber made these changes to the text to correct obvious errors: 1. p. 120, "If all is right, --> If all is right, 2. p. 127, embarassment --> embarrassment 3. p. 136, separted --> separated 4. p. 184, tree." --> tree. 5. p. 229, "We will return --> We will return 6. p. 281, Levis --> Lévis 7. p. 300, own friends again. --> own friends again." 8. p. 372, Levis --> Lévis 9. p. 374, Levis --> Lévis 10. p. 382, Levis --> Lévis End of Transcriber's Notes] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of How Canada was Won, by F. S. Brereton