The Woman Prospector and the Reluctant Guide
In Moose Island country a silent Woman Prospector meets a wary American guide named Mitchell. She seeks a six week voyage northwest for heavy work, with strict pay and no questions, while her austere cabin and formidable skill reveal a lonely, powerful figure in the Deep Water frontier.
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Little Head Island
Pector
Moose Island
Mitchell
Ben Mitchell
Cameron
Est
Weman
Pease Island
Wari
Womar
Ana
Wate
Peterborough
Becaus
Dianna
Curious Manners and a Quiet Departure
A narrator recalls a tense canoe departure after a tense exchange with a woman named Boyce. The scene ends with him unsure why he acted, while provincial debt reductions and wheat marketing milestones frame a brief news update. Premier Bracken announces debt cuts. Wheat sales in Western Canada reach 84,662,293 bushels by Oct. 1. The Chicago Board of Trade moves to curb price swings from speculation. Arthur de Wet Foster, once sidelined from Parliament in 1914, accepts a Conservative nomination for Hants, N.S.
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Bracken
Canada
Chicago Board of Trade
Arthur de Wet Foster
Parliamen
Hants
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the Woman Prospector
Woma
Sage
Jack Miner
Isc
Boyce
Thax
Bie
McIntosh
McIntosh Red Apples
Royal Crown
A. Astbury
Russell