Chapter I: Front Matter

Daughters of the Dominion

=D a u g h t e r s o f t h e=
=D o m i n i o n=

A Story of the Canadian Frontier

BY
=BESSIE MARCHANT=

AUTHOR OF “SISTERS OF SILVER CREEK,” “A HEROINE OF THE SEA,”
“HOPE’S TRYST” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I.

TORONTO
T H E M U S S O N B O O K C O M P A N Y
L I M I T E D

CANADA is a great mother; there is room in her heart
not merely for her own children, but for the needy of
every nation. They may all come to her and find a home,
if only they will work to earn it.

CONTENTS

I. THE LONE HOUSE AT BLUE BIRD RIDGE
II. NELL’S DILEMMA
III. THE OLD COAT
IV. WHAT THE NEW DAY BROUGHT
V. SUMMONED HOME
VI. A STRANGE WELCOME
VII. A NEW VOCATION
VIII. MOVED ON
IX. A FRIEND IN NEED
X. TO FILL THE BREACH
XI. THE RECOGNITION OF MRS. NICHOLS
XII. NELL LEARNS HER FAMILY HISTORY
XIII. ON THE LIST
XIV. PROMOTED
XV. THE NEW RESIDENT
XVI. CAMP’S GULCH
XVII. ONE-SIDED CONFIDENCES
XVIII. THE DEAD CHINAMAN
XIX. TO THE RESCUE
XX. FAIRLY CAUGHT
XXI. A PATIENT FOR MRS. NICHOLS
XXII. THE FATE OF THE PRISONER
XXIII. HONOURING THE HEROINE
XXIV. A SISTER BY ADOPTION
XXV. THE HUMOURS OF TRADING
XXVI. A WOMAN OF BUSINESS
XXVII. AN EARLY CUSTOMER
XXVIII. DOSS UMPEY’S EXCUSES
XXIX. THE ARRIVAL
XXX. AN ADVENTURE
XXXI. DIVIDING THE FAMILY

ILLUSTRATIONS

NELL NURSES THE STRANGER

“COME RIGHT IN, WILL YOU, PLEASE, MISS?”

“NELL FOUND THAT SHE WAS BY FAR THE MORE EXPERT ON SNOW-SHOES”

“FOR ME? BUT I DON’T EXPECT ANY PARCEL!”

THE RESCUE-PARTY DISCOVER NELL ON THE RAILWAY TRACK

“I HEARD A LITTLE ABOUT A FRIEND OF YOURS AWAY DOWN IN THE CITY,” HE SAID.