doad in the water while hor passengers were ferriod ashore in the life- boats. AS an added feuture, she had a weird, bellowing whistle that played havoc with the nerves of horses on the riverside farms.

One Septsmber afternoon, Robert MacPhail brought down to the wharf a half-dozen steers for shipment to Charlottetown wholesalers.'.Theanimals made no objection to going down the gangplank, and stood quietly at their tie-ups as the City pulled away from the wharf and headed down river. As she neared Machwen's wharf, her whistle broke into its familiar earth- shaking roar. The steers responded by snapping their tie ropes, plunging over the side, and striking out for shore. Several weeks later the last of ._ the sextet was rounded up in the vicinity of the Bonshaw €ourt House. | After a season or two, it became obvious that she should go elsewhere and she was put into service somewhere on the mainland. Her place was taken by the Harland, a smaller, much less glamorous packet, much better suitod to the run. |

To most country peoples, a trip to the city by steamer was as much a pleasurable outing as a matter of business -- a welcome break in the routine of everyday living. Especially was this true of the first Spring run, to the younger ma‘Le adults of the community. With the monotony of a long, drab winter behind then, they were naturally agog for the novelty of a day in the city, before settling down to the grind.of spring planting. When the steamer arrived at West River bridge on the morning of the long- awaited day, she found the wharf crowded with avid excursionists from New Haven, Clyde River, Churchill, Elmwood, St. Catherine's, Canoe Cove, and points beyond. It was significant that seldom, if ever, were ladies to be found among the passengers on this initial voyage of the season. Experienca. had taught them that the return trip was likely to be something other then — serend. |

Four o'clock in the afternoon was the scheduled time of departure from

the Charlottetown wharf, but on these occasions it was extended until the

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