As I Remember Them My father was very interested in giving his family an education. My grandfather, who died a year before my mother, had left her a considerable amount of money, which my parents intended for their family's education. As we had a third class teacher in Little Sands who had not taught for several years, my father sent me to Lyn- dale School. Later he sent his daughter Nella to Uigg and his daughter Olive to Murray River to attend school. My father was a great story teller. In the evenings a number of farmers came to our home and many stories were told about his many experiences in the West and North. In some of the stories the final line was said in Gaelic and I lost the meaning. My father said it sounded funnier in Gaelic. When we kids got noisy he would just look around and all would be quiet for several minutes, although he never touched us. When he said "Run and get the ham¬ mer," I ran. He did not ask the second time, but if you did not go immediately, he got it himself, never saying a word. One felt worse than if punished. He was so good to the younger children I feel that he was feeling sorry for them losing their mother. In his later years he used to visit his daughters in for the winter. When he got home in the spring he seemed to be shaky, but by fall he would be climbing to the roof of the barn, replacing any loose shingles. He kept his memory until he died at the age of 87 years. I don't think he ever was in hospital. 23