A Letter of Destiny 
     
    
   
   
    
     rising and setting of the sun are the most 
     
     exciting events of the average day. But 
     
     the people are very kind and hospitable; 
     
     and Prince Edward Island in the month 
     
     of June is such a thing as you don’t often 
     
     see except in happy dreams. There are 
     
     some trout in the pond and you’ll always 
     
     find an old salt at the harbour ready and 
     
     willing to take you out cod-fishing or lob— 
     
     stering. 
     
    

    
     “ I’ll bequeath you my boarding house. 
     
     You’ll find it comfortable and not further 
     
     from the school than a good constitu- 
     
     tional. Mrs. Williamson is the dearest 
     
     soul alive; and She is one of those old- 
     
     fashioned cooks who feed you on feasts 
     
     of fat things and whose price is above 
     
     rubies. 
     
    

    
     “ Her husband, Robert, or Bob, as he is 
     
     commonly called despite his sixty years, 
     
     is quite a character in his way. He is an 
     
     amusing old gossip, with a turn for racy 
     
     comment and a finger in everybody’s 
     
     pie. He knows everything about every- 
     
    
   
   
    
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