But all the while his heart and Elizabeth's were in the land and its problems; for them the true, the entrancing Canada was in the wilds.

And for Anderson, who through so many years, as an explorer and engineer, had met Nature face to face, his will against hers, in a direct and simple conflict, the tedious and tortuous methods of modern politics were not easy to learn.

He must indeed learn them--he was learning them; and the future had probably great things in store for him, as a politician.

But he came back to the Saskatchewan farm with joy, and he would leave it reluctantly.
"If only I wasn't so rich!" thought Elizabeth, with compunction.

For she often looked with envy on her neighbours who had gone through the real hardships of the country; who had bought their Canadian citizenship with the toil and frugality of years.