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The House of Cariboo, and Other Tales from Arcadia

Chapter 31: Transcriber’s Notes:
By A. Paul Gardiner
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The collection gathers sketches of riverine island life and a longer frontier tale that follows a family who travel to the gold fields and face debt, legal entanglements, and community rivalries. Interspersed short pieces evoke the archipelago’s seasonal rhythms, idle summers, and weather‑worn hamlets; episodes in the mining camp present prospecting adventures, anecdotal backstories such as an initialed tree and a Christmas episode, and a recurring struggle with a shrewd moneylender whose schemes are repeatedly frustrated. Themes of homecoming, practical resourcefulness, and the contrast between tranquil domestic scenes and the hazards of fortune‑seeking unify the volume.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Quotation marks have been standardized.

Page 7. Chap. VIII changed to
Chap. VIII.
Page 8. Chap. XVIX. LeClare to changed to
Chap. XIX. LeClare to
Page 14. the group, picnicing with their friends changed to
the group, picnicking with their friends
Page 54. the wheelright’s place changed to
the wheelwright’s
Page 60. just to show, as he said that there changed to
just to show, as he said, that there
Page 108. Barbara Sickness she herself had ever known changed to
Barbara. Sickness she herself had ever known
Page 139. the fulfill the legal requirements changed to
to fulfill the legal requirements
Page 201. dark cottages of the lane the homeing changed to
dark cottages of the lane the homing
Page 206. and the laught didn’t seem to be changed to
and the laugh didn’t seem to be
Page 213. “Better do something for him.” changed to
“Better do something for him,”
Page 214. at the cut in my leg,” “Say, old chap,” changed to
at the cut in my leg.” “Say, old chap,”
Page 215. it’s pretty bad.” said Ribbon. changed to
it’s pretty bad,” said Ribbon.