The brother and sister agreed that a less remittance than ten pounds would not do to bring their parents to Canada, and how to raise the $50 was a subject of concern to them.  What produce they had to spare would fetch little.  Their perplexity was relieved at the close of October by a visit from two men, who had come to find out if Archie would again, be their schoolmaster.  There were more families now and more scholars and they would pay $7 a month and board round.  He hesitated, he could not leave his sister alone.  ‘Take the offer,’ she eagerly cried, ’I will go to the settlement with you.’  ‘What would you do there?’ ’You forget, Archie, I learned dressmaking.  I will cut and fit and add a little to our savings.’  The second week in November the school was opened, this time under better conditions, for a storekeeper had brought books and slates, and Archie fetched with him a blackboard he had contrived to put together.  With the day-school the singing school was resumed, to which Mirren added fresh interest.  She got all the work she could do, for few of the women knew how to cut clothes for their children, let alone for themselves, and were glad to pay for cutting and fitting, doing the sewing at home.  The winter sped quickly and the middle of March saw brother and sister back to their clearance and to the felling of trees.  On counting their earnings in February they found they were able to send to their parents the desired ten pounds, with the urgent advice to take the first ship.  How they would do on arriving at Toronto perplexed them, until Mr Magarth gave them the address of his son-in-law to enclose in their letter, assuring them Norah would care for them and see to their finishing their journey.  When June came Mirren expected them each day and made every preparation for their reception.  The spot in the bush where the sled-road ended and by which they must come, she watched with unflagging eagerness, but day after day passed and July came without their appearance.  She was stooping in the garden cutting greens for dinner when a voice behind her asked, ‘Hoo is a’ wi’ ye, Mirren?’ With a scream of joy she clasped her father and mother.  A loud shout brought Archie from the end of the clearance where he was at work with the ax.  The reward of their toil and strivings had come at last, they were once again a re-united family.  In the evening they sat in front of their new shanty, the clearance before them filled with crops that half-hid the stumps and promised abundance.  ‘Praise God,’ exclaimed the old shepherd as he reverently raised his bonnet, ’we are at last independent and need call no man master.’  For his age he was strong and active and his assistance made Archie independent of outside help.  The four working together, and working intelligently and with a purpose, speedily placed them on the road to prosperity.

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