There is much humour and good nature in the West, and this also I tried
to bring out in these two books; and Askatoon is as cosmopolitan as
London. Canada in the West has all races, and it was consistent of me to
give a Chinaman of noble birth a part to play in the tragicomedy. I have
a great respect for the Chinaman, and he is a good servant and a faithful
friend. Such a Chinaman as Li Choo I knew in British Columbia, and all I
did was to throw him on the Eastern side of the Rockies, a few miles from
the border of the farthest Western province. The Chinaman's death was
faithful in its detail, and it was true to his nature. He had to die,
and with the old pagan philosophy, still practised in China and Japan, he
chose the better way, to his mind. Princes still destroy themselves in
old Japan, as recent history proves.



YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK

Volume 1.

PROEM
I. "PIONEERS, O PIONEERS"
II. CLOSING THE DOORS
III. THE LOGAN TRIAL AND WHAT CAME OF IT
IV. "STRENGTH SHALL BE GIVEN THEE"
V. A STORY TO BE TOLD



PROEM