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In the case of Lucy Ferrier the occasion was serious enough in itself, apart from its future influence on her destiny and that of many besides.
Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log-house, and assisted her adopted father in all his undertakings.
Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly.
In the country there was draining and hedging, planting and clearing, until the next summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop.
