SILVER FOXES AND SEACOWS 225 take over a two-hundred-acre island in Cascumpeque harbour. For ten years they operated in secrecy, breeding animals for the fur market. Then, Oulton decided to move to New Brunswick , and the partner¬ ship was dissolved. Stock and profits were equally divided. Dalton returned to Tignish . Such prosperity, however, could not be kept secret. Rumours spread with rapidity, but to the army of investors who beseiged him, Dalton maintained an attitude of supreme indifference. Finally, he was asked to name the exact amount he would take. Twenty-five thousand dollars a pair was his price. The deal was closed. Then began such a fox rush as the world has not seen since. Prices soared. Options on unborn stock reached a peak. It was suggested that an embargo be placed on all fox stock within the Province, thus ensuring Prince Edward Island a virtual monopoly, but the suggestion failed. Then, the gates being open, the market fell quickly, and many were left holding the bag. But Charles Dalton was not. He got out at the top. Dalton became a millionaire, but he devoted his money to charitable purposes. In 1917, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XV , conferred on him the title of Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 1930, he became lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island . In 1933 he died. There are certain places on the Island whose names immediately suggest atmosphere. Think of Caven¬ dish, and at once, Anne of Green Gables with her auburn hair wanders around the Lake of Shining Waters ; of Charlotte town, and all the regalia of a capital city appears; of Borden, and the Car Ferry elbows the little ice-boats out of her way; of Belle