CHAPTER XII

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ENMORE

We go where all roads lead—Enmore; tour around Summerside and cross to Bedeque. We see Borden again and embark on the car ferry.

AL roads lead to Enmore. It is a fact, strange

as it seems, although few people ever have any ambition to go to Enmore. Coast down the western road and you will notice at least five signs all promising to lead to the rarely visited district of Enmore. Enmore brings back memories . memories of a persistent and indomitable Earl who fussed and fumed at the Board of Trade and requested as a gift this island of Prince Edward. He was not only the Earl of Egmont, he was also Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore, Somerset. So this district is peculiarly and particularly Egmontish. I wonder if all those signs are due to his mystical suggestion— seeking to inflate his property with the feeling of importance. I wonder if it is in this place that Egmont’s spirit hovers. The district, however, like his schemes, has never seemed to come up to his expectations. Poor, disappointed Egmont! Summerside This is the most enterprising town of the Island, and it buzzes with activity. It has aeroplane service with the mainland, a new Academy, and stores which rival any east of Montreal. Summerside is truly the commercial capital of Prince Edward Island! And what of its future? I wonder if it can ever grow, hemmed in as it is by fox ranches on every side.

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