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" when jack requested her hand in marriage in August , the Hutchison's were pleased and a bit relived because Johns announcement that if he was not allowed to marry Polly, he would blow is brains out." page 8
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his name is George Wilson
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He takes money from a business and his brother in law
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" it took 12 days to make the crossing, and i want to tell you the North Atlantic is no place to be in April."
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he gets offered to work for a bridge and building crew.
He was laid off his bridge-building job in the spring, and later found work as a gardener in Saskatoon. -
John tries to join, but is unable to because of how bad his lungs were.
"As soon as the war was declared, John headed to Prince Albert to enlist, but was rejected because of his weak lungs" pg. 20
He joins the RNWMP because they were in desperate need for men -
He transfers from the Prince Albert department.
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John meets Jessie. he spends most of the summer with jessie, while keeping his family back in Scotland a secret. they end up liking eachother -
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John isn't there to see his daughter because he was in canada
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Jessie takes care of him. -
it has been 5 years and John stopped sending letters. she decides to go to Canada to see if he's alive if he doesn't send a letter by December. -
He was so grateful for jessie since she took care of him while he was sick with TB. -
She rides on the Mauretania. She arrives in Halifax, and gets on a train heading for Regina -
she finds the finds the letter in John's coat. she decides she cant ignore the affair any longer and decides to confront him.
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he left because he was in charge of a subdivision of the military police. Polly was left behind, she was starting to make plans to bring their children over to Canada.
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They all share a drink in celebration. not knowing that Johns drinking is becoming a serious problem. -
He arrived at the jewelry store. He looked very pale and nervous. His voice croaked when he said he was single. he also raised suspicions when he did not buy a ring for the bride and bumped into someone on the way out and was not fazed.
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john shot a rabbit that Polly was admiring and shot some geese and left them to die. he continued to act strange the rest of the trip. he always kept the gun with him. as its getting dark John shoots Polly in the heads. leaving her and the baby to die.
