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Polly and John get engaged
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Polly and John get married
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Polly and John have their first child
Polly gives birth to their first son George. John is a great father to Goerge. -
Polly gives birth to their daughter Ella
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John sails for Canada
John leaves to start his new life in Canada. There was a lot of propaganda luring immigrants over to this new country so that intrigued John. He promised he would only be gone for a year. With one son and a baby on the way Polly did not want john to go. this is important to the story because this is where John starts his new life and slowly distances himself from his family. -
World war 1 is declared
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John Wilson joins the RNWMP
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John meets Jessie Patterson
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John falls in love with Jessie patterson
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Halifax explosion
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John Wilson is diagnosed with TB
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Hogmanay
this is the celebration on the last day of the year. certain rituals they do determine good luck or bad luck for the new year. Polly was certain that everything would go as planned and it will bring her hope for the new year ahead. the first foot had to be a dark haired man or else they would have bad luck for the whole year. A red haired man came very drunk into the house first. This is important in the story because it is foreshadowing all the bad things that will happen in this year. -
John asks Jessie to marry him
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Polly comes to Canada
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Polly is pregnant with their third child
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Polly finds a letter from Jessie
Polly finds a letter from Jessie and she is concerned and upset with John because he has been with another women while he has been away. She doesn't know what to do and goes to the neighbor for support. This is an important part of the novel because she finally finds out some truth about John and he can't be getting away with his lies. This event leads to the death of Polly. -
John moves to Saskatoon
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John murders Polly
John told Polly that he bought her a house in Saskatoon. She packed all of her things and they went on their way to Saskatoon. John told her that they were going to stop in Blaine lake to tell Jessie the truth. He shot Polly in the head with a shot gun. This is an important part of the novel because this is showing us Johns true colors and he will go as far as taking an innocent life because of his lies and affairs. -
John gets a marriage license
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John and Jessie get married
