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Twenty-five Cent* a Year. August 191 a. Vol. XIII. No. 5
GETTING AQUAINTED.
■ out in ainji our story of the child
ren I’cter Calugan is the next boy to
be introduced. As he stands before
v you see a short thick-set led
shout you would sey was about to
>e i-sold, while in reality he is in his
:; :i year. lie came to the mission
:'i 1'irate Cove when he wrts 6
ye sold. He has dark sk in and eyes
aii'i blackhair. His lips a r e inclin
ed to be thick and protrude slight
' ud lie has a peculiar cast of the
'eh eye which lends rather a comical
expression to his face. Though he
is short in stature he is full of energy
both inwork and in play.
Motile time ago we were blasting
out stumps with giant powder, l'eter
he iring the explosion shouted “Uoyi,
hear ihe 'daininite'
When we want a hoy to Jo an er
rand. whc ill go and come quickly
vre most always call on Peter who
seldom failes to meet our expecta
tions It is our hope that like Peter of
the Bible he will become a devoted
and faithful tullowerof the Lord Jesus
We n--xt present .Ephraim Kalynak
who was sent to us by the U. S. Com
r.i -sinner at Seldovia, two years ago
this month. He does uot remember
his fathe. and mother, nor does he
know whether he has any relatives.
At Seirtovia he was a homeless wan
derer, eating and sleeping wherever
hr mi' i find food and shelter; abused
and kicked about; feeling that every
man’s hand was raised against him,
ami his against every man. When
he first came to the mission he was
constantly in a fight with someone.
Now lie seldom has to be corrected
for that fault. Vmougst the boys of
his size he does his work the best and
quickest of any. We do not know
his birthday nor his exact age, but
judge him to be about 12.
In common with mainland indians
he has a dark skin, straight black
hair and dark brown eyes. His left
eye is slightly turned up and the lid
falls low over it; giving it the ap
pearence of being half closed. He
has rather a frowning countenance,
bur when he smiles the change is al
most startling, his face lights up like
sunshine, so that one positively can
not resist smiling with him.
Ephraim has u very sweet yoke
and is fond of sinning. At Christmas
time with other boys in his class he
saug “Wave the Banners”. Each
hoy had a banner to wave, but Eph
raim being left handed persisted in
waving his iu the opposite direction
to that in which the others waved
theirs. When he gave his whole at
tention to waving, he could not sing
and when he sang he could not wave.
“Epbvurn" as Jacob calls him, has
not acquired a very large English vo
cabulary as yet, but he is learning
quite rapidly.
(To he continued)