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Twenty-five Cents a Yeur.
May 1912. Yol. XIII. No. 2
Mary 1’ai.mkr
After many months of great suf
fering with n;il!i.try tuberculosis,
Mury Palmer passed away quietly at
4 a- in. May i st.
She was horn April t, 1895, and en
tered the mission when she was 10
years old. Her parents were main
"tid Indians, and lived near Kuik.
After the death of her father, her mo
ther married Geo. Painter, ami Mary
took her step-father’s name. With
her here at the mission were her half
brother and sister, John and Ann
Palmer. They ate now in Cushman
Indian Scheol, near Tacoma.
Mary was a quiet, sensible girl,
more ready than most of the children
to express her gratitude for favors
she received. She was faithful and
careful in her work, Doth at school
and at home. Few girls of her age
could write as neat a hand aud com
pose as good a letter as she. She
lived a beautiful Christian life, bear
ing her great sufferings with forti
tude and courage.
There were fifteen abcesses on her
neck end breast that had to be cleans
ed aud dressed every day; a process
which was very painful for her and
ex* tedingly unpleasant for the one
who did the work. When the end
c line we could not but rejoice for her.
Through the generosity of our
good friend Mr. It. F. Snodgrass, we
are happy in the possession of an
Apple dynamo, and lighting outfit
for our launch.
Mr. R. M. Bilzer, one of the young
men of the Wireless Station, has
gone to the marine hospital at Mare
Island, Cal., to hare an operation on
his foot. We will miss him greatly
here, and hope he will return to this
station when he has recovered from
the operation.
We ate enjoying much the Christ
ian fellowship and cheer ufforded us
by Mr. Archie Keeney, who is work
ing at the Kodiak Cannery. He it a
member of the Baptist Church of
Main, Wash. When it is possible
for him to do so, he spends Sundays
with us, and has given a number of
talks in the evening services which
have been very helpful to all.
We gratefully acknowledge the
receipt of packages by mail or ex
press containing sundry articles
from dresses aud aprons to common
pins ftotn Mrs. T. A. Perkins, Nor
wich, Cotin. Mrs. Richardson, Buf
falo, N. V. Mission Circle, Bellows
Falls, Vt., Ladies of Baptist Church,
Troy, Kans. Mission Circle, Ham
lin, Kans. Mrs. Ira. Stoltxfus, Lea
venworth, Kans. The contents of
these packages are things that are in
constant demand.