wtnty-fivc Cen.».. Year.
September <912.
Vol. Xlir. Xo. 6
ETURN TO
WOOD ISLAND
Mr*. G. A. Learn.
liter nearly a yea a absence from
>od Island I arrived in Seattle
Gig. 19, expecting tn sail on the
' S. Bertha the nest d*y f >r Icodt
To my surprise I found the iler
■ li.i had been taken off her former
■ me, and had been > hanged to a
;hter. I had either then *0
ke the Sampson sailing Sept 27,
■ Kodiak, or the Alameda, the 8th
f far as Seward, transferring then ! o
he flora which takes the run to t'n
ka. I instantly decided on the
latter course, and after a pleasant.
y wall friends in Seattle and Van
over, B. C. left the eveuiug of
the Sth.
i he voyage was fine until we left
Icy Straits, alter which we had a
v nledly uncomfortable twenty-four
houtt passing Cape St. Ii'ias. We
e in Sewuid the afternoon of the
h and at midnight of Monday ai
of us cs wtre bound for the
• award betook ourselves to the
.11 which, we b ui been info .red,
did verythmg but turn turtle”,
it will b* a long time before it
vs that with such a careful master
- Cupt. McMullen.
is "ladies first" for comfort on
tl. i>oia, so the seven ladies were
tied berths in the tiny state
rooms, while the men were given
places iu the hunk room. Twice we
anchored for ^.giiteen hours on ac
count of rough water ahead; the sec
ond time within two hours of Kodiak
but when we learned later that a
violent storm had raged during
those hours we felt grateful to our
Caj.t. for anchoring in Snug bay.
Thursday morning the voVanic
ashes began to show and later we
were told that what appeared clouds
of fog fiyin^over the adjacent islands
were cloud* of ashes blown by the
strong winds. Friday mornipgearly
we came into Si. Paul’s harbor. 1
looked over towards our Mission
buildings, Alas! our “kalaseevy obt
rofl" (pretty island) can no longer
go by that name. The ground cover
ed with nearly a foot of ashes has
the appearance of clay, stie.ked with
gullies caused by the late hard rain.
The trees are freed from most of the
'ash, but they have a dusky look, and
the lake in front of the mission is of
the same color as the ground.
The ground-however is only one
consideration, the people are fo
ot he:. After greeting many of the
Kodiak friends on the wharf, and
saying guod-by to my companions on
the I-'ora, 1 boarded the "K. B. O. ”
launch for tlie “home stretch". I
notice Willie’s quiet smile as lit
took the flags out from the launch,
but did. nc'. understifcfl it until I saw