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Wood Isi \nii, Kodiak, Alask \
was tile unveiling of the stai, which
was done I y two of the larger girls,
who dresse ! in white, after unveil
ing the he .utiful star which shone
out from lights back of it, stood one
on each side while Mr. Coe and Miss
lidna Coe sang the sweet story of the
“Star of Bethlehem.”
The evening closed with the distri
bution of gilts to the congregation.
Kverv pet son on the island received
a gift, from tinv b.ihy up to old blind
grandfather. Then how the child
ren, big and little, love the Christmas
stocking!
After quiet had fallen upon tlie
lit usehold, (and wh.it is so st./'v .?////
as a home where -bout sixty child
ren live, after their little feet are
sti.l and their little eyes are closed
in sleep?) there was another 1 u«*y
ti ne for some. Two trees were tii.n
nied in the assembly room tor ti e
children s /to n ' Ch. istmas.
Now everything is done and the
workers gather in the cosy sitting
room to arrange for their own little
surprises. Kach one had a plat e as
signed, All ^ifts from e..eh other,
and those that had been sent from
far and near, were put in their allot
ted places.
I)i«l we wait until morning to open
them? l)i*l curiosifv get the better
of us? Women were i.i the majority
in that littie group.^ Now ran you
guess what we did? Anyway the
clock is striking it is Christmas
mo ning.
We were only a handful of people
on what looks on the map like a dot
no tugger than a pin point, neverthe
less we felt the Christmas cheer: the
joy that conics with faith in the bless
ed Cnrist child.
At the opening of the “Christmas
tree room", as happy a group of
children as one would wish to see,
marched in.
What chi/d does not love a secret?
And the boys and girls had a je*l
ousiv guarded one. Only within the
precincts of the school was it planned
and p otted. The younger ones had
been carefully watched and warned
by the older children for the past
week that no little voice should
break out into one of the forbidden
melodies that were to surprise Mr.
and Mrs. Coe.
When the children were admitted
into the enchanted room a small