the orphanage news letter.
liotm* and ail they possessed a
■‘dies. We extend to them
v;ii} athy m this vvhn h ln.s pro\
: them a double disaster It is
•ver .1 year since these youn^
mie to otir island, and all dur
dutt time we have found them
md helpful, more than willing
" M fa\or, and we arc under deep
■ n ns to them for nuutless
tesies.
he«tutinn w.i perhaps 500 yds
tlu* mission. 1 *ut so thu k was the
d v< • h ania d 1 *>t 1 li.it the flames
1 ti: tii11 >4 bu 1MiMLC could not he
ihe missn1 md made no ini
• "ii on tlie d. . ness till there
pht 1 It in., • 1 1 the direction
v\in l. Wh.n wind there was.
taking tin *• parks diieetiy
• ' !Jr bam. The older hoy.
- "1 rea 1 v with fi: e extin
■*s. ‘ ‘it tiie \oli jjii. a>h wiih
! • he 1 n w.i. ■ 1 >. 1 ed w is .111
■it ]»: ote. 11 • 11 t" ' he hill d in^.
l^ht lie: e 1 want In Hiiiiiiieuiloiir
»nd middle si,c l h<»Vs f..»r their
' in 1 eour.«vte and heroi • 00
ith ! on-.; h tins di'.-ter. The
. • i’dug - ay in which they
-.1.- hold o tm. dis oni.»iii 11 • ,
i t w < nf sh •• !in
from ro« ,s. p! t form* ■ n l ^-.i
1 .vs them 11> ho i u> em
it a; 1 l re. ly to ope with
ies. flic smaller hoys i*•«>
pl.ilM
the afternoon <>f the Sth tlie
, changed to he north, and
. *by daylight appeared. IIow
\vr were to see it; hut what a
i* levc.ded. )4*veiytiling cov
. IS inches deep with volcanic
is! the limbs ol the l ices loaded
he> w ben to the
•. 11d; wh.it had been a beautiful
- u lake in front of the mission
now looked liked ;i muddy jmiri.
-‘tnl on; gardens hurried. -cemit:eb.
beyond the hope of resurrev ion. n
every direction .1 desol.itioii » be
pair.
Supper w.is over a 11.1 the evening
work done, when Mr. \\. IS Snod
KlaS;,> who li.'s been in Kodiak Mine
s-cIkm ] do od, ca:ne to say that * . 1 j»t.
l’errv of the Revenue Cutter Mann
had sent him with the tin; "N01
111 a n’’ to take us all aboard the Mann
inyj for safety incase the darkness
s h o n • d come a^iin. or then- Humid
be ,1 11-1 /*. wave. He told i;> that aii
of Kodiak was on hoard except two
°t three men. We hesitated some
wh.-.t about .ijoino, but filially dm ided
*<> «■«’ m’. The Inis'ling that foie \vt 1
is easier iiinnugiued than descri1 e»l,
but very soon we found our
selves down on the l each together
with all the oilier inhabitants of
Vv • 1 Island, .t;id sh"itlv we were
a., on h< .ird tin- Manning. 1 he tug
‘1h inter” w s tied along side. Our
li ■ • .is>:giied «jtia iters in her
hold, where pie. is of canvass had
In > n -pie. d over . Us of n»al, and
< i these they tiied to sleep. Mrs.
Ann.* .. 1111»*•»t . i w comp.uied their
V-i~ - 1‘i iiziir-1*r r*iui Grandma
t, I he . 1 were w h h ivt <!i.ik I.. ■ i ic*--in
Caj t. Perrv's c-.Mil <)ur hoysson <
of them on the M. unit: j. and some
oti the Printer, wen it: my charge
None of the children slept much,
except tile- two little girls who were1
with Miss Mi genzinger, and the fiv •
little ho’ c. three of whom I put to
bed on the floor, and two on the ta
ble in the w.<rd room of th» Matin
intf.
Win- a n*oi nilia me we were served
with io:.ce and sandwiches and at
noon a good dinner was provided,
i -urinu the forenoon we had a de