Unlimited Possessions.
PatriH.ni mu 1, by kind's decree,
My minor h trizou-wide
The highways are mv boulevards.
The enr.h my countryside.
Where’er 1 rials is my reserve,
Tne va es my burdens-plots.
And nil the wayside flowers that
bllHMIl
Are my forget-me-nots.
When I must leave my manor
here
With title, scrip and purse,
I’ll sail asay on ether-waves
To explore the universe.
—L. U. F.
Death of Chas. Heideman.
Readers of the News Letter may
recall an account * f the young man
who near y lost his life in the ash at
lvalsiuskv Bay, soon after the erup
tion of Katmai, while hunting for the
cattle of the government experiment
station. It was Mr. Heideman who
had that experience. He sank in the
wet ash and was rescued with diffi
culty only after much shooting and
calling to other men also in search of
cattle.
Soon after this experience a serious
tubercular condition developed, but
after several months rest in Montana
on a diet which included raw eggs
and milk Mr. Heideman so far recov
ered as to be able to resume his work
here. He has been strong ami hearty
for nearly three years, or until about
four months ago when a case of Pott s
disease by which the spine is attacked.
His has been a remarkable case,
even for Alaska, in which the will
has played a large part in the fight
for life. F-vsn near the end, when
told that there was no hope of his re
covery, he declared with determina
tion, **iiv Hod's help I'll come back,
yet, ami make good!’*
Mauy kiml friends minister* d t
his needs ami laul tlie body to rest
with appropriate burial eereiiiony in
the lvotiiaK cemetery.
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A Wireless Wedding.
Now we know why Mi. Homer
Woiley, of tlie iadio station, w.i*. >•
busy for several weeks at the station
cottage. On the Admiral Fana^ut
of Jail. 29 came Miss Carrol Nihlack.
of Los Angeles, hut she did not
remain Miss Nit lack foi many lu u >
Mr. Woiley hoped Mr. I.e.m
would arrive on the same boat hut
he did not I)r. Stone proved equal t.
the emergency. W hat the kn<
would be called in the navy vern.u .
lar we are not imformed, but that
has nothing to do with the bappiwer-s
of the voting couple as they aie e*
tahlished in their cozy quarters
We welcome the new bride to \\ «••*!
Island. We like Homer, and, app
ing a well-known axiom, or (miss
plying it if you please, “Those w!
like the same person should like eai h
other.”
A New Girl.
A small addition whs made tooiu
family l>ec. .’50, wh**n little Katherim
Robertson was brought tong. Su.-h
a tiny child of two years, likening*
doll, with her black curls and ey»
But already owing to nourishing
food and Miss Gorreli's excellent can
her white cheeks are growing r«>-y
and chubby and her happv smile
shows increasing health. Her moth
er was unusually intelligent for h# r
class. She spoke her best English •
her baby, wishing her to learn it in
stead of Aleut and when dying, re
quested the child tube brought to the
Orphanage.
She said, “I am not afraid to di
for I will be with Jesus. 1 do not km
by what road God will take me. (i d ,
will decide for roe.”