Twenty-five Cent* a Year. fulv un<l August 1909. Vol. X. No 5
Mrs. McWhinnu
Visits The Orphanage
Sunday July iStli. marked the great
day iii the history of Kodiak Duplin
n.phanage, when Mrs. McWhinnie
uf Boston, tor 18 years tfupt. of Alaska
work in New England, together with
her daughter, ami Mrs. llonuey and
Miss Bain,of Portland Me. arrived on
Wood Island.
For days the childen had watched
the sea in hopes of sighting; the steam
e.. Koh.ia had the honor of sighting
it ft.st. On that morning he got up
t t o'clock and went to iillamnok
Point, climbed a tree and watched.
At 5 o’clock he was rewarded by CPU h*
dig sight of the coming steamer. He
raised the cry, t.nd not many minutes
alter, the house was astir.
As the small bouts which brought
our ftiends from the steamer landing
at Kodiak, neared Wood Island shore,
the Mission bell, School bell and
Church bell ran g out a glad welcome
All the children were on the beach
to leieive our guests, and lead them
' the Mission.
T.veiy or.es heart was full ol gb-d
(i s to have with us our dear Mrs.
McWhiunie. Luiiug nil those years
i h *s meant so much to lu.ve .. e: sag
> fiom her; but to really have her
\V e in pe.son, was more than any
\\ 1 da ed to hope.
* he days and weeks oi the visit fair
ly t.evv p..st Tht legnlar work lnd
to go on just the same, and there was
the extra work of burn-building, ha\.
ing and working on the launch.
With the exception of two days the
weather was fine during the month,
which enubled our friends to see this
part of Alaska at its very best.
The ludtes enjoyed seeiug Wood Is
land from the Ox-cart. These trips
were of necessity short, on account
of the scarcity of roads.
A trip around the Island in the new
bout ‘ Norwich” (the gift of friends in
Norwich, Conn.) filled up # mornitfg1'
very pleasantly.
One evening was devoted to a re
ception in ljouor of onr guests, at
which time tlie native reople caifte
to greet them.
A Pic-nic at Snlt Lake gave a happy
afternoon to both children and grown
people. This lake is one of the many
beauty-spots on the Island.
The day when our fiiends hr.d to
leave us came all too quickly. Never
have we cared less to see the Port,
land come than this time; when it
must carry away Mrs. McWhinuie
and her party, who brought so much
of jcy and blessing duting their stay.
It was with genuine sadness that
the woi Ue.s and children bade them
Good 1 ye.
Other passengers for Wood Island,
arriving on the P.eitba, were Miss
Mac Arthur and her mother, of Mc
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