A B;b!e Verse Contest
After supper one evening Mias
Mattson had a contest in repeating
Bible verses, after the manner of a
spelling match. Those tatting part
were the two younger groups of hoys,
who for some ilays had been prepar
ing for the nvent.
Th« priz« w»«n box of candy . Dan
McEwen in th** first group and Jacob
Loe in the seeond received jtbe prizes.
After the contests they played
games unit listi ned to the victr<>l.i and
had a very happy evening; each one
resolving he would work hard to ob
tain the prize at the next contest.
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Marion Atnoknok has been Rdded
to the Orphanage family She isthe
five year old sister of Joseph and
Yakob who came to us in December.
May Paterochin who has been with
us three years is about the same age
and size as Marion. At first May re
sented the presence of Marion and
several lively scraps ensued. May
wants to be boss and Marion doey not
take kindly to being bossed. How
ever as the nayB pass 'hev are becom
ing better friends and play very hap
pily together.
Much to our dimnay first Eddie
Bent, and a week later John Olsen
were taken1 sick with pneumonia
A doetor was expected at Kodiak,
but: as therf* was no steamer coming
till the last uf the month he could not
get there JSo we had to do the best
we could without medical advice.
Both boys were very ill. John Ol
sen responded more readily to treat
ment than Eddie, and was up and
well, some days sooner.
Two little native boy a about 10 yrs.
old, Tekon Paterochin and Lazar
Wagbrekoff were playing with the
steck of an old shot gun. Lazar
took soma sheila loaded with buck
shot. Tekon put one of them in the
gun and while bending over it, pull
ed the trigger, the shell exploded and
some of the shot pass»d through the
lower and upper lids of his left eye
cutting th® eyeball. The attention
of two men, who were cutting wood
not far away, was attracted by the
cries of the boys. They brought the
lad to the Mission, as there was no
doctor at Kodiak. Snpt. Hearn dress
ed the terrible wound as best Le could,
and attended to it until it healed.
Tekon will never gee with that eye
again, but he can consider himself
fort unite in having escaped with so
slight, an injury, bad as it is. It is to
be hoped this will be a lesson to him
not to play with guns.
He is a plucky lad, for not a whim
er escaped hin. during the painful
operations in connection with dress
ing the wound.