GETTING ACQUAINTED.
W hen we went over f«*r the I )ora'*
n» iil the jist.ui were surprised to
ttt addition to the letters and
papei^, tout little children waiting
'<u us. 1 he oldest is Sophy, who
*-tys she is six. next is Annie, about
ur then Janies two and .1 half, auil
a baby perhaps eight months old
I asked Sophy wlr> was r«>v.king
•be cradle ikeu little mother, “what
i* the baby boy's nirne?” - he replied
lli< name is Rose. lie is a girl.”
I hey came from Tyonok. Their
:l“!he: died when the baby was born
« heir father M . itarteis. is known all
'•ver this part of Alaska as “Red
,M k ^ ith these little ones to care
• t he w,.s unable to go out to his
v.o i k .
J ht*y ate unusiul y ni e looking,
n*-: l he thy i hi’ lien with the t*\
' e; .k ii of the h,J»y who has eczema
,J 11 • has •* num 1 ei of sores on her
iutle ho:lv. hr-Miles having 1 >...i y di
sc * el eyes, which wi 11 .•>.juire \i^
"•otis and c"nst.u treatment hu a
longtime pm ahly. She surely is
a pitiful look iu^ o! jw*‘ *, .
1 he other childien speak ^ood
‘•*U i'’i, and me reat talkers
'A hen we started home with them,
ntV J.tines was afraid of the launch
'■>d cried it the top of his voice "I
w • *11 to lie down, I want to lie
• own hut when he sat on tnv lap
• ml helpi . -acer thu boat lie was
happv a^itti I'he ha I y slept all the
w.*\ -vet in k .die as James »,tlls
i' Soph\ <it.-i An lie asked more
ij'iest umis ih n < • uld he answered in
ha If j d ,i v I her tie happv ami
c«m t - mu* i in t hi i new home
: h."iihi i hr -cue i • -it> readers
of the t h.istinn Ht t ald. hr Komi#
and other fit-mis in Seward it has
been made possible for us to sen
little Max Sours to Seward when
Pr. Rorni^ is giving him treaimen
for his eyes There is rtreat dsn^ei
th it little Max will go blind. Wind
ran be done to prevent such u mis
fortune, I)r, Romitf will do.
Max came to the mission the fall <
1907. lie was then ttirre years oid.
1 lis father and mother are both dead .
He has brown ey< s, mid jud^im*
from hi*, features and the shape ot hv
head one would certain, v ssy he w
a Herman boy il;s f«ther v».-s
man of some means hut unautuu
ly invested all his motie\ in tin
Reynolds I >eveloptnent Scheme fr
which nothing will ever be realm
Max is a til— child an 1 a very swe
singer
To V ('on Si h urJ
M \ R R J ; I)
A n-u- I*.v vi.oKi
ln the miision parlor on the rv
ing of the 16th Mr. Wa ter 1-llnn*
Apple, formerly of the Wood r»laj
Radio Station, and Miss Alexand
1'ovlott. second daughter of N \V
I’a v loft of Wood Island, were niarr'.
by Supt. I.e i n in the present c of d
N \V. Pa v 1 off, Mr. and Mrs. Sn< 1
grass. Mrs. beam. ‘..l-ses, Ma v
\nnie, Olg t I’avlolf and *gne*Ste
art, .V. pmi 5; dart in Bensot Sp •
lock and Stewart
The bride is a gr md-daughte
the last Russian I.itut. (Voverti ■
\1as k a
•'ongraf illations are in ordei
M r and Mrs. M I) S»: Igt i>- •;
Iveui of u little daughter
S:iodgr> s» is itill with het i otlic
M hat tan. !%u II".