. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . OUR BOYS CLEANING ERASERS. CLASS OF BOYS AND GIRLS i56 THE HOME MISSIONARY The next morning,as ever, when itcomes to the test,our Mexican peoplewere loyal to post-mastercame in, wrappedme in blankets, tookme on his back like alittle papoose andcarried me to hishome, where withtwo other families,ten in all, we shareda room just a littlebetter than our own. What a picture wedid present, as wepassed down thestreet that morning,the longest wayaround, a little thinman with a little fat woman on hisback ! And how thankful I wasthat there were n
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . OUR BOYS CLEANING ERASERS. CLASS OF BOYS AND GIRLS i56 THE HOME MISSIONARY The next morning,as ever, when itcomes to the test,our Mexican peoplewere loyal to post-mastercame in, wrappedme in blankets, tookme on his back like alittle papoose andcarried me to hishome, where withtwo other families,ten in all, we shareda room just a littlebetter than our own. What a picture wedid present, as wepassed down thestreet that morning,the longest wayaround, a little thinman with a little fat woman on hisback ! And how thankful I wasthat there were no Kodak fiends insight, but, alas! an artistic friendwas in the back-ground who repro-duced the scene on canvas. The Departure The following night was spent inmisery by all concerned. The nextmorning, fearing that death wouldbe the result of another night spentin Seboyeta, we started in an openwagon, through cold wind and rainand mud that came almost to thehubs of the wheels, for Laguna, fif-teen miles away, to take the train forAlbuquerque. But at Paguate, anIndian town
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