The Spirit of missions . AH-THLA-NUK. HIS NAME MEANS WINDBLOWING THROUGH THE TREES. HEIS TREBLE SOLOIST OF THE CHOIRAND LIVES IN THE MISSIONHOUSE slides presently. The same process goeson all along the river. In a day or twothe ice will yield to the pressure, as thewater sinks and seeps through, and willrise up humpbacked in the middle. Thenfor another day or two there will betravelling once more—and good travel-ling save for open places—travelling overthe very last ice. Then will come the. FOOTBALL AT ALLAKAKETThe grandson in front of, his grandmother behind the ball A QUIET HOME EVENING AT T
The Spirit of missions . AH-THLA-NUK. HIS NAME MEANS WINDBLOWING THROUGH THE TREES. HEIS TREBLE SOLOIST OF THE CHOIRAND LIVES IN THE MISSIONHOUSE slides presently. The same process goeson all along the river. In a day or twothe ice will yield to the pressure, as thewater sinks and seeps through, and willrise up humpbacked in the middle. Thenfor another day or two there will betravelling once more—and good travel-ling save for open places—travelling overthe very last ice. Then will come the. FOOTBALL AT ALLAKAKETThe grandson in front of, his grandmother behind the ball A QUIET HOME EVENING AT THE MISSION HOUSE AT ALLAKAKET end, when the water has acquired volumeenough to burst the bonds of the ice andcarry all before it. For two or three daysafter that the current will be loaded withice and trash of all kinds. If the floodrises high there will follow some dayswhen the river is laden with driftwood,as was the case two years ago. Lastyear there was none. And when ice anddrift alike are gone I shall drop down tothe Pelican in a little boat and Arthurand I will make our way to the Yukon. We shall be late; I can see that al-ready. It is very hard for me to learnthe great Alaskan lesson, that there is lit-tle use making definite plans that dependupon definite time. It is a countrywhere more and more one realizes thatone is thrown back upon the old devoutqualification, God willing. We havenot conquered nature to any extent at allin this country, and the forces of naturemove in s
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