. Children of the Arctic. XV New York City, September 20, 1902. My dear Grossy, — Here weare back ao;ain, and father iswith us. But I will begin at the beginning ot mv tritell vou all about it. P an d |ulv 2ist mother and Ireached Svdnev, and the nextdav at eight oclock in the even-ing we steamed awav on the ^ Windward. A new househad been put on the ship, and we had a suite ot rooms init which made it very nice and comfortable. I could run on deck anv time I liked, without beingafraid of being thrown downstairs, because there were nostairs. Mother let me wear bovs clothes, and I liked itever
. Children of the Arctic. XV New York City, September 20, 1902. My dear Grossy, — Here weare back ao;ain, and father iswith us. But I will begin at the beginning ot mv tritell vou all about it. P an d |ulv 2ist mother and Ireached Svdnev, and the nextdav at eight oclock in the even-ing we steamed awav on the ^ Windward. A new househad been put on the ship, and we had a suite ot rooms init which made it very nice and comfortable. I could run on deck anv time I liked, without beingafraid of being thrown downstairs, because there were nostairs. Mother let me wear bovs clothes, and I liked itever so much. Captain Sam was just as kind to me as last year, and1 had a fine time. AVe made no stops on the wav, butjust cut a bee line for fathers house. Earlv on themorning of August 5th we were so near to Cape Sabine,where fathers house is, that we could see the peoplerunning about on the rocks, but we could not tellwhether they were Eskimos or whites. Oh, but I wasexcited. I 10 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC. At one time I thought I saw father, then I thoughtI didnt, and poor mother just stood and looked throughthe glasses and said nothing except, If I see father I willtell you. Well, as we got nearer we could make outMatt, then Charley,then some of the Es-kimos, but not untilwe were almost at thelanding did we seefa the r. There hestood, twice as tallas any one else, andwe had not seen himbecause he had onlight kamiks, whitebear-skin trousers, andgray shirt, and he looked the same colour as the rocksbehind him. I thought we would never land, but at last, fatherswung himself on board, and I was in dear old dadsarms, hugged up tight. Of course now I was anxious togo ashore and see Charley and Matt and Koodluktoo and Cin, my dog that I left in fCoodluktoos care. ■ BillyBah was there, too, father said, and they were all wait-ing to see me. We all went ashore after father had said How do to every one on board. We found fathershouse as neat and tidy as possible, and mother teasedCharle
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