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fb Pe it ever so isolated there is no plaice
hike home!!! On the 7th. of March owe
teet touched again the Kitamaat shore,
and while we found many of the people
away yet there were sutticient to bid us
welcome. Lyven the elements seemed to
greet us, for a few hours after our arriv-
al, a terrific snow storm came on and a
strong wind blew, then the rain deseend-
ed, and finally a glad glorious sunshine
burst forth and we were able to throw
open windows and relieve the house
some what of that peculiar mustiness
which pervades a long-closed dwelling.
Our trip westward had been very de-
ightful until Mr, Raley fell ill of la-
grippe at Vancouver. We will not soon
forget the pleasant days in Winnipeg
and Brandon, ‘There were plenty of en-
tertanting people onthe “Queen City”
during the four days and a halt we were
aboard, and we ought forever to feel
grateful to the captain who landed us at
mid-day rather than at mid-night. It
is restful to be settled down, and we are
content, but we think muchand often of
the loved ones in the home land, and of

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the many many kind friends whose
sympathy and attention gave us exeeed-

ing pleasure when in the Hast,

A HOME GIRL'S

(Alice is from Hartley Bay, she has
been with usabouta year. Her conduct
is very satisfactory, and we consider her
progress in English exce lent.)

sET TER.

Kifainaat. BC
Mareh 21st 1900
My Dear Friend

I will try to write a
few words to tell youas faras T ean and
all about my time in this new home,
when we finished sehool we learn how to
do our work well. In the home we try
to do it nicely and when we finished our
tet Miss Long give the erochet to the

gitls {cur girls made mats for the table
and iss Long is going to show it at the
closing on the 15 June. We haye w
very nice songs at christmas we had
our christnias dinner in the home we
eall Jessie and Esther for dinner and
after dinner we set in the girls room and
the big girls playing in the girls room
for a while and we all go home for tea
and when we go back tou the home we
tuld Miss Long about the people playing
on christmas day, one day the people
saw the steamer coming it was Mrs.
Raley and Mr. Kaley and Baby and all
the girls were so pleased when we say
them and Mr Raley shake bands with —
us all and they come up for dinner and
the steam boat whistled and they went
down to the ehureb a little while and
Mr, Raley ask baby if be know the girls
and he saidno and when he first came
back and somctimes i like to be one of
the cooks with the girls, and 1 want my
cousin to come in this home and I have
nothing more tosay. '
lam your friend,
Alice Bates (Nohsdahmtk).
Kitamaat Home.

“THE RALEY CLASS.”

Great was my surprise, when after
addressing the Douglas Chureh Sunday
School Montreal in the winter, to be in-
troduced to a class named as above.
The class consists of 15 young ladies
under the leadership of Mrs. Allingham.
I know their resolye toso name the class
cannot have emanated from any persol-
al feclings toward myself, who at the
time was a perfeet stranger; but feel
rather it is a tribute to the work I have —
chosen. Let me however express my
pleasure at being associated with such
devotion to missions.

G. TR.

A species of small bird called Dsookwa
has been telling us in bird language
that the summer is nearly here.