I consented to keep her and
she confided to Jennie, when she came to school, that she had had four
switches "wore out" on her that morning.
Everybody is very poor, of all races, and what is more discouraging they
don't know how to improve their condition. This year the Christmas freeze
spoiled almost all their vegetables, and they lost all their melon crop
last year, and the cold two or three weeks ago froze what garden things
were started; what they are to live on till crops grow is not visible. The
children evidently think our washbasins and soap and towels a great
luxury, for they scrub and rub at every opportunity.
We are putting out flowers and trees and planting grass in the yard to
make it more comfortable looking, the grass, partly to prevent the water
from washing off so much. The church lot is higher than that of the house
and in a heavy rain the water pours down on our lot, but I think we can
stop it in part at least. Our "home" is an "unmixed" blessing. I don't
know how we could get on here without a pleasant resting place, and the
people watch everything we do and everything we have.
THE INDIANS.
ITEMS FROM INDIAN MISSIONS.
SECRETARY C. J. RYDER.
At Santee Industrial School and Mission in Nebraska they have suffered a
sad bereavement. The place left vacant by Mrs. Frederick B. Riggs, who has
just been taken away from the loving circle of missionary workers at this
station cannot be filled.
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