The sun. [volume], October 18, 1914, FOURTH SECTION PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Page 2, Image 38

About The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916

Image provided by: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

                
THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1D14.
THRILLING WORK OF RESCUING SURVIVORS OF KARLUK '
Continued from Hrat Taoe.
feed for tho dogs. I lad he wiutU'il them
i x.'im or dogs could have been pro
cured from thoao at Hiilpwicek Cur.j;.
When last seen Heuehut's lunula nml
l"cl were frozen and he w.m Buffering
intensely.
Dr. M.icKuy's party never reached
Wrangell Island. A few dus after he
left Shipwreck Cmip u idrolig north
Mint Kale sprung up. causing the pack
.o rafter up In huge ridges on the north
hie of Wrangell anil Herald Inlands.
At the same time the trail to the Island
hlfled to the westward toward Siberia
!'.h much ns .10 or 4,0 tulles. It Is
thought that .MintKuy's par.ly lo-t their
piovlslnns while erosslrift a tend uml
that when the Kale, subsided they were
Mown toil far to the westward of the
island to regain It. at Uiist the entire
p.irty In chaw of Dr. MaeKuy has
never lieen Ileal d from. Tie unit hi
party (darted prematurely from Ship
wreek Camp contrary to the orders of
dipt. Hartlett. and disregarded the en
treaties of other not to attempt It
nlone, hut to pi, ice their trust In Cnpt.
Hartlett, wdio was experienced with the
workings of the Arctic pack.
One of the ilrst parties sent out bv
dipt. Ilartletl to relay provision!! to
Wrnngiil Island was composed of Alex
Aildersen. Ilm mate; Chnrltn Ilarker,
SMipnd male, and Seamen Kin and
firmly. 'J'IiIm entire p.irty wns lost
while engaged in this work. They had
orders to land on WrnnRoll Island nt
Berry Point, and It l. thought that they
were lost by the shifting of the trail
and opening up of leads cutting them
off from l lie land. A; hast It Is reason,
ably sure the party never reached
Wrangell or Herald Island.
After sulllclenl provisions and sup
plies Imd'heen relayed toward Wrangell
dipt, It.ntlett with the main body of
the crew crns"edi the Ice toward the
lslnnd. N'ear the' Island on the north
side the immense pressure ridge caused
by the mil thensl wale was found be
fore them The he was plied from
SO to 75 feet Illicit In three ridges and
about three miles across, ("apt. Hart
lett iinmedlaiely set his men to work
with Ice lives building a road over the
ridge so that ihev and their sledges and
provisions could be Kot over safely
Three dius were consumed In cross
ing this ridge, and siierhuman efforts
on the bait nf everybody were neces
sary to di.iK the sledges, provisions and
iIoes over It. Once over the ridge It
was ensv travelling to reach Wrangell
Island and camp was made on the sand
spit at Merry l'olnt. Searching parties
were uent out both east and west to
endeavor to find thu eight missing mn
of the crew, without success.
About March Is. mil. C'apt. Hartlett
decided tu attempt the trip across the
ice from Wrangell Island to the Siberian
coast with a view of getting news of
the predicament of the Karluk's cpw
to the outside world. Taking n native
Inv. a dog sledge and as few provisions
as possible for him to get along with,
t'.ipt Hartlett left,th- camp at Herry
Point and travelled along the east and
eolith coasts of Wrangell Island as fir
as ll'.ossom l'olnt wheie :he itI1oiis
trip across the lee to Siberia began,
owing t" the strong tide running along
the Siberian coast between Wrangell
Island and the mainland large leads
opened tip and the Ice was continually
on the move whenever strong winds
prevailed.
('apt. Hartlett and his native boy
were sexeiiteen days In traversing a ills
t nice of less than ninety miles. They
0'nt most of their time travelling east
ami wes- in order to get across leads
and young Ice In some- places this
.oung ice was barely strong enough to
support the sledge and when such places
were reached the dogs were loaded on
the sledge and the sledge pn-hed across,
H.irtliitt and hl companion getting
across one at a time by lying Mat on
heir bellies. Several of the dogs of
P.artlett's tcim give out completely.
Olsen. married to u native Siberian
woman.
Olsen had a house which he had built
himself of driftwood and seemed to bo
rrlt wovlalor.r, Jl-j made
('apt Hartlett and Pytobiik at home and
helped them both to huso quantities, of
fresh bread and tea. Further nlong the
coast dipt. Hartlett traded hl binocu
lars with a native for two dogs to re
place those which hud given out. At
Cape Serdze, Siberia, unother white, man
was met, n trader by the name of Wall.
Wall took In tho weary travellers and
assisted Oapt. Hartlett In getting u na
tive to take him to Hast Cape,
Hy this time both dipt. Hartlett and
the native Pytohuk were beginning to
feel the effect. of their terrible hard
ships, dipt. lUrtlctt's limbs commenced
swelling and he had dllliculty In walk-
Ice wan met In tho vicinity of Icy
Cnpc, Alaska, and It was nut until August
111, 11)11, that the Hear reached Point
Harrow, on in count of the continual
northerly r."d northwesterly winds, the
Arctic pjv.'K wtvH Held close In shore nil
the way fioin Icy Capo to Point Har
row, and It was only aftir considerable
dllflciilty mid then only by keeping
close to shore that the Utnr leached her
destination. '
On August 21:, 1914, the Hear left Point
Harrow for the southward. At Harrow
It was learned that Stefansson and two
men had stnrtcd on u trip from Collin
son Point due north In n search for
Crocker Land; If they did not find It
they were then to head for Hanks hand.
There Is much apprehension for their
safi ty, and only time will tell what has
become of Stcfntihson and hU party.
signs of Improvement und the coal sup
ply of tho Hear getting very low. she
returned to Nome to fill her bunkers.
In the meantime the Canadian (lov
ernmeut had rccpi uted the Itussl.-in
novel nm nt to send Its two Ice b.'ak
ers, Tymar and Vlagatch, lo the rescuo
of the marooned Karluk's crew. The Hear
stopping at Cupe Strdze, Siberia, It was
learned that the Ice breaker Vnlgatch
had not been able to go: to Wrangell
Island, hut had got within ten miles of
Herald lslnnd and that the Tymar had
returned South.
On August 30, 1M4, the Hear arrived nt
Nome. A Miuthwest gale sprang up,
obliging all vrssels In the roadstead to
put to sea. Hy September 4, 1914, tho
Hcnr had taken on 2 SO tons of coal nnd
proceeded on her second nttempt to
rescuo the crew of Knrluk. The American
Corwln left Nome, for tho Arctic nnd
Wrangell Island on September fi, 191 1.
The revenue cutter Hoar mndo nil pos
sible sliced toward Wrangelh meeting
Ice about 121 miles' south of tho Island.
On September S tho schooner Klnf
and Wlnge was sighted ah end coming
south, working through the ice. The
two vessels met In CO degrets fi5 minutes
north and 175 degrees SO minutes west,
eighty-four miles south of Wrnmells.
It was soon learned that the King and
Wlnge had rescued the survivors of tho
Knrluk on tho morning of September 7,
1914.
The survivors were .lehn Munro.
chief engineer; It. .1. Williamson. econd
engltner; W. L. MucKlnlny, meteorolo
gist: .1. H. Hndley, ship's carpenter; E.
Chafe, cabin .boy; Hubert Templeman.
steward; II. Williams, seaman; V. W.
still unaccounted for, nnmely, Dr.
Forbes A. MacKay, Jdtnc Murray, nat
uralist, both of tho Shuckloton Antnrctlc
expedition; Henri Hcuchut, anthropolo
gist, from Paris, Krnnco; Alexander An
Unrsen, first mate; Charles Ilarker. sec
ond mate, and Seumen King, rrtidy
nnd Morris.
Inasmuch bh many, If not nil, of the
survivors required medical attention,
dipt. Hartlett had them all transferred
to the revenue cutter Hear so that they
could I given treatment at once. The
meeting of Cnpt. Harriett with tho sur
vivors wag n Joyful one; Inasmuch ns
no relief ship had arrived during the
month of August, he had been given up
as lost.
The survivors wrro divided Into two
camps, ono at Waring Point, on the
east coast of Wrangell I.-land, tho other
TWO OF LEADING EXHIBITORS AT THE PIPING ROCK MEET
Breddy, who accidentally shot hlmsf
waa burled r-x the camo at WariB..
rotnr. K
To Cnpt. Itobcrt A. Hartlett In ggt
much credit and pratso fohis remark,
able- trip to the outside world last turial
In order to ,oi ase.'etnnce Ut bn
rooned shipmates. It was u fly nevtr
before accomplished by any living man
and crossing the Ico between Wrangdl
Island and tho Siberian coast was fU
of dangers ond all wins oT personal
hnzard. To the officers nnd men of the
little schooner King nnd Wlnge much
credit Is duo for risking thpjr small
vessel In tho Arctic Ice, nnd such nets
show tho bravo charactir of Amenrn
1 stnmen.
On September 16, 1914, it was lenrnM
thot the steamer Corwln had heard that
tho survivors of the Karluk were on
I oa Ml tho Hear und she was on her wny
hack to Nome.
gr-nt deal of
about 17 or IS
. was beginning
dpt. Hartlett
urged him on.
telling bun lh.it tliej would surely see
bind to-mniTow. The next morning
bright and eaii dpt. Hartlett was up
.ind, selecting a pinnacle of Ire, mounted
I tie top of It and focuscd his glass to
the Kiiiithw.ird. anil to his
and he experienced a
trouble with them
The native boy. aged
yea IK, Pytohuk bv name
to lose his nerve, but
cheeied him up .ind
Miss Lida Fleitman.
Mr. Paul Cravath.
Ing. He managed to nrrlveat Hist Cape, j Itc.ithing Icy Cape the Har followed
however, and there received the hospl- the ice k to tli westward between
tallty of an Kngllsh trader hy the name the parallels 70 and 71 degrees north,
of Carpendale. Hartlett remained here for Wrangell Island. On August 21. 191 1,
more than u week, unable to get ubout wIimi al o.u tw nty m.li s east of Wran
on account of the trouble In his feet
and limbs.
lirell ttil'iTi.l tu lliwlr fiifin- i- fithnp th
Hear met h..i Ice. foggy weather.
Haron Klel.st. the Russian District
Commissioner for this part of Siberia,
happened to come nlong on his Inspec
tion trip and offered to take dipt. Hart
lett to his headiiuarters 'at Knima Har
bor, I'roildence Hay, Slbeiia. where li"
thought he would probably be able to
make connections with the America
whaler Hermann. dipt. Pcdersen.
whoe ship was due then- In the latter
part of .May. dpt. Harth tt arrang. d
to have his native boy Pyti buk remi.i)
at Hast Cape, while he went on to
ICmmii Harboi with the Haron bv i v
ledge. The Hermann nrrlved In Kmm.i
Harbor In the latter part of .May. and
Capt. Hartlett Induced Cnpt. IViIci--. n
to take him to Nome, Alaska, so that
slei t and blind. ng snow s'tonns contln
ued until August 27. .More coal than was
anticipated us. d in getting to Point
Harrow, and the u ther showing no
gasolene schooner King and Wlnge,
Ixiund to the Arctic on a walrus hunt,
left on September 3, and Mr. Swensoti.
manager of the boat. Informed dipt.
Hartlett that he would endeavor to get
to Wrangell Island during the trip If
possible.
Jafet I.lnderberg, a well to do Nome
miner, becoming Interested in the res
cue of the Karluk's crew fl-t d out he
steamer Corwln for the cxpedi m The
l Maiirer, fireman; Kurullak. native. Es
! klmo, his wife nnd two children.
! (leorge C. Malloch, topographer and
I geologist, i f Hamilton, Ontario, died on
Wrangell Island In April. 1914, and
H.'.iline .Mamen, assistant topographer,
of Clirlstlanla, Norway, In May, both
of nephrltiK Hreddy. fireman, acciden
tally shot himself
The eight men missing previously to
lc departure of Cnpt Hartlett were
t,rai jo , 1.,, could get In leliirr.mlile i mm
ind , .relief saw land outlined to tlie.tion with tll(1 Canadian authorities
youtJiwaril In the dim gray dawn of , , , , . .
the An tic morning. II- wakened Pyto- I t. rr'U ' "! vicinity of .Some, it
link nn.l slinwe.l 1,1m il... land, nn.l tbe w'.w f,ul1 ''-''""l v the pr ions
,. ' , . .. .....winters
young, unlive took a new lease on life
Immediately.
An eailv suui was made. Capt. Hart
lett thinking that possibly lan.l might
be reached tliat evening: but more lends
opposed their progress ami the Sllrerlan
shore was n.it r.Mched until the follow
ing day. The la: day on the Ice was
a hard one for iiamlett and his com
panion, as northerly winds had raf
tered up the Ice on the Siberian shore
In a ridge of considerable size nlsjut
three miles off shore. The sight of
land on the other side, liowev. P. seemed
to give them extra strength, and by
working hard nil day they reached land
before dark in the vicinity of North
e'ape, Sibenn. or possibly Cape Yokan
near by.
No sign of habitation or natives were
Mn, so Hartlett and his companion
camped for the night, made some tea
nnd after a supper of pemmienn tunned
in for a much needed rest. The next
morning Capt. Hartlett. In order to
test Hie knowledge of Pytohuk, asked
htm to tep out and show him which
way he thought they ought lo travel
now. Pytohuk walked to the eastward
ml Hartlett complimented him, told
him he was a line boy and tha.t he was
right.
The start was made nt once along the
Slheilan coast for Kast Cape. Presently
one lone Igloo was sighted nnd Pytohuk
shrunk back alongside of Hartlett very
much frightened, Harthct asked him
what was the matter. Pytohuk said:
".Siberian natives kill Point litrrow
natives."
dipt. llartlelt laughed and assured
lhf hoy Hint that was n long time ago
und that Siberian natives would not
iui W; aow.
AiTIvliig at the lone lg:oo. Pytobiik
timiIiI not trust himself to enter It, but
vVilted on the outside while the captain
went in to Investigate. He found a
Siberian iintlve, his wife nnd one child.
Piactically without food. Pytohuk was
llnally persuaded to come Inside the
iKloo and supper was made of ten nnd
prntntenn, which was shared by the
i.atlves, who seemed very grateful to
get soinetliiiu; t ,..,t. The neU day
the Journey was continued along' the
const and as dipt. Hartlett got further
along to the cant ward Hinges of Si-
neruin mulves were found eo.r to
f"1' er At Koliiehln Jay the first white
loan was met. u truder by tho namo of
Ice for a distani. ol nearly
twenty miles off shore. -.. the liermaun
steamed to the southward of the ee
and managed to get in:.. St. Mi. hi-1,
Alaska, on May 31, 1911. Cap,, p.d r
sen was very courteous in li.. tt -fitment
of Capt. Hartlett, fiirnlhinu- him
with some of his own clot him, a'nl
other necessaries.
When dipt. Hartlett nriived nt St.
Michael he was still suffering imen-e v
from his swollen limbs and fct and
also hud some trouble with bis eye
cnused no doubt by travelling tu the
bright glare of snow nnd Ice. II u
once sought the I'nlted Stales Armv
Signal Corps telegraph otllce ni St
Michael und attempted lo send out a
telegram, collect, to the Canadian (iov
ernment. The sergeant in char, e of
the olllce, no doubt acting in accord pec
with rules and not knowing dipt Hart
lett, refused to take his nwn1 with
out its being prepaid. It sc. m i a'ni -t
Incredible that dipt. Hartleu iltir ac
compllbhlng what he did, slioud u
celve this treatment lifter exp.. illations
were made. At St. Michael he i am
across Deputy I'nlted States Marshal
l.ee, who was with Peary on some uf
his explorations nround Oreeni.iuil Mr
I.ee nntlcid that dipt. Hartlett was pi,
took him Into his home, m.i.i- sal sfuv
tory engagements with the ti I graph
efllco and got dipt. Htirtlett's nn-ssir i
on to the Canadian nuthonti. s Then
he called In Dr. IVrrenbaiigh, army
surgeon at Fort St. Michael, to nUei I
to the needs of dipt. Hartlett In Imss
than a week dipt. Hartlett was on tin
roud to recovery.
On June B, 1914, the revenue i inter
Hear, dipt. C. S, Cochran, comma l n'
arrived in St. Michael. Cant llaiil.-n
consulted with dipt. Cochran as t,. the
ndvlsability of the Pear's go n,. to
Wrungcd Island to rescue the m n if
the Karluk, and nfter the Trjus ir Dr-.
partnient was advised of the fi - s Hie
Hear received orders to use even pa- .
b!e endeavor to rescue ill K " i. s
crew dining her cruise to th Ar l
dipt. Hartlett was given perm ss, i , .y
the department lo accompany the lira p.
As It is not possible to nnvu a e in
the Far North b"fotv the latter part of
July and th.' month of August, the II. ir
did not sail from Nomy until .lub 21,
1914. Cupl. Hartlett ciimu on board the
Hear im ibis .I.iIm ...nt il... en.iu.. ...
Point Harrow und Wruneell isiund cum- Three of the Knrluk'B survivors.
uicnccit.
? Tl marnmrm 1
m n jam w s m.
From left to right-Hadlev.
John Munro, W.
Photo CnpyrlKhl tiy I.owen lire.
L. MacKinlay and John
nt Hogcrs Harbor, on the south coast.
MacKinlay, Hadley nnd the natives had
been camped at Waring J'olnt since
last spring, while Chief Engineer
Munro, Williamson, Williams, Temple
mnn, Maurer und Chafe had been camped
nt Rogers Harbor. The food which had
been brought from the ship had given
out In tho first week in June, nnd the
survivors wen- existing on polar benr
meat, walrus, senl, seagulls nnd ducks
which oceiislonally could bo obtained.
MncKlnlny's camp had got down to
forty rounds of nmmunltlnn. while
Mtinro's; camp only had seventeen
rounds remaining when the relief ship
nriived.
There were many days when there
j was no game to he had. On such days
breakfast consisted of hot water: din
ner, of soup made of hot water and
duck bonus which the thrifty wife of
the native Kurullak had the foresight
to save when ducks were plentiful, and
Fiipprr of more hot water, the survivors
. hoilng that the next duy would be more
, fortunate for them.
1n tli morning of the day the King
nnd Wlnge arrived tho native woman
succeeded In catching three medium
I sized tomrod with nn Improvised hook
and line, using seal flipper for bait.
The tornend were considered a delicacy
' and a gratefu' change fmn the exclu
I slve meat diet.
When they nriived on board the Klnc
mm mm- .i.i. .locmmsen nun mt,
Mw rnn manager of the boat, did nil
In their power to make the survivors
comfortable and saw to It that the
ctihln table was kept well supplied with
good, wholesome food, It is said that
the majority of the survivors did not
sleep the first nlnht on hoard the King
ml Wlnge. bill spent the time visiting
the cabin nt short Intervnls, relishing
ind enjoying everything on the table.
Onco on board the revenue cutter the
Henr's surgeon dressed the frostbitten
feet of1 two of the seamen and at
tended to the wants of the others.
As there was n bare possibility that
nomn of the missing men might be on
II 'l'tl Irlnnd the Hear was bended that
w.iv fine' on September ! was nble to get
only within tern miles of the Island on
i -count of heavy lee. The weather was
fine and clear, but no signs of life could
be seen.
Tbe King and Wlnge proceeded on
her walrus hunt along the southern
limits of the Arctic pack. The Hear
headed to the southward fop Nome,
AleiKha flopping nt Capo Sirdze. Siberia,
to notify the Husslnn authorities oPthe
rescue.
While in tbe Arctic ninny efforts were
mad., to get Into e'ommunlcatlon by
wireh-Fs with the steamer Corwln, so ns
io give her the Information that the
Karluk's crew were on board the Hen,f,
but for some reason, probably defective
wlrele apparatus on the Corwln, com
iiMnlcatlon could rot he established.
Messages telling of the rescue lyerr left
' on the island Inside .the tents, which
were left stnndinp, there bolnc no time
to gather up cnmp.genr on nccnunt of
the possibility of the? Ice closing In on
the King and Wlnge,
The Hear orrlvesl off Nome, Alnskn,
Peptombrr 13, 1914. nnd ne-ws of thn
rescue was telegraphed to the Cnnnfllnn
nnd United Stntes Ooernmenls, The
survivors will be tnken out to Vlctorln,
H, C, either hy the revenue cutter Hear
or the- first nvnllahle pnssenger steamer
Under tho enre of Dr. Olanvllle of tho
Henr the survivors lire fast recovering
from their experience, Malloch and Mil
mon. who died of nephritis, were burled
by their comrade at Itogera Harbor.
How East Side Feels the War
WHBN I reached the top floor I
rapped lightly at my friend's
door nnd was summoned In
"Dobry vecner (good evening; 7 va.d
"Oood evening to you."
I was not In tho room longer than two
minutes when my little friend nnccre.
monlously suggested that wo take a
walk, being doubtless abashed at my
calling iiimn her without warning And
forthwith wo started.
Down we went through the iiim'y
lighted hall. On the second floor I be
held through an open door a woman
pushing a baby carriage lo and fro and
singing In a monotonous wail "I m iU
loo lu," a melody familiar to Jewish
mothers. My friend heeded It riot, nor
did I say anything to her, but it still
possesses me, nnd rightly, for did I not
sing the same, when rocking my baby
sister?
We reached tho street und then, what
a fury of noises 1 There were swarm
of people there, venders shouting their
wares exhibited on pushcarts- ever),
thing from cooked salted beans and
baked sweet potatoes to underwear nnd
caps and sweaters wagons and auto,
mobiles going by. children playing, and
whut not. It was Saturday evening,
when the older Jews had left their symu
gogues and were assembled In the
streets. And then there were those who
were coming from work, and others who
were not working, nil stnndlng In the
gutters and on the sidewalks, tnlkinp
nnd gesticulating of tho hard tlmn,
and tho war, and the nown from home.
Yes Indeed the war, for hud not some
of them wives nnd children In ICurnpe
nnd friends perhaps relatives In both
tho Ilusslan and Austrian armies, and
was It not fortunate that they them
sclveH had come to America? They
would not have escaped being ordered to
tho front.
We pushed our way through the
crowd.
"And now, how have you been since I
last saw you?" I asked.
"Oh, quite well," my little friend re
sponded, "but I would feel much better
f I had work. I have only been wo k
Ing two or threo days a week for the
past month, and you know what that
means, nnd father hasn't done much
more. And I need things too."
"How's that?"
"Well, tho war, I suppose. The boss
only keeps on tho week workers steadilv.
Father nnd I are piece workers, uit
week when I worked tien .in..., i
13.40. A year ago this time I h.-i.i in
work oven on St.tmlnvu
busy. Hut no night work. When I
work steadily I make about 111.50, and
with that of course I can turn arounl.
I make more than father !.,.... r ,m
so much faster."
"What does your father do?"
"Father sews thn m.(To rn m, ,,....
and I the collar bands. You know on
person d i sn't innl.i. th , ,
There are those who work on the fnr i
ami inoo who make the sleeves ."1
still others who nttnem them M i!ie.
shirt. And so on. I net 12 .....on
dozen for that, and that pays fine
"We used to get 11 for It, but s r
.he place was made to mnvn i,v it.
H.iid of Health we get less. nit s
I am staisfle.l t wnri i..rn ,.,. ,,. .
everything Is so much cleaner and la
cool and light. In the union places it' v
oni) get eight oenm for what I set
twelve here, nnd four rent for .vh..t I
get eight. I sunnosi. tl.nt'u i,r.-,,u ...
carry u better line pongee and l.nen
and that sort of stuff.
"Say, do you know, last week I went
to the opera and heard 'Carmen.' One
3f the cutters In the place had two
tickets and he sold them to me for
SO cents. I certainly, enjoyed It. and
now if l were working I would get i
-season ticket for Saturday evenfg'.
Tho other nights I would not be able
to go because of school. I do n-t want
to miss that for the world."
''But now wTiat do you do when
are not working? Don't you go ut
walking these sunny days? You need
"No, not very much, because 1 always
find something to do. Some dnvs I
sow for myself, fixing up last year's
things. And then I read, hut mostly
Russian books, hecause I cannot get
In the library easy Kngllsh books. It It
so hnrd to understand the words I
thought If I were working this season
I would get a dictionary a good on
that would give good definitions."
"Do you like It where you are. stavinjt
now?"
"Oh, yes, my missus Is fine. She 1
ns good to me ns my mother was, and
she Is n stranger to me. We found
her through a 'To Let' sign In front
of tho street door. She cooks our
evening meal for us nnd only charges
us what It costs her, nnd faiher nnd
I pay her $7.50 a week for oun is'snl"
"Havo you heard from home lote-'r"
"No. Heforo the war broke out father
sent homo 125, but slnco that let'er
went we hnvo not hnd n. word from
my stepmother. I suppose It's n 'C-
count of tho war, I read that nrend In
Ihnt town where nho Is Ik qpw about
40 cents a pound, and everything ha
gone up. The M!dler wo stt-cwl
near there, nnd the army cells uixir. 'h'
town for some of Its urolK.ons."
"Wouldn't you llko to seo the Ct
defentod?''
"What difference does It mako m'
Who Is defeated? Aren't fty n' mj
brothers Jews In the Russian nnnj'
nnd .lews In the Austrlnn armv ma"
arnlnst rmn (iivwtt.tii.Mfl T .Inn t
who wins, If only the war -would ccifc
we nan come to my station.
"Whft.t ulinll T me
lesson, uchltel (teacher)?" I asked
"iioofli now lo rememPT
you come next Saturday."
"Well, then, I will say gooil-hj
lor tlmeH nre coming."
"Spokolnol nochl" (Good night)
are
next
Suppe
Hei
A