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or 40 miles is an almost every day affair. Indian Reserves have "magnificent distances," when one thinks of the faithful man, going over the bleak hills & prairies, with the love of God and man, his sole companion!

His little cottage is an open house, thither the Indians come to see the Missionary and his wife, and there the stranger finds a place of rest and a welcome, no matter at how great an expense of labor; for there are no [[strikethrough]] hands [[/strikethrough]] trained servants to lighten the tasks of the house keeper and mother.

The Church building still does double duty; on week days the day school is held there and on Sunday the Church service. The school needs appliances to work with. Reading charts, particularly easy ones, are wanted, and also outline maps. Those the Teacher has are old and worn with much use. All the books are kept in a dry-goods box, which is pushed behind the