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orphan. At Juneau I heard of the attacks made 

 upon him by the gang against whose evil purposes 

 he has stood all these years like a rock. He can 

 well afford the hatred of such men. Every new 

 attack that they make upon him is a further evi- 

 dence of his courage and fidelity. Their rage only 

 makes his usefulness to the country conspicuous, 

 as the surf marks the granite. 



Now permit me to recur to Dutch Harbor and 

 its surroundings. These little experiences do not 

 amount to anything in themselves. They are not 

 worth relating except that they give impressions of 

 the country. 



One gets but little variety in journeying along a 

 line of latitude. For contrasts he must go to the 

 arctics or to the tropics. For brilliance and gran- 

 deur one must go north. This is not denying the 

 attractions of the sultry lands south of us; but if 

 one desire to enjoy his life let him take the cool, 

 bracing ozonic air of the north. A goodly part of 

 the time, in June and July, I dressed more warmly 

 than I do in Chicago in January. Heavy under- 

 clothing, coat, overcoat, and on top of these a wind- 

 and-rain-proof mackintosh. When I left the Aleu- 

 tian Islands they were white and purple with bloom, 

 and fragrant as an orchard. I gathered and pho- 

 tographed a bunch of the flowers which whiten 

 the islands. There is a great variety in reds and 

 purples, but as those colors take black in the 

 camera I did not try to reproduce them. Such 



