A MEMORY OF SLEDGE-DOGS 99 



watches over His children everywhere, heard us 

 there in the frozen wilderness. 



And afterwards, as we sat together in friendly talk 

 and drank our tea, and I heard of the doings of little 

 Emilia, the cripple how plump and strong and rosy 

 she was getting ! once again the quiet hand of 

 little John fell upon my shoulder ; the half-hour was 

 past, and we must be on our way again. 



We bundled our boxes on the sledge ; we shouted 

 to the sleepy dogs, and with a cheery wave of the 

 hand and a cheery call of " Aksuse. Be ye strong ! 

 the Lord be with you," we rumbled down the slope 

 to our track once more. 



