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August 21, located the Mission, and with the aid of the 

 men of the above-mentioned Company put in place the 

 31,000 feet of lumber and 20,000 shingles, so that the 

 building, 24x28x9 feet, could be locked and entrusted to 

 the care of the native chief on September 8. The Arctic 

 Fishing Co., through whose kind offices this expedi- 

 tious result was rendered possible, placed the Moravian 

 Church under a lasting debt of gratitude. Says Brother 

 Wolff: "They in the first place made no charge for pas- 

 sage-money or freight on all the lumber from San Francisco 

 to Nushagak. Nor did my return trip cost me a cent ; for 

 board, both ways, was free. In the second place, they 

 charged only the actual cash outlay for the workmen's help. 

 In the third place, they not only boarded myself and the 

 workmen, free of all expense, while at Nushagak ; but they 

 supplied all the native assistants with free food, and one 

 must have seen a native eat in order to form a just idea of 

 what this item would amount to ! Besides all this, was the 

 constant kindness, which can not be reckoned in dollars 

 and cents." 



His return journey was speedy and prosperous, so that on 

 October 1 1 he was enabled to report in person at Bethle- 

 hem to the Board of Directors of the Society for Propa- 

 gating the Gospel the successful carrying out of the instruc- 

 tions received in Spring. 



On the tenth of May, 1887, a missionary party consisting 

 of the Rev. Frank Wolff and wife and Miss Mary Huber, 

 of Lititz, Lancaster Co., Penna. — the latter, one of several 

 lady volunteers — left San Francisco with the steamer of the 

 Alaska Commercial Company for Nushagak by way of 

 Ounalaska; and on their safe arrival at their destination, 

 were able to send the welcome news that they found the 

 Carmel Mission-house, as they named it, together with the 

 many articles that had been stored there, untouched and in 

 perfect condition. 



Meantime the Winter of 1 886-1 887 had been one of 

 severe trial for the little company at Bethel. School had 

 been opened on September 8, 1886, and on the following 

 Lord's Day a Sabbath-school had been commenced, both 

 of which were steadily maintained. Severe lung troubles, 



