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while there has been a great deal of sickness and death every- 

 where. 



Monda}-, July 25. This morning the sun came out bright, 

 and he has shone all day. After looking in vain for the 

 inland ice-party, and also for a party from the " Kite," until 

 two P. M., I retired to the tent to escape the mosquitos. I told 

 Matt he might go down to RedclifTe and see the " Kite " party 

 if he chose, but he said he did not care for the walk, and would 

 take the gun and go for a stroll. At 3.30, feeling hungry, I 

 went out to see if I could see anything of him, in order to 

 know whether I should cook for one or for two. Away ofif 

 near the foot of the cliffs I saw a lone figure, which did not 

 look like Matt, slowly making its way in the direction of the 

 tent. I soon made out Professor Heilprin. He had walked 

 fifteen miles to pay me a visit, and we chatted for hours. It 

 did seem so good to talk W'ith some one again who had been 

 in touch with civilization. I feel as though I had been in 

 another world. Both mother and brother urge me to come 

 home, even if Mr. Peary has not returned from the inland ice 

 by the time the " Kite " is obliged to set sail again for the 

 sunny south, and the professor says his orders are to " bring 

 Mrs. Peary back under any circumstances." While I do not 

 think there is the slightest doubt that my husband will be 

 here before the latter part of August, and while I fully believe 

 that if he is not here then he will never come, yet I could 

 never leave while there was the faintest chance of his being 

 alive. I told the professor just how I felt about the matter, 



