WITH BARON KLEIST 
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been with him through the Russo-Japanese War, 
looked after my legs and throat. He took me 
under his especial care during my stay and had me 
in pretty good condition by the time I left. 
It was a pleasure for me to find myself once more 
in a comfortable home. The baroness was spend- 
ing the winter visiting her relatives in Russia but 
the numerous touches of a feminine hand were un¬ 
mistakable throughout the establishment. 
At Emma Harbor I met Mr. Thompson, who 
had a trading-store there. Born on the Baltic, he 
had been a sea-faring man in his earlier days, serv¬ 
ing in German, French and English ships, and 
could speak English very well. He told me that 
Captain Pederson had been in the neighborhood 
with his new ship, the Herman, and through him 
I got a Ghukch to take a letter to the captain, tell¬ 
ing him where I was and asking him if it would be 
possible for him to call for me and take me across 
to the American shore. 
Mr. Caraieff had a brother at Indian Point and 
the latter came over from his trading-station there 
to see us. He stayed a day or two and when he 
went home he took a letter for Captain Pederson. 
I sent out several other letters by Chukches to catch 
Captain Pederson and, in this way, the news of 
my desire to get in touch with him spread among 
the natives along the coast. 
