The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17

mbN0InH NJ HUTHb. MT. "Hlnrn qnlH hA
dropped the lines every time no met a bicy.
clist to wave at him; They went to u rostnu-
rant to get tho child some sand witches, and a
man with a very large nose Snt down nj the
next table. Mocsncy began TO laugh at his
nose and to make comment, about it that
didn't satisfy Mccsney. He wanted the owner
OF tho nose to know that that member afforded
mime that the man could not rSii /" SSmdcrgi AZ
Get mndi No, he Of the h,g nose roprcd, and
told the boz, no knew Il was big gad ugly
Let So %s go upstairs. We VIII iak Mr bfi mf 10 ,G:
exhibit OF things from his own country That
Lieut.. PearX brought down last year. lie said,
The child put his hand conndipsly into that
his 81 Side. when he came II in sigTRTi Of " tSns b ny
cases OF specimens he was beside Himself with
joy. He capcrcd around and gave the name
would try to Illustrate the u~r rs inndc o. il,
When he came, to The spears his face lighted
and in front of him was a seal. IN. up, he
crept on the imaginary seal with nm iinnrinary
spenr in his hand. and stcalthily struck a fatal
blow. Then ho turned to Mr.. Wallace com.
THAT'S the way wo spear %seuls."
others once more, MIR. Wallace said '0" Wv
This boy Is a genuine boy. Sec how he runs
time. MY boy, about the salnc ngc, comes here.
and thcy have fine times playing marbles and
ball together; The Eskimos do not coddlc thor
chap the other. day. Three little children went
down to sec him, two girls and a boy. He
the little boy and then he would put his own
arm around the waist of the other little girl,
Which frisIhtGncd her almost out 3t her Mits.;
he. went on, cntcring their room once more.
They don't use. so mnch or, their persons, but
when the soap is out they will not allow me TO
come in here until l go and bring them more.
Sing, Meosney," he urged.
,Mcssncy obeyed, and such singing as IT was!
Then his father and NOOktah and Nooktuh's
wife and Weestakupsi did "a song and dance.
ki.ki," it went over and over again, up and
down. in and out; and through the gamut of
desolation, to listen to it.
No Eskimo, except a medicine man, ever
"When one OF Their tribe falls III the medicine
mSn ru ss0 the how patients ,hsr body pdy i, sing ;hs;r al hod the
as they sing. That's whore they get the idea"
What strikes them most about our coun.
try asked the young woman,
answered Mr.. Henson. "They talk for hours
about tho high houses and wonder how, we
I've known them to spend half a day talking
about one of those iron posts there or an iron
beam and wondering how it was ever put in.
They give a name to nearly everything. We
do not know what it is. Ten minutes later they
give you a name: for it by the use they could
make Of 1t. For instance, when they first saw
a bicycle they were struck dumb. But soon
they recovered their tongues and told me it
fast That wasn't bad. was iii Mr.. Wallace
10 going TO give Meesney u wheel, and the child
is a. eager for II as ever an American child was
for one. They give people names. If a man
with a beard calls TO see them they dub him
Mr.. Henson punctuated this nformatio
him continually.
tinued. but can't tell you all they say.
Their Ideas of II compliment are not exactly
ours. But they all want YOU to promise to
come back, and they say some day when they
learn our Language they will understand you"
"Good,by,' said the young woman, nodding
and smiling to zach one.
the other half OF the English they have learned.
kcssuh was not at all satisfied with such IA
formal parting. He seized the young woman
by both hands, and she shook hands with him
a desire TO be rid OF n person. Finally she got
"Good.by," she called out again with a win.
some smile.
With q leap Kessnh was at her side.
bye. bye he said.
dark. narrow corridor. kessuh followed smil-
ing and e%lasping his hands over his heart. She
S %as @oedcr aGs P r sho we Would 9lda'S ever eom mes to the the
end OF the hall lit was really IA short halll and
Thien w nHd she 9s., sl.o" lbd turn Wa MGSn she E e got 5h9 fDs:
lowed. growing more mclodramatic in his ad.
miration every, minute: The young woman
smiled in a way that said. Il like you. but I'm
go back" But Kcssuh had no notion Of going
back. Tho girl began to sprint; SO did Kcssuh.
She couldn't get the advantage of him until she
struck the long flight of stone stairs, and then
she flew nimbly up while he h~esitated AZ the bot
tom and stood gazing up. devouring her with
his eyes.
Romeo and Juliet in the twentieth cen.
tury,".. she gasped. and then she waved him a
frantic good.by.
The last the reporter saw Of the young won.
IN she was standing outside clutching at her
palpitating heart and laughing Historically.
The rain was beating down on her flushed face.
Oh" she exclaimed. II wish things were
more equally divided in this world. | wish our
American lovers had some of tho enthusiasm
OF these Eskimos. and that the Eskimos didn't
have quite so much. But what's the use of
anything. anyhow" and then she went away
laughing.