New-York tribune., 1899-01-08

than when he is able to do favor for some
Of his friends.
Mene's days are we'll occupied, for, besides his
regular attendance at public school, he has
private tutor. This is In order to help him
on as rapidly as possible In his study Of English
and thus enable him to keep up with his class.
His manner Of talking is still, Of course. broken
and faulty. Occasionally. when he attempts
long explanations, II is little unintelligibe,
but. a matter Of fact he can almost always
Lake himself understood and is improving daily
with wonderful speed. He pronOurces his Eng
hsh words correctly. without any popularity OF
Accent He still remembers most Of the Esqui-
Tau words that he knew in his Northern home.
but he shows signs OF forgetting them unless
he is made to repeat them frequently
DR.. Boas and one or two other students OF the
Esquimau tongue in this city often get the boy
b talk with them, and endeavor to learn from
lin something about the almost unknown Ian
kuage Of his race.
Meme evidently has a good memory. for he
looks at the sledges harpoons and other EsQu..
mau articles in the Museum he gives their native
names and tells Of their uses. His description
the other day OF the catching of a walrus was
Interesting il not absolutely coherent
What did you do when you were in the
North he asked.
"Oh, l played" he said, smilingly giving the
usual childish
What did you play with?"
Little harpoons-and lines"
but they wouldn't let you harpoon seals and
walruses, would they"
"No'-another sme-''just pieces Of fat
AS he looks over the pictures In Lieutenant
Peary S book Meme describes many of the opera
tions illustrated there. II interests him. but he
says he does not want to go back to his coun-
try.
Meme is Of average height for his age, and is
stockily built. He is exceptionally strong in his
muscular development and In wrestling can
easily vanquish much larger boys than himself
4 face is broad, with high cheekbones ard his
Town eyes are set trihe obquely as in the
Dongolian type OF countenance. A healthy red
5lOws through the dark skin on his plump
4heeks. and he has entirely recovered from the
sickness which he. well as the others suf-
fered last winter His hair is straight. black.
and rather coarse His expression has gained
wonderfully in intelligence within the last year. |
In his play hours he is like any other healthy, !
happy boy. and he enjoys the same amuse-
ments as his constant cOnrade, Willie Wallace.
They have bicycles and pony. which they
drive to little cart; and skating on Van Cort- |
with them at this season
The subject OF the proper religious training Of
the little stranger from the North has been the !
occasion Of no little concern to Mrs. Wallace, !
and incidentally IL has given rise to many anus /
Ing occurrences. AS soon as he learned enough
English 10 have idea OF the meaning OF the .
words he taught the usual child's prayer I
Nov | lay me down TO sleep" This he /
expected (" say every night. knecling beside his +
bed with folded hands and bowed head With .
his usual good-tempered Willingness and desire |
TO please hc made no objection TO the praying,
although il could not have meant much to him /
al first. Only a few occasions did he show
any inclination To omit his nightly devotions,
and at those times his reason was that he was
"very tired" One evening. several months ago,
ne put forth this plea. but il was not allowed
and the petition had to he offered as usual. The
next night when ne started for bed he was
heard murmuring softly TO himself all the way
upstairs. and after he began undressing |
Finally ne ceased looked much relieved. and !
gIancing up roguisbly at The maid who was