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guttural    parts。    ;I   no  strike   it�察 �Neil。   You     known     Cap'n   Markheim�察�

Unalaska�拭      �I cook�察�his house�察�long   time。        No spend   money。         Bime´by�察�

plenty。    Pretty good�察�I think�察�go down and see White Man's Land。                    Very 

fine�察�White Man's Land�察�very fine�察─�she added。               Her English puzzled him�察�

for Sandy and he had sought�察�constantly�察�to better her speech�察�and she had 

proved an apt pupil。 Now it seemed that she had sunk back into her race。 

Her     face   was    guileless�察  �stolidly    guileless�察  �giving    no    cue。    Kitty's 

untroubled      brow    likewise    baffled    him。    What     had   happened�拭      �How 

much had been said�拭�and how much guessed�拭�



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     While he wrestled with these questions and while Jees Uck wrestled 

with her problemnever had he looked so wonderful and greata silence 

fell。 

     ;To think that you knew my husband in Alaska� ─�Kitty said softly。 

     Knew him�        �Jees Uck could not forbear a glance at the boy she had 

borne him�察�and his eyes followed hers mechanically to the window where 

played   the    two   children。    An     iron   hand   seemed     to  tighten   across   his 

forehead。      His knees went weak and his heart leaped up and pounded like 

a fist against his breast。      His boy�      �He had never dreamed it� �

     Little   Kitty   Bonner�察  �fairylike   in   gauzy   lawn�察  �with   pinkest   of   cheeks 

and    bluest    of  dancing     eyes�察  �arms    outstretched     and   lips  puckered      in 

invitation�察  �was   striving   to   kiss   the   boy。  And   the   boy�察  �lean   and   lithe�察�

sunbeaten   and   browned�察  �skin´clad   and   in   hair´   fringed   and   hair´tufted 

MUCLUCS   that   showed            the   wear   of  the   sea   and  rough   work�察   �coolly 

withstood      her   advances�察   �his   body    straight  and    stiff  with  the   peculiar 

erectness common to children of savage people。                  A stranger in a strange 

land�察�unabashed and unafraid�察�he appeared more like an untamed animal�察�

silent and watchful�察�his black eyes flashing from face to face�察�quiet so long 

as quiet endured�察�but prepared to spring and fight and tear and scratch for 

life�察�at the first sign of danger。 

     The contrast between boy and girl was striking�察�but not pitiful。 There 

was    too   much     strength   in  the   boy   for  that�察 �waif   that   he  was    of  the 

generations of Shpack�察�Spike O'Brien�察�and Bonner。                  In his features�察�clean 

cut as a cameo and almost classic in their severity�察�there were the power 

and achievement of his father�察�and his grandfather�察�and the one known as 

the    Big   Fat�察  �who    was    captured    by   the   Sea   people    and    escaped    to 

Kamchatka。 

     Neil Bonner fought his emotion down�察�swallowed it down�察�and choked 

over it�察�though his face smiled with good´humour and the joy with which 

one meets a friend。 

     ;Your     boy�察  �eh�察 �Jees   Uck�拭─    �he  said。    And     then   turning    to  Kitty�此�

;Handsome  fellow�          �He'll   do   something   with   those   two hands   of   his   in 

this our world。; 



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     Kitty nodded concurrence。          ;What is your name�拭─�she asked。 

     The young savage flashed his quick eyes upon her and dwelt over her 

for a space�察�seeking out�察�as it were�察�the motive beneath the question。 

     ;Neil�察─�he answered deliberately when the scrutiny had satisfied him。 

     ;Injun talk�察─�Jees Uck interposed�察�glibly manufacturing languages on 

the spur of the moment。          ;Him Injun talk�察�NEE´AL all the same 'cracker。' 

Him   baby�察  �him   like   cracker�察  �him   cry   for   cracker。   Him   say�察  �'NEE´AL�察�

NEE´AL��'   all   time   him   say�察 �'NEE´AL。'       Then   I   say  that   um  name。     So 

um name all time Nee´al。; 

     Never did sound more blessed fall upon Neil Bonner's ear than that lie 

from Jees Uck's lips。        It was the cue�察�and he knew there was reason for 

Kitty's untroubled brow。 

     ;And his father�拭─�Kitty asked。          ;He must be a fine man。; 

     ;Oo´a�察�yes�察─�was the reply。         ;Um father fine man。         Sure� ─�

     ;Did you know him�察�Neil�拭─�queried Kitty。 

     ;Know   him�拭      �Most   intimately�察─  �Neil   answered�察  �and   harked   back   to 

dreary Twenty Mile and the man alone in the silence with his thoughts。 

     And here might well end the story of Jees Uck but for the crown she 

put upon her renunciation。           When she returned to the North to dwell in 

her grand log´house�察�John Thompson found that the P。 C。 Company could 

make a shift somehow to carry on its business without his aid。                   Also�察�the 

new agent and the succeeding agents received instructions that the woman 

Jees   Uck   should   be   given   whatsoever   goods   and   grub   she   desired�察  �in 

whatsoever   quantities   she   ordered�察  �and   that   no   charge   should   be   placed 

upon   the   books。    Further�察  �the   Company   paid   yearly   to   the   woman   Jees 

Uck a pension of five thousand dollars。 

     When he had attained suitable age�察�Father Champreau laid hands upon 

the    boy�察 �and   the   time   was    not  long   when     Jees  Uck    received    letters 

regularly   from   the    Jesuit   college   in  Maryland。      Later    on   these  letters 

came     from    Italy�察 �and   still  later  from   France。    And     in  the   end   there 

returned   to Alaska   one   Father   Neil�察  �a   man   mighty  for   good   in   the   land�察�

who loved his mother and who ultimately went into a wider field and rose 

to high authority in the order。 



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     Jees Uck was a young woman when she went back into the North�察�and 

men   still   looked   upon   her   and   yearned。     But   she   lived   straight�察  �and   no 

breath   was   ever   raised   save   in   commendation。        She   stayed   for   a   while 

with the good sisters at Holy Cross�察�where she learned to read and write 

and    became      versed   in   practical   medicine     and   surgery。    After   that   she 

returned to her grand log´house and gathered about her the young girls of 

the Toyaat village�察�to show them the way of their feet in the world。                     It is 

neither   Protestant   nor   Catholic�察  �this   school   in   the   house   built   by   Neil 

Bonner for Jees Uck�察�his wife�察�but the missionaries of all the sects look 

upon     it  with   equal   favour。     The    latchstring    is  always    out�察  �and   tired 

prospectors      and   trail´weary     men   turn   aside   from   the   flowing     river  or 

frozen trail to rest there for a space and be warm by her fire。                 And�察�down 

in the States�察�Kitty Bonner is pleased at the interest her husband takes in 

Alaskan   education   and   the   large   sums   he   devotes   to   that   purpose�察  �and�察�

though she often smiles and chaffs�察�deep down and secretly she is but the 

prouder of him。 



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