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the path’, sober as a judge. You would have some good laughs at him if you could see him, and Vhether you think so or not, you would soon get to like him. . [The illustration herewith, contains a picture o f Mrs. Simpson, o f Illinois, mother o f Miss Bertha Simpson, a missionary at Kijabe. So that she could know her daugh ter’s surroundings and better appreciate her letters, Mrs. Simpson went to Africa, where she spent several months before returning home. The native wearing clothes, is Mulungit, o f the ’ Massi tribe, who visited America several years ago. The others are “ raw” Kikuyus.]
belongs to Miss Morse, and we are also keeping her pet monkey for several months, while she, Mr. Hurlburt and his daughter Alta, have gone up to Congo for several months. You w ill laugh at me for having a pet monkey, for I always thought I hated them. This little fellow is surely as much fun as a sideshow, and he makes a spicy bit o f recreation now and then. He is a red Calabas' (that’s almost Calabasas, isn’t it?). He has rather long, reddish hair. On top o f his head is a heavy tuft o f real red hair, so his name is.Kelly; he will take hold o f my hand and walk along
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BOY T HIS boy is a member of the Stlmson Sunday School, con ducted at the Yokefellows’ Mission of the Bible Institute on Los Angeles. Street, by Charles M. Stimson. His name, in Syrian, means “Two Feet,” in English it is interpreted “Toughy.”
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