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Show FROM ALL LANDS Yet again they went down to the Battery and Douglas said that it almost al-most seemed like a home town to him down there by this time. "There Is one more most important trip you should take," Uncle John Said, "out upon this harbor of ours." They had come down upon the elevated ele-vated railway and what fun It had been to look down Into the windows of houses and down upon the slit-els and lo make curves and turns on n raii-.v ay overhead 1 "You seemed to be pleased," said Uncle John smilingly. "We'll never refuse a boat ride and something to see about this harbor," Douglas remarked. "I wouldn't mind seeing iMiy one of the wonders over again," said Dorothy. "Well, we'll do that perhaps some day but for the present tiiere are such lots of thoin that we must see I for the first time before we see any of them a second time." On a boat they all went, which soon started out into the harbor. It took a slightly roundabout course for three islands, with a big building upon each island. The islands were all connected. con-nected. "Is it a little city?" asked Dorothy. Dor-othy. "Almost," said Uncle John. "It's a Some of the Women. city where all people of all lands can be found." "Whatever do you mean?" asked Dorothy, who was very much puzzled. puz-zled. The boat had arrived at the pier of the first Island. Uncle John at once led the children up to the first big building. "This Is called Ellis Island," he said. And they saw crowds of people waiting to go back again on the boat. Some of" the women had shawls, some carried little babies. There were great big men and small boys dressed in quaint clothes. And they were all talking. "Whatever are they saying?" asked Dorothy. "They are people who have come from other parts of the world. They are brought to this island, and there are people to tell them where they can find their friends and how they can reach the places for which they are bound." "But how can anyone understand them?" asked Dorotiiy. "They have men here who can speak lots of languages," said Uncle John. "Immigrants can change their foreign money into American money, if they cannot speak English they have tickets put on their coats saying where they want to go. "There are hundreds of beds here if they have to stay overnight, and there is an enormous dining room. too. The other two islands have hospitals upon theiu for sick iwiople." Just then the children saw an old man clasp a younger man who looked very much like him and they saw that be cried tears of joy. "You have come! said the younger man. "And it was so easy," said the older one In a broken accent. "They told me here just what I rhould do until you came. There was no mistake. I've found you In this great land." And as Uncle John explained how It was all managed Dorothy almost cried with the beautiful wonder of it. "Oh," she said, and her eyes were j shining very, very brightly, "what a great city It Is that It welcomes so many people, and that this Island makes It possible for them to find each other no matter what foreign language, lan-guage, they speak." |