the midnight sun
She never claimed he made any promises or anything like that . He sends a check down once a quarter to the trader here for her and the kid . '' But young Elliot was not thinking about Meteetse . His mind 's eye saw another picture -- the girl at Kusiak , listening spellbound to the tales of a man whose actions translated romance into life for her , a girl swept from the quiet backwaters of an Irish village to this land of the midnight sun with its amazing contrasts . And all the way up on the boat she continued to fill his mind . The slowness of the steamer fretted him . He paced up and down the deck for hours at a time worried and anxious .