A DRAMATIC EPISODE 



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Kavirondo had restored the baby! There was an 

 instant impulse to rush down to see the glad re- 

 union, but better counsel prevailed. Such a charge, 

 en masse, even though friendly, might frighten the 

 natives away. So Akeley alone went down and 

 assured the father and mother that we were friendly 



She Threw Her Baby Away 



and that nothing would harm them. And when he 

 came back it was to report that the parents and the 

 little baby were peacefully installed in their forest 

 home again. 



Early in the morning we went down to see our 

 strange friends. They had greatly increased in 

 number during the night. There were now one 

 man, two of his wives, an old woman, and eight chil- 



