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Charley s Wonderful Journeys. 



and at last it began to be very monotonous, 

 and Charley amused himself by pulling out 

 the finest of the ostrich feathers, and as 

 fast as he pulled one out another grew in 

 its place. 



Then he began to grow drowsy, and 

 when he awoke again the Ostrich was 

 gone, and he was sitting by a stream on 

 the other side of the desert, and by his side 



" I never do anything without consulting 

 my wife," said the chief, " but she always 

 agrees to everything I say. I suppose you 

 know how to begin ?" 



"Yes," said Charley, after a moment's 

 thought; ''the first thing to do is to make 

 a collection." 



"Quite right," said the savage; "let 

 everybody make a collection. The men 



"the riKST 'JJIING TO DO IS TO MARK A COI.I.IX'TION. 



were the feathers that he had pulled out of 

 the Ostrich; quite a big bunch. 



The savages were hunting at no great 

 distance, so Charley went toward them, 

 and asked the chief if he would be pleased 

 to tell him the way home. 



"You had better come home with us," 

 said the chief. " I suppose you're a mis- 

 sionary." 



"Yes, I would like to be a missionary 

 now that I'm here," said Charley. "Would 

 you like to be converted ? " 



can go to the woods and collect game, the 

 boys can go down to the sea and collect 

 clams, and the women and girls can go and 

 collect fruit." 



Everybody went to work with a will, 

 they all seemed so delighted to have a mis- 

 sionary. The savages soon returned with 

 lots of game, the old women set to work to 

 cook it, and there were clams and fruit, 

 and roast venison, and Charley enjoyed 

 his first dinner as a missionary very much. 



They all pressed him to eat more, and 



