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maker— if he gets among us we shall have no fight,’ they said— 
fired two or three shots at him before he reached them. He 
pressed on, however, and succeeded in stopping the war. He 
was on a visit to Tana when he was seized with his last illness, 
which carried him off in about three weeks after his return. 
The last interview I had with him was two days before his 
death. Mrs. Geddie had several very interesting conversations 
with him. He confessed the wickedness of his life, but ex- 
pressed a humble hope of salvation, through Jesus Christ. 
I have lost in him a sincere and valuable friend.” 
Alongside this sketch let me place another—of a native girl, 
Mary Anne. She was a little princess in rank—a pleasant 
child, but very thoughtless. Her parents, afraid of her falling 
into the hands of white men, brought her to Mrs. Geddie, en- 
treating her to take her into her boarding establishment, which 
she did. But she was a restless bird, flying away, and after 
afew days returning. “One evening,” Mrs. Geddie wrote, “ I 
called her and her companion into my bedroom, and had along 
conversation with them. I told them I was sadly grieved to 
see them so thoughtless ; that I had left my home that I might 
teach them the word of God; and that I had just parted with 
my own child, who was very dear to me (she had gone to school 
at Walthamstow) in order that I might remain among them. 
I said that I would never regret leaving my home and friends 
and parting with my child, if I were to have the happiness of 
seeing them seeking the Saviour ; and that now, as my daughter 
had left me, they should try as much as possible to fill her 
place to me. They both cried very much, and said they 
knew what I told them was true, and that they were very bad 
and dark-hearted. From this time I could see an evident change 
in them both. Dear Mary Anne became quite a changed girl, 
and, we have every reason to believe, a decided christian. She 
tried in every way to please me, and to be a daughter to me. 
We all-loved her very much, and never, as far as I remember, 
