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his absences were quite frequent enough, and prolonged 
enough, when visiting these, to try the stoutest faith. Still, 
it seemed to be laid on his heart that he should go to Ono, 
and in much perplexity he consulted with Mrs. Calvert. 
Do you intend to go ? " she queried. " How can I ? " he 
replied. "How can I leave you alone?" With true noble- 
ness of faith, Mrs. Calvert replied, " It would be much better 
to leave me alone, than to neglect so many people. If you 
can arrange for the work to be carried on here, you ought 
to go." Soon after this, finding a canoe bound for Ono, 
Mr. Calvert did go, leaving his brave wife and little child 
alone at Lakemba. On reaching Ono, he baptized and 
married many converts, who were anxious to lead Christian 
lives. Isaac had fallen into sin, but, in spite of this, the 
work had increased to large proportions. 
Not without opposition, however, had the lofu grown. 
Many of the heathen had threatened war, and were bent 
upon annoying their Christian neighbours upon every pos- 
sible occasion ; and a more serious complication appeared, 
in the shape of a dispute with the king of Lakemba, about 
a princess of Ono, who was destined to be the aforesaid 
monarch's thirteenth wife. This princess was named Tovo, 
— was a converted young woman, and very useful in the 
schools established on the island. She also visited the sick, 
taught the ignorant, and made herself so generally useful, 
that the people were greatly attached to her; while the 
teachers regarded her as a valuable auxiliary in their work. 
She had been betrothed to the king of Lakemba, during her 
infancy, according to the usual custom ; but having learnt 
the truth respecting the duty of a Christian man or woman 
in regard to marriage, she refused to be married to the old 
king. The people of Ono supported her in this resolution, 
and were determined to proceed to war, rather than give 
