822 
The Last of Poor Baku. 
(Georgetown through us: she was sti]] more pressing next <lay when her 
sister dee hired that she would accompany us to Georgetown, as she could 
not live here another week, a determination from which the entreaties 
<!t' tlie wife and lii othcr-in-'.-i w wci-c- nuahic to i"<'sti aiii lici-. 
777. J;>o firmly did Mr. Pollitt refuse to grant all his wdfe's prayers, 
so convinced was he that lie was following his true vocation, and that 
he must saeritice everything for it. tliat it i-equired anotlier tlii-ee 
uioiirlis for hei- to pivvail u]»on liiui to apply for his i-ecall — continuous 
sickiu'ss ])revented the fiiltilnient of his noble and onerous duties. The 
news came to nie as a suri)rise, hccausc i had left Mr. Pollitt, still imbued 
with fiery zeal, and because he liati been granted everything lie could 
possibly wish for. incduding Ihe whei-ewithal not only to build a new 
church but also a new mission house, f(»r which object he was daily ex- 
pecting Avorkmen from Georgetown. The bright colours in which he had 
])ainted tlie future of Waraputa, the ardour with whieh he spoke of the 
plans and arrangenu'iits for the welfare of his wards were unfortunately 
soon obliterated. T have nevcn- again got to know men like Youd, or 
women like his wife who, practically without any help at all, have gone 
into the interior of Guiana, where,. sup])orted and fortified by high 
and beautiful ideals they have been willing to suffer all the troubles, 
hardshijts and privations of which the modern missionai'y cannot have 
an inkling. 
778. The Brazilian deserters had all settled down to domestic life at 
W'araituta. happy and satisfied with the change from theii' native home. 
(Mil- lalesi alisconder was received with o|>en arms by her laud's people. 
770. With her fignie wasted to a shadow, and affected with pro- 
found nudancholy. the sight of another acrpiaintance of ours made us feel 
all the more d<'pressed. P.aru. the hap]u'est. liveliest, and healthiest 
maiden npon whom the glances of the oldest Indians liad turned wath 
delight and whose beauty had enraittured the Aillage youth, had fled to 
Waraputa to avoid the snares of her hated Aiyukante. Her heart 
how'ever (dung with all its might to the home wehere she A\'as born: her 
thoughts bore her by day and her dreams carried her by night to the 
spot she had so strong a feeling of tenderness for. but whicli the horror 
and hatred of lier obtrusive suitor, and the fear of his revenge forced her 
to shun. Arrived at Waraputa liome-sickness had also banished the 
fulness of A'itality from her figure: the lovely outlines of her body had 
•iisappeared and. gaunt, enuiciated. witli one foot already in the grave, 
she ]nit out her wasted hand with a deeply pained and w'eaiT smile. 
''Aiyukante has done this," said in a hollow voice, were the first words 
she used, and had not ]\lr. Youd already explained to us that almost 
every savannah Indian Avhen he leaves his home and exchanges it for 
the damp forests succundis to the change of <dimate, Ave also should 
have ascribed the altei-ation in Barn as due to Aiyukante's revenge The 
hollow disquieting cough Avhich interrupted her almost eyei-y Avord 
indicated clearly enough that the ujischief in her lungs had entereil oil 
its last stage. (JSect. 271. j 
