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MISSIONARY LIFE 
and then there were ho missionaries on the islands, 
and she would be among the lowest of heathens. 
She protested against going, and begged her 
mother to save her. This her mother could not 
do, as the old king had given her to this man ; and 
now that the king ’ was dead they must respect 
his acts. The poor girl came to the mission, cry- 
ing as though her heart would break, to tell the^ 
missionaries ^good-by. After committing her to 
God in prayer, Mrs. Hadley gave her a Bible and 
she left for her new home. Here she led a 
wretched life, as the other wives did. She had 
been there about a year when the missionaries 
went over to one of the islands. Susannah soon 
heard that the missionaries had come, and crossing 
the island upon which she lived, on foot, she 
came by canoe to see the missionaries. Her meet- 
ing with Mrs. Hadley will not soon be forgotten. 
Next day she brought one of her sister- wives with 
her,^ also the Bible given her by Mrs. Hadley, and 
desired that she should read to them. Her hus- 
band,hf he may be called such, told us that ofttimes 
she would take this Bible upon her lap and sit for 
a long time crying, and would say that her good 
friend had given it to her. Some months after 
this Susannah got sick, and the old chief sent her 
to her mother. '^She soon recovered, and was again 
attending meetings in Shengay. Her husband 
