In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
mount her pony and, attended by the horseboy 
alone, would ride about the town for an hour at 
a time and then return surrounded by a crowd of 
merry, rollicking children. 
By showing the natives that we did not fear 
them, we won their confidence and 1 think we 
soon had some real friends among them. Among 
these was Orgeh, a trusted officer of Areh, who 
was famous both as a warrior and a hunter. He 
showed his confidence in us by giving his 
daughter to my wife to be instructed by her and 
to be her waiting maid. Areh’s chief messenger, 
also, gave us a little son and a little daughter to 
be educated. To these Areh added one of his 
own children, a boy about eight or ten years 
old, requesting us at the time to instruct him as 
if he were the son of a white man. We did not 
try to understand the enigmatical conduct of 
these three men, but prayerfully tried to be 
faithful to the trust which God in His providence 
had committed to us. At night, we placed 
these children in the care of the wife of one of 
the interpreters. In the day, they went where 
they pleased inside of the mission walls. They 
were much entertainment for us, and Orgeh’s 
daughter was exceedingly useful to my wife. 
From these children we learned the language, 
