The Day of Resis

Transcriber’s Note:
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LILLIAN FRANCES MENTOR.
ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. V. PARKHURST.
NEW YORK:
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY
G. W. Dillingham Co., Publishers .
MDCCCXCVII.
THE DAY OF RESIS.
The following letter and document were the first causes of the long journey, and strange adventure.
“Dear Miss Cameron:—You will probably be much surprised to hear from me in this out-of-the-way place, but knowing the pleasure you take in everything pertaining to Africa, I thought you might be interested in a matter which came before my notice recently.