To die on Calvary.”
Chapter XI
Satu visits the White Man
Bakula goes to the white man to have his wound dressed--White man puts in a good word for the traders--Bakula is touched by the white man’s kindness--A native dance--An exhibition of native pride--A long talk with the white man--We gain many new ideas from our conversation--Bakula has another interview with the white man, and they become good friends.
The next morning the sun rose with clear-eyed brightness, oblivious of all that had occurred during his absence through the night, for he and the moon never approach near enough to each other to exchange confidences. Notwithstanding the sun’s obliviousness, the results of the night’s debauchery were evident in all who had taken part in it. Some ate monkey peppers, others bits of kola-nuts as pick-me-ups, and others took a plunge bath in the nearest stream; but headaches, wounds and bruises were not easily removed by such means.
Photo] WATHEN: THE DISPENSARY. [Rev. J. H. Weeks.
WATHEN: THE BOYS’ QUARTERS.
Bricks made by schoolboys and buildings erected by old school lads.
During the afternoon those who had smarting cuts went shamefacedly to the white man to have them bandaged with his soothing ointments, and among those who went was Bakula. He thought the white man would not know him in his “dress costume”; but I saw that the white man recognized him at once, though he said nothing at the time.
The white man carefully dressed the wounds, and then asked them how they came by them.