[By Sheer Pluck by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookBy Sheer Pluck CHAPTER XIV: A CHRISTIAN TOWN 11/25
I got five hundred ob him left here still.
Dat more dan enuf to last Sam if he libe to be bery, bery ole man.
Dar are some good men in de village who, when I am gone, will carry on de work ob de Lord and dat's all, sar, dat I hab to tell you about Sam, and I am sure dat you must be very tired and want to go to bed." The hour was, indeed, for Africa, extremely late, but the time had passed unheeded, so interested were the listeners in the narrative of the fine old negro.
They remained at the village for a week, and were greatly pleased with the industrious habits and happy appearance of the people, and with the earnestness and fervor in which every evening, and twice on Sunday, they joined in devotions under the great tree.
At the end of that time they said goodbye to their kind host, giving him a large amount of cloth for distribution among his people.
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