"Why should he give it for a stranger ?" "I don't think that we stop to think of that," Stanley said.

"It seems to us natural that if we see another in danger of his life, we should try to save it; whether it is a man or woman, whether it be from fire or from any other fate." "You must be a strange people," the Burman said gravely, "and I should scarce have credited it, had I not heard that you had done it, yourself.

But it is wonderful; and you, too, a lad who has not yet come to his full strength.
"We should be glad to have such a man for our comrade, my friends.
Whether he be Burman or English matters little.

He has risked his life for one of us; and he is our brother as long as he likes to stay with us." There was a warm exclamation of assent, round the circle; and Stanley felt that he had no cause for uneasiness, as long as he remained with them.

In the evening the men sang many songs and, at their request, Stanley sang some English ones, choosing some with lively airs.