. d take her on to her husband. This woman was evidently a lady among them ; her supe-riority not only consisted in the rank which a wealth of finebeads indicated, but she was manifestly a woman of uncommonspirits. She proved herself well worthy of the kindness she hadreceived. During the few days in which she was with Living-stones party, her deportment was that of a lady, kind and help-ful, but modest and retiring enough-to satisfy even the fastidiousprudence of the most refined. And she was not ungrateful. Shehad been rescued from
. d take her on to her husband. This woman was evidently a lady among them ; her supe-riority not only consisted in the rank which a wealth of finebeads indicated, but she was manifestly a woman of uncommonspirits. She proved herself well worthy of the kindness she hadreceived. During the few days in which she was with Living-stones party, her deportment was that of a lady, kind and help-ful, but modest and retiring enough-to satisfy even the fastidiousprudence of the most refined. And she was not ungrateful. Shehad been rescued from a dreadful fate indeed; a few momentsearlier or later she might have reached no friendly, pityingears with her cries. Yes, there are ears always open to the cryof the oppressed; there are eyes that always bend pityingly onthe suffering. Sometimes the Lord allows the yoke to cutdeeply into the neck that bears it, but does he ever forget to begracious? Will he disregard the cry of Ethiopia when shestretches out her hands unto him? and when the time of his de*. HORRORS OF THE TRADE IN SLAVES. 441 liverance comes, will he not avenge the wrongs which he haswitnessed ? The marks of the dreadful trade became more and more fre-quent as he penetrated the Waiyau country. They had hardlyreleased Akosakone, when they passed a slave woman shot orstabbed through the body, and lying in the path. A group ofmen stood about a hundred yards off on one side, and anothergroup of women on the other; they said this cruel murder hadjust been committed by an Arab who passed by, in his anger atlosing the price he had paid for her, when he saw that she couldwalk no farther. The head men of the villages seemed greatlytroubled and alarmed when they were told of so many deadbodies of their people, who had been killed by the slavers, andwere not blind to the reasoning of Livingstone when he at-tempted to show them that those who sold these poor creaturesto the Arabs were sharers with them in the guilt of th
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