That way you
can get well and come back to work here at Okoyong."
"You are right," said Mary. "Much as I hate to leave my work here, I know I
must go. I will ask for a furlough at once."
For three years Mary had worked in Okoyong. But already there was a change
among the heathen people. The Gospel of Jesus has a wonderful power to
change hearts and lives. As soon as word came that another worker was
being sent to take her place, Mary got ready to leave for England.
At last the day came that Miss Dunlop, the new worker, arrived. Mary was
ready to leave. Her friends carried her trunk and suitcases down to the
Ekenge landing. A great crowd had come to the landing to tell her good-by
and wish her a safe journey. Mary was telling them to help Miss Dunlop and
to remain true to the Bible teaching. Suddenly a man was seen running
through the crowd. He ran up to Mary.
"Come, white Ma, a young man has been shot in the hand, and he wants your
medicine!"
"Don't go Ma," said Ma Eme, Mary's friend. "You are tired and sick. You
must get back to England. If you go with this man you may miss your
boat. Let someone else go."
"It is a bad tribe. They are always fighting. It is dangerous to go," said
Chief Edem. "Do not go with the man."
"You cannot go," said her other friends at Ekenge. "You are too sick to
walk. The wild animals in the jungle will kill you.
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