light; but, unfortunately,
they were too late. When the tribesmen arrived and found that the whites
had left, they started through the bush, and soon captured all of the
unfortunate missionaries. The tortures to which they put these poor men
and women are too terrible to repeat. Death put a welcome end to their
sufferings.

[Illustration: GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT BONTHE ON SHERBO ISLAND, SIERRA
LEONE]

In the mean time, the colony of Americans at Shengeh received news that
the natives had rebelled. A friendly native visited the mission and told
Dr. Burtner that the tribes had declared "pura" against this mission,
and that he had better fly. Immediately the work of getting boats in
readiness was begun, and the missionaries, together with the friendly
natives, finally succeeded in reaching Freetown.

Miss Mullins, whose station was at Momliga, where she was the only white
person, had a very narrow escape. April 29th, a band of natives came
there shouting and singing. Miss Mullins ran to the river in the hope of
finding a boat in which she could escape. The boats had all been taken
by the natives, who had either fled or gone to join the war tribes.
Knowing that there was no chance of her hiding in the bush, the brave
girl decided that if she was to die she would die at her post.

She turned back from the river into the clearing, where the
superstitious natives stood aside to let her pass. One of them seized
her as she was passing, and asked her what she was going to do. She
said: "I am going inside; I cannot escape you, you are too many for me.
Leave me to myself for a short time." The man brandished a spear in her
face, and said: "See, that is the blood of your friends; yours will soon
cover it." But she did not falter, and the savages probably left her
untouched for this reason. They are very superstitious, and must have
thought that there was something supernatural about her. Shortly after
this she heard the tramp of feet outside, and an English voice calling
to ask if there was anybody inside; running out, she found that the
British commissioner and a large force had arrived. And with them she
made her escape.

When the Americans arrived at Freetown, a large force of volunteers had
been concentrated, and it is hoped that the uprising will soon be at an
end.

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In our previous number we mentioned the name of
one of the missionaries killed at the massacre as