Now Ruatoka, the South Sea islander, having in his heart the same
brave spirit of the Good Shepherd--that spirit of the Good Samaritan,
of help and preparedness, of courage and of chivalry, had carried life
and joy back to the North Sea islander, the Briton who had fallen by
the roadside in Papua.
Ruatoka was a brown Greatheart. It was with him as it must be with all
brave sons who serve that great Captain, Jesus Christ: he wanted to be
in the front of the battle. When the great Tamate was killed and eaten
by the cannibals of Goaribari, Ruatoka wrote a letter to a missionary
who lived and still lives in Papua. This is the end of the letter:
"Hear my wish. It is a great wish. The remainder of my strength I
would spend in the place where Tamate was killed. In that village I
would live. In that place where they killed men, Jesus Christ's name
and His word I would teach to the people that they may become Jesus'
children. My wish is just this. You know it. I have spoken.
RUATOKA."
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 42: James Chalmers: see Chapter XIII.]
[Footnote 43: See Chapter II.]
Book Three: THE PATHFINDERS OF AFRICA
CHAPTER XV
THE MAN WHO WOULD GO ON
_David Livingstone_
(Dates born 1813, died 1873)
There was a deathly stillness in the hot African air as two bronzed
Scots strode along the narrow forest path.
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