The martyrs' isle, or Madagascar : the country, the people, and the missions (1909)
Sharman, Annie · London : London Missionary Society · leaf 31
FROM PALANQUIN TO MOTOR-CAR 27 some shouting loudly as if in anger. They banged at our doors, and told us that unless we turned out at once they would kill us. A drunken officer, sad to say, led this company of soldiers ; being intoxicated, he never found out that our doors were with- out locks,… … MALAGASY OXEN, SHOWING HUMP ON THE BACK. having been to the nearest village, the party again returned about one o’clock in the morning, evidently more furious than ever. We never made a sound, as time after time the officer declared he would shoot us ; but we were just quietly asking Jesus to take…
London Missionary Society · Missions
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