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Obie received them with his accustomed politeness and jocularity, but instantly directed his attention and discourse to King Boy, who maintained an earnest and pretty animated conversation with him for some time. The Bonny people were in attendance and weeping.
"Why, it's from Brother Obie to you!" exclaimed his mother, while his father drew near and said, "Well, well!" "And look inside! I haven't half looked yet," said Obie, "but you look, Ma! I just want you to look!" Ma opened the box, and then the purse, and then the fourteen round objects wrapped in white paper. And they made a fine glitter on the red tablecloth. "Well, well!" repeated Mr. Waddle.
They gratified King Obie by a visit, who gave them various presents, and also visited the steamers in state, escorted by upwards of sixty canoes, seven of which were of great size, and were each manned by crews of seventy men. Palm oil is produced in large quantities at Eboe; but the people are chiefly occupied in slave-hunting.
"And here's something written," said Mrs. Waddle, taking a paper from a pocket at the back of the purse. "Read it, Ma out loud! I don't care," said Obie generously. So Ma read it in a voice that trembled a little: MY DEAR NEPHEW: If I count rightly, it is thirteen years since your good mother labelled you Obadiah.
It was in vain that I assured Obie that there was not the slightest necessity for our detention in the town; that our countrymen would redeem us the moment they should see us, but not before; and equally unavailing were my solicitations for him to alter this arrangement and suffer us to depart; but the tears of his subjects, and the representations of the men at Brass, had made too deep an impression upon his mind to be so easily eradicated.
The boy had heard his mother say only the week before that she wanted to write to Brother Obie, but was no hand at letters, especially when there was no good news to write. A thought now came to young Obadiah. He would write to his Uncle to-morrow, and his brain began fairly to hum with what he would say.
But he knew that his mother valued it highly because Uncle Obie gave it to him and because there were little dents in it made by his vigorous first teeth; so he always returned it to the box with a sigh of resignation, and made the most of the twenty-five cents given him by his father on the great days of the year.
The people are a savage and dissolute race, and the bad expression of their countenances is a true index of their character. King Obie determined to detain the Landers till he could extort a large sum for their ransom.
Those of their things which had been saved from the water, should be restored to them; and the person, who first commenced the attack on the white men, should lose his head, as a just retribution for his offence, having acted without the chief's permission: that with regard to themselves, they must be considered as prisoners, and consent to be conducted on the following morning to Obie, king of the Eboe country, before whom they were to undergo an examination, and whose will and pleasure concerning their persons would then be explained."
Of course I said a variety of fine things in his favour, which were received with a very good grace indeed; but that a piece of paper simply, which could neither speak, hear, nor understand, should impart such information, was a source of astonishment and wonder to Obie and his train, who testified their emotion in no other manner than by looks of silly amazement, and repeated bursts of laughter.
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