United States or Malaysia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"Yes," argued Nelwang, "but just there my trouble comes in!" "Do you know the woman you would like to get?" I asked, wishing to bring him to some closer issue. "Yes," replied he very frankly, "I want to marry Yakin, the Chiefs' widow up at the inland village, and that will break no infant betrothals." "But," I persevered, "do you know if she loves you or would take you?"
The hole in the fence behind was then discovered, and the thirty whispered to each other that Yakin had been wooed and won by some daring lover. Messengers were despatched to all the villages, and Nelwang was found to have disappeared on the same night as the widow, and neither could anywhere be found. The usual revenge was taken.
Yakin had determined to show the extent of her Christianity by the amount of clothing she could carry upon her person. Being a Chief's widow before she became Nelwang's bride, she had some idea of state occasions, and appeared dressed in every article of European apparel, mostly portions of male attire, that she could beg or borrow from about the premises!
Nelwang's eyes flashed as he flourished his tomahawk about and cried, "I see it now, Missi! I shall win her from them all. Yakin and I will be strong for you all our days." Next morning Yakin's house was found deserted. They sent to all the villages around, but no one had seen her.
Nabonassar appears to have lived on friendly terms with Tiglath-Pileser, the contemporary monarch of Assyria, who early in his reign invaded the southern country, reduced several princes of the districts about Babylon to subjection, and forced Merodach-Baladan, who had succeeded his father, Yakin, in the low region, to become his tributary.
But one morning, as I began my work at my house alone, the brave Nelwang appeared at my side! "Hillo!" I said, "where have you come from? and where is Yakin?" "I must not," he replied, "tell you yet. We are hid. We have lived on cocoanuts gathered at night. Yakin is well and happy.
I come now to fulfil my promise: I will help you, and Yakin will help Missi Paton the woman, and we shall be your friends. I have ground to be built upon and fenced, whenever we dare; but we will come and live with you, till peace is secured. Will you let us come to-morrow morning?" "All right!" I said. "Come to-morrow!" And, trembling with delight, he disappeared into the bush.
Thus strangely God provided us with wonderful assistance. Yakin soon learnt to wash and dress and clean everything, and Nelwang served me like a faithful disciple.
In a few seconds Yakin entered; and if Nelwang's bearing and appearance were rather inconsistent with the feeling of worship, what on earth was I to do when the figure and costume of Yakin began to reveal itself marching in? The first visible difference betwixt a Heathen and a Christian is, that the Christian wears some clothing, the Heathen wears none.
While Nabonassar established himself at the head of affairs in Babylon, a certain Yakin, the father of Merodach-Baladan, became master of the tract upon the coast; and various princes, Nadina, Zakiru, and others, at the same time obtained governments, which they administered in their own name towards the north.
Word Of The Day