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Title: The White Queen of Okoyong
A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith

Author: W.P. Livingstone

Release Date: July 21, 2010 [EBook #33214]

Language: English

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The Story of Mary Slessor

THE WHITE QUEEN
of
OKOYONG

[Illustration: THE CANOE WAS ATTACKED BY A HUGE HIPPOPOTAMUS]

THE STORY OF MARY SLESSOR
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

THE WHITE QUEEN
OF OKOYONG

A TRUE STORY OF ADVENTURE
HEROISM AND FAITH

BY
W. P. LIVINGSTONE

AUTHOR OF "MARY SLESSOR OF CALABAR"

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
ALL GIRLS AND BOYS
WHO ARE
LOOKING FORWARD
AND
DREAMING DREAMS

"She left all and followed Him."

CONTENTS

PAGE
CHIEF DATES IN MISS SLESSOR'S LIFE xi

CHAPTER I

Tells how a little girl lived in a lowly home, and played,
and dreamed dreams, and ho