end. To accelerate their retreat, the cattle were
abandoned and loads of valuable goods were burnt or thrown away. At
times it seemed as if they could not possibly escape, and, in fact,
news reached England that they had been slaughtered during the retreat
from Masendi.

However, they got through safely, and shortly afterwards inflicted a
crushing defeat on the enemy. Lady Baker was present at this battle,
but although the bullets whizzed to the right, to the left, and above
her, she escaped injury. Sir Samuel not only praised her bravery, but
he wrote of her: 'She has always been my prime minister, to give good
counsel in moments of difficulty and danger.'

On completion of the four years' service for which the Khedive had
engaged him, Sir Samuel Baker returned with his wife to England, where
once more they received an enthusiastic reception. When they again
travelled abroad it was in more civilised parts of the world, and
unattended by the perils which had assailed them in Africa. Sir Samuel
Baker died on December 30, 1893, at Sandford Orleigh, near Newton
Abbot, aged 72. He was a brave and clever man, but not a little of his
success was due to the fact that he had a wife who shared his ambition,
and did all that lay in her power to bring his undertakings to a
successful issue.

[1] The river.

THE END.

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