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Show - 91 was killed with a knife." "What brave warrior attacked the shark to save Ruruku ?" Roa turned away and replied nuietlv, "I did what I had to do, old woman, because he is by brother." She took his hand in her own and spoke with feeling. "You are a nuiet and sensitive boy who possesses the heart of a man. I have long felt it. You have a silent courage that runs deep." Then she added, "Some day the gods shall smile upon you and place favor upon your name." An old tchunga snoke. "The fever does not leave his brow. The poison spreads dangerously. The x«;ound stinks. These are all signs that death fights to take this boy from us. We have done what we can. All that is left is nrayer and fasting." "No!" Roa said defiantly, almost shouting. "I have a Pakeha friend, a kaumatua missionary. He tells me of what white men call science. Science has given to the Pakeha a knowledge of medicine greater than we possess. If I go to my friend, Henry Busby, he will help us, I knox^r." "It is taou, it is forbidden!" said another |