My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories

Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
115 pages · Folk-Lore & Mythology · free to read
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My Dark Companions, by Henry M. Stanley. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ MY DARK COMPANIONS, BY HENRY M. STANLEY. PREFACE. The nightly custom of gathering around the camp fire, and entertaining one another with stories, began in 1875, after Sabadu, a page of King Mtesa, had astonished his hearers with the legend of the "Blameless Priest." Our circle was free to all, and was frequently well attended; for when it was seen that the more accomplished narrators were suitably rewarded, and that there was a great deal of amusement to be derived, few could resist the temptation to approa…

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