{"id":348,"date":"2026-02-15T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/word\/?p=348"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:09:01","slug":"rabonga-made-a-lame-excuse-for-his-previous-desertion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/samuelwhitebaker\/rabonga-made-a-lame-excuse-for-his-previous-desertion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabonga made a lame excuse for his previous desertion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabonga made a lame excuse for his previous desertion. He delivered a thin ox that Kamrasi had sent me, and he declared that his orders were that he should take my whole party immediately to Kamrasi, as he was anxious that we should attack Fowooka without loss of time. We were positively to start on the following morning! My bait had taken, and we should escape from this frightful spot, Shooa Moru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabonga made a lame excuse for his previous desertion. 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