{"id":351,"date":"2025-06-10T07:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/word\/?p=351"},"modified":"2025-06-10T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:57:13","slug":"never-mind-he-replied-its-all-over-now%ef%be%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/samuelwhitebaker\/never-mind-he-replied-its-all-over-now%ef%be%94\/","title":{"rendered":"Never mind, he replied, “it’s all over now\uff94"},"content":{"rendered":"

Never mind, he replied, “it’s all over now. You really are thin, both of you. It was your own fault; why did you not agree to fight Fowooka? You should have been supplied with fat cows and milk and butter, had you behaved well. I will have my men ready to attack Fowooka to-morrow. The Turks have ten men, you have thirteen; thirteen and ten make twenty-three. You shall be carried if you can’t walk, and we will give Fowooka no chance. He must be killed–only kill him, and MY BROTHER will give you half of his kingdom.”<\/p>\n

He continued, “You shall have supplies to-morrow; I will go to my BROTHER, who is the great M’Kamma Kamrasi, and he will send you all you require. I am a little man; he is a big one. I have nothing; he has everything, and he longs to see you. You must go to him directly; he lives close by.””,”Samuel White Baker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Never mind, he replied, “it’s all over now. You really are thin, both of you. It was your own fault; why did you not agree to fight Fowooka? 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