Fancy Hannington, of all persons in the world, turning missionary, and
going out to preach the Gospel to the blacks!
It is well-nigh incredible at first thought that such a light-hearted,
rollicking, jovial fellow could have given up _everything_ for such a
work as that!
He had plenty of money, hosts of friends, wife, children, any amount
of useful work to do at home,--everything, in fact, that can make life
worth living.
What could possibly make such a man as that go into the wilds of
Africa to be tormented, tortured, and slain by savages?