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Political
ambition
had
caused
him
to
seek
transference
from
the
army
to
the
Colonial
Office
and
so
we
find
him
,
still
young
,
entrusted
with
a
delicate
and
important
commission
in
the
service
of
the
Queen
.
When
he
received
this
appointment
he
was
both
elated
and
appalled
.
The
preferment
seemed
to
him
in
the
nature
of
a
well-merited
reward
for
painstaking
and
intelligent
service
,
and
as
a
stepping
stone
to
posts
of
greater
importance
and
responsibility
;
but
,
on
the
other
hand
,
he
had
been
married
to
the
Hon.
Alice
Rutherford
for
scarce
a
three
months
,
and
it
was
the
thought
of
taking
this
fair
young
girl
into
the
dangers
and
isolation
of
tropical
Africa
that
appalled
him
.
For
her
sake
he
would
have
refused
the
appointment
,
but
she
would
not
have
it
so
.
Instead
she
insisted
that
he
accept
,
and
,
indeed
,
take
her
with
him
.
There
were
mothers
and
brothers
and
sisters
,
and
aunts
and
cousins
to
express
various
opinions
on
the
subject
,
but
as
to
what
they
severally
advised
history
is
silent
.
We
know
only
that
on
a
bright
May
morning
in
1888
,
John
,
Lord
Greystoke
,
and
Lady
Alice
sailed
from
Dover
on
their
way
to
Africa
.
A
month
later
they
arrived
at
Freetown
where
they
chartered
a
small
sailing
vessel
,
the
Fuwalda
,
which
was
to
bear
them
to
their
final
destination
.
And
here
John
,
Lord
Greystoke
,
and
Lady
Alice
,
his
wife
,
vanished
from
the
eyes
and
from
the
knowledge
of
men
.
Two
months
after
they
weighed
anchor
and
cleared
from
the
port
of
Freetown
a
half
dozen
British
war
vessels
were
scouring
the
south
Atlantic
for
trace
of
them
or
their
little
vessel
,
and
it
was
almost
immediately
that
the
wreckage
was
found
upon
the
shores
of
St.
Helena
which
convinced
the
world
that
the
Fuwalda
had
gone
down
with
all
on
board
,
and
hence
the
search
was
stopped
ere
it
had
scarce
begun
;
though
hope
lingered
in
longing
hearts
for
many
years
.
The
Fuwalda
,
a
barkentine
of
about
one
hundred
tons
,
was
a
vessel
of
the
type
often
seen
in
coastwise
trade
in
the
far
southern
Atlantic
,
their
crews
composed
of
the
offscourings
of
the
sea
--
unhanged
murderers
and
cutthroats
of
every
race
and
every
nation
.
The
Fuwalda
was
no
exception
to
the
rule
.
Her
officers
were
swarthy
bullies
,
hating
and
hated
by
their
crew
.
The
captain
,
while
a
competent
seaman
,
was
a
brute
in
his
treatment
of
his
men
.
