They took the two babies and stuffed them into an empty gin box and shoved
it at the woman.

"Get out! Get out!" they said, "you have married the Devil. You have a
devil in you." They threw rocks at her and drove her out of the village.

Mary met the poor woman carrying her babies in the box on her head. The
screaming, howling crowd of people were following her.

"Go back! Go back to your village," Mary told the crowd. Then turning to
the woman she said, "Give me the box and come with me to my house."

When Mary opened the box, she found one child dead. The baby's head had
been smashed when it was jammed into the box. Mary buried the poor little
baby. Soon the owner of the woman came and took her back. She was willing
to do this as long as she had no children. The little baby stayed with Mary
and became another of her family.

One evening Mary was sitting on the porch of her mission house talking to
the children. Suddenly they heard a loud noise. They heard the beating of
drums. Then they heard men singing loudly.

"What's that?" asked Mary. She took the twin boys that were with her and
rushed down to the road to see what was going on. Here she found a crowd
of people. They were all dressed up. Some wore three-cornered hats with
long feathers hanging down. Some had crowns. Some wore masks with animal
heads and horns. Some put on uniforms with gold and silver lace. Some just
covered their bodies with beadwork and tablecloths trimmed with gold and
silver.