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MARTYRS 181
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pimp departed to Java, where he lay quiet
and secure for some time. But it is said that
by-and-by he came back to Singapore and
still flourishes in these cruel parts. Were
any of Nero's Christian martyrs treated worse
than that poor German girl was treated in
Malay Street, Singapore ?
That great prelate Bishop Oldham, of the
American Missionary Society, preached a sermon
on the death of the poor German girl,
but the trade still goes on the flag still
flies and the churchyards fill up with an
appalling regularity that must please even
the devil himself.
In a small town not far from Singapore,
a horrid Chinaman with abundance of money
has already paid a well-known " pimp " three
separate sums large sums for a beautiful
European girl whom he has ordered. She
has not up to the present moment been delivered,
but there is little doubt when the
"pimp" whom he has trusted with this
money thinks he is coming to the end of his
tether, and that he can squeeze out a larger
sum by producing the woman, he will do so.
The market is endless for these girls. They
are not required so much, however, for
Europeans settled in the East for business
or for any other purpose, because it is well
known that European men generally content
themselves with the women of the country.