The African Queen Part 4

By Ron Dawes

This saga follows the story of Elizabeth, a young British woman born and raised in Shanghai in the 1890s. At eighteen, she marries a young missionary who is assigned to East Africa and struggles to discover and enjoy her sexuality amid the expectations of decorum for a young British woman in the puritanical age of the Victorian era. She knows there must be more to love and marriage than is provided by her devoted, yet hapless husband Aston, who seems unwilling or unable to fulfill her needs.

The account of the colonization of Africa from 1900 through the end of the first World War serves as the backdrop for the story, which introduces a rich variety of characters, including the crusty old trader, John Brown, the dashing young Captain Waltham, and the young missionary couple, Thomas and Jane Faulk.

The descriptions of Elizabeth's lusty adventures are detailed, and meant for a mature audience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ron Dawes
• Release date: May 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311851109

Ron Dawes

Writing these stories provides me an outlet to express my innermost fantasies. I love hearing from readers who have been moved by my stories. Feel free to drop me a note anytime. Many of my stories are based on my fantasies. Some of the stories are based on the fantasies of others that have contacted me. But all of them are fantasies. We have no control over our fantasies, and many of them will always be just that; fantasies, not real. I don't necessarily condone the behavior of my characters; some of them are a bit lecherous, I'm afraid. Some are rowdy. And some might just be a little nasty. But it takes all kinds. I believe that men, deep down, have a strong need to worship and adore their lover. I believe that women, deep down, have a strong need to be worshiped and adored by their lover. Most of my stories reflect those beliefs.

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Part 4

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All characters are fictional, and, where involved in adult situations, are over the age of 18.

After the war, Aston had been reassigned to a mission in the Belgian Congo, one of the few protestant missions in BC, where the need for health care and education was great. A missionary was often the primary source of health care for the surrounding area, and the only source of education, and the Catholic missions were unable to provide for the vast territory. There were only a little over three thousand Belgians living in the country, with an estimated twenty million natives.

There were estimates that as many as ten million more natives had died in the pre-war period, under the hand of King Leopold II, due primarily to illnesses contracted from the Europeans, or from insect borne diseases contracted in the forced labor camps. However, huge strides had been made in health care for the natives.

It had been learned as early as 1903 that the sleeping sickness, responsible for so many of the deaths, was caused by the bite of the tsetse fly, and a drug had finally been introduced which could treat the disease without the side effects of the previous, arsenic based treatment. Aston received regular shipments of the drug, Suramin, and much of his time was spent plying the rivers, treating the natives who were forced to work in areas infested with tsetse flies, and simultaneously spreading the word of God.

They were much happier than previously; they had a social network with other white settlers, who were primarily administrators, either with governmental agencies or private companies. The mission thrived, serving a huge number of people in the nearby villages. It was a wild, beautiful area that few white people had ever set eyes upon until very recently, full of beautiful mountains, rivers and jungles.

Aston’s Bantu and Swahili were polished, and he could deliver his sermons with a flair that he had previously lacked. One of Elizabeth’s native piano student proved to be a prodigy, and was able to play traditional African tunes by ear, while translating and adapting the words from the Methodist Hymnbook to the tunes.

During the worship services,