New-York tribune., 1889-10-13
A MUMMY'S REQUEST.

were who did now and again find diamond that
recouped them for their outlay ana nara Work, puU
instances were rare | regret TO say was not one
Of them, although for years wrough. a. ulgg;er,
barely paving my way, full OF nope anu sihs suIne %
that sooner or later should yank out stone thab
would repay me all and send me ON my homewaru
way rejoicing
After about four years OF acknowledging,
began to feel somewhat lonely IN my domestic me.
Quite Unexpectedly, opportunity served me Tor
lettering my condition in that respect.
fell in love. Stupid people have asked. VINO
with ?'
Nv reply has invariably been. " II you could
have seen Norah Kildare your contempt would
have been as keen as mine for such questions"
People at home here, in England, never seem TO
understand that circumstances provide compensa-
ucl for all drawbacks connected with them, II we
only wait heie time GrcrmstanGe haa W prSEg%' P;Tnr
in search Of that with which he could recoup nm
self for losses incurred by injudicious speculation
at hcne. His was not lone case. there were
other families some of them very good families
too in all respects others, in some but not IN all
Al the time met Norah first of all, she was but
eighteen nineteen years Of age-a SplcCulu
specimen of girlhood, tall Of proud bearing:
though not by any means haughty-a royal TYPE OF
blonde such wealth Of hair, and eyes TOO softly
blue 'vying with the heavens ceruiean tlho'
capital horscwcman. fearless and therefore grace
fu Riding the widest Of horses she would some
times start of on "A mad burst across the veldt
and ride for miles: returning some hours later,
With the horse blown but tanned, guided and con
tollcd with nothing but thin switch in her hand
The reader may smile incredulouSly. Does he
think eXaggcrate? Not bit!
can assure him, if Norah hadn't been a bit
different to the rest of her SEX she couldn't nave
s,ood the life we led after were married. forced
as we were TO enter upon what some 1olIs can
more legitimate means OF accumulatlng money
Colonel Kidare-or as he was locally known.
The Colonel and myself entered into a trading
partnership. lie was TO remain behind ana look
after the digging interests, whhe | adventures
upon trading trip TO the Iambes Norah,
against whose wishes there no one to demur.
decided that our marriage should take place be-
fore my departure, in order that should ! see
ft mny accompany my husband" The Colonel
broke up his establishment and went TO 1--we at the
hotel the very morning | started with the wag-
ons-I had two, laden with all kinds OF kafir
truck which included beads, wires fancy-colored
blankets and mirrors with which to trade, In re-
turn for skins ivory and feathers
Norah had been general favorite all along
the river; tho. diggers being divided into com, m
munities, varying in number according with the
prospects held out by the returns from the dlter-
ent claims. Not one Of the camps but NOrah had
visited on her sturdy little gray mare, generally
for the purpose of enacting the minlSterlng
angels role.
Norah ON this. to us, eventful morning held
quite a levee al the wagons; and many were the
souvenirs handed her by men who had rallied,
under her miniStrations, from the trying fever or
tie bed where accident had laid them prone and
hepless and who in all human probability, would
be senaratcd by unknown distances from the chance
of seeing her again long ere the time for our re-
turn from the interior
After a variety of adventure by food and field,
we arrived ~ KCwani, native Eraal some forty
or fifty miles south of the river Zambesi. AZ this
place we remained some two months making
fcrS Of thP MoSclikatzSc tribe who had been very
lucky, and brought in large quantities of skins
and ivory, together with an unusually good sup
ply OF ostrich feathers.
Being near TO The Victoria Falls, ! thought
il would be a thousand pties TO return southward
without first taking a look at famous and
picturesque SPOT: 50 | inspanncd the oxen one
fna moi md efn rfp for flg En-
No words of mine can help TO eNtol the beauty
OF a spectacle which has been frequently de
scribcd by others whose pens have done such
graphic justice in the portrayal of this wondrouS
water picture.
We remained for over week at this pleasant
place, making quite a picnic of our visit, thor
OuGhly exploring the vicinity We were lucky
III arriving at a time when game was fairly abun
dant. As a rule, travellers 10 this far-of region
complain OF the scarcity of animal life
In the neighbOrhOod of the Falls there are
10 be found many interesting objects; but what
pleased Norah aud myself most were the grandly
preclpous rocks and deep raYineS through which
the Zambesi courses IFS way eastward These
rocks and laVlnes are not easily traversed. but
with discretion and pluck combined found our
way iamously. NumberlesS penetrate the
rocky sides of these deep ravnes in some of
which we found curios sufficient to stock half
the cuU0&ity-shOpS in London
One day, having fatigued ourselves by clam
Hrng over rocks and exploring cave, in which
we had discovered nothing deserving mention
we sat ourselves down aV its entrance while the
Grqua who had accompanied us made prepara-
uons for making tea as an accompaniment to a
piece Of boiled buhalO-meat and bread
While the Griqua was thus busy we amused
ourselves by all kinds Of surmises as to the past
and future of the river. From these surmisinys
We were. after awhile, aroused by Jan placing our
hugal repaSt before US. Having done this he
withdrew, and started, as he advised us. for the
purpose Of investigating the interior of the cave.
and seeing for himself what there was TO see
taking with him, as q precautionary measure 81
haming brand from the fire. NOrah and myself
set 10 work AZ once 10 satisfy our inner wants,
succeeding fairly we'll. l had just got my pipe
under way, wien all at loud shrek com
Ing from the interior of the cave, reached our
ears, ana an Instant after the Griqua boy came
hylns toward Us, an expression Of alarm mingled
WIN one OF plnzlement upon his face
BaaS" he shouted out there is n man in
there-a queer ana OF man, too. He sits and sits
looking mighty straight. think, Baas, he must
Nonsense, jan" replied: "vou arc scoro1
by your fancieS There are no Kafirs living here
soout-certainly no white men--or We should have
heard or seen something of them Come let ma
80 and see whal it is that has frightened yon y
Jan, like most natives, INDUCED in a certain
amount of superstition, and il was not withont
some show Of reluctance that he turned IN accom-.
glhy Norah and myself 10 the object he so firmly
declared must b, man, alive or dead
lie led US int q dark passage which had ns-
Gped observation when Norah and myself first
entered. As we progressed l saw what appeared
10 ne signs indicative of the presence Of man AT
some tine or oter-signs slight in themselves
bat sufficient to satisfy me that Jan, after all,
might not have been entirely wrong Rude at
rmps at carving figures without any recognizable
cram 10 form, either human or otherwise, but
sucii as must have been cut by the hand Of man.
naNhg as his mans some sharp instrument, fOI
thc rock OF which the sides Of the were
formed was hard and Of a basaltic character.
PRESENTLY, the walls seemed 10 narrow and
alst proceeding some little distance, opened into
hfglsh Chamber, wherein faint StreakS Of day
iisnt streaned Here, however, Jams nerves
ssan ,ns 10 lal him, and he steadfasty refused 10
pSsee1e IA US any further. Pushing him on one
doni,erIn eInterd, followed closely by my wife. The
from dstinhng obpcS F tba pfIe'ef v sren g a. about
U.T'nS aI Sou'. 70 aorah ! said
f,lloty 10y r zee much here 10 scare the stupid
10 H. iIpy there is an uncannv look about