New-York tribune., 1889-10-13


| in the supernatural 10 be Of any assistance whsn
il appeared to him question of battling with the
| Evil One
On going up to the object which had provoked
so much alarm, found it to be the body OF a
| native in sitting posture. The seat upon when
| il rested rudely reSembled ehalr-sueh an one
ms is usually described as hall-p0rters-and mao
apparently been roughly hewn from fragment
| of neighboring stone. ., -
| The body seemed at first TO give evidences OF
| sudden death but on closer examination L rec0g-
| nizcJ flat tbere was method in its disposition,
and Judging by the fact that seVeral artcles were
| placed methodically in haIf-circle IN 'front.' OF
| tbe bodv came to the conclusion that O native
burial of n more than ordinary character had Deeh
| here carried out, but how long since remains 10
| this day mystery A..
light of sundry matches, was in an extremely num-
mified condition. Indeed, have never seen any
| thing of a similar order so well preserved ne
most curious fact was that there appeared to be
| nothing on or about the body 10 show that any
| process had been used to bring about such per-
feet preservation, unless as l afterward th9ught,
! smoke had acted as preserVauVe i was uu w
! fancy this from the large quantity OF wood-ashes
| with which the loor Of the cavern was sue"h,
! and the dark grimy appearance or the rooI, as
seen by the dim light of the matches burned
The atmosphere of the cave was very dry; no
moisture could be detected on the walls tins con
diton Of surroundings going long way IN heip-
| ing the smoke to perfect It's work 49,
As for the mummy itself, when in life the man
must have been of an age approximaung 70 iorW
years-a fine specimen, too, OF hiS KIN, III, IT,i
il a gray kind of dust remained upon the hnger,
and the body when tapped gave OUT sounu anooI ~
does stretched parchment. There was scarcen 'a
any shrunken appearance, except peow .he ~ SStbc
the lids of which were down. the other parts OF the
body appearing much the same as they my p"no we
done during life the lips IN paruc@nlar @ MI ahio e.
tanned their fulness. j have never been aole 10
account for this extraordinary instance OF te uesh
retaining it's solidity sufficiently long Tor ths sk
TO become dry enough to ESCAPE Ine ordinGLS do
shrinking thereby losing, as most mumni1s uo,
what may call their resemblance to thelf lVihe
selves: - ,,o, tbir,y ~ him ?n
Quite puzzle little woman, can't make him
ont MT all: there are no Kaffirs living hereabouts,
nor have ! heard of any ever having uoho so' you
be is Kaffir as his wool shows ,u
Don't YOU think Geof that he may have Deeh
some great swell among people hVlng aDouC Hpio H
ages ago. or perhaps have come ouu un,o o accident
or died very suddenly, and so have been Vaui.cu
in this cave as cheap and expedltlous means Va
DO k1Ow dF yeadHe See that T
in the interior of Africa there did once eAlst 1,
tribe who were acquainted with some "onue'i"i
means Of preserving their dead
"Skittles!o l replied; you are OIL now now lnto xo
vain maginings, as our parsOn friend at hllpurilu
used to say l never heard Of such report T nor
do believe have you but IN tel yorcans you have
going to bring him along, as the Amereans nnUe
H. ! guess we trade him of to some adVhhU'gc
the Cape Town Museum authorities ought 10 m max tk
bid at any rate they shall have cE3hce II 1e IhS
beooor doesn't cut up rusty and make hlmselI
small by falling into dust on his reappearance
in broad daylight and fresh air .- ,.o,,
How are you going to get MN away iroLh
boro Gcof ~ asked Norah "Of course the boys
won't help you and--weh' don't qui'e 'n''iN
l can" 49,, o. cot tho old chan out
of This Why he can't weigh much more than
old bones: | hope I shan't tumble him INTO the
river; there'll be a good chance OF IL 1ho"en'
R5t Grof dear! If you get HIM out where
is he TO sleep? The second wagon is IAN. ana
we cannot lave him in our wagon-that Will DC
WV Norah, / do believe YOU are losing
pluck: / thought you could stand anything.
So can Geof-at least, almost anything, put
N have him in our wagon At night; oh! | don't
believe could. lie might sit with us during ine
day I'd rather like that, twould be something
! to study and speculate over"
"We'n see what can be done, but take HIM
! must | reckon there will be a row II Iohenguh
gets wind of it-anyhow, I'll chance It,
! H. was not without considerable trouble that
| MANAGED to get mummy on 10 teftd-Htm't
| Once or twice he had very narrow escapes o.
| going seaward in advance OF my lntehuOls Duu
eventually got him safely to tIe WAGONS. my accn
| from the uncanny and while the mummy occuI
pied IT. aWesomc looking chamber my pflIe stehlcu
TO lose much Of its dread character, ana louhu
III very little time after It's ARRIVAL IN camp
thar SXuenca one Of the VOOrlOoperS TO the oxen,
had developed quite an affection for 1t, ana py
force of example had broken through the leaISS
and tremblings of his brethren | Was glad OF
| this and did all in my power to foster the IN
| timacy and helped not a little 10 do so by 1aD-
|
OUT stating among other things that he was q
! lost king OF the Zulu nation for which trlhc all
my boys had great respect. further toId them
| that he was mentioned IN the pukn-puka thc
book: all natives have great respect for books
In few days had the satisfaction to feel that
| my boys were quite re(oncled 70 lts presence
and, in a fashion, prlded themselves upon being
followers of the dlscoNerer OF SO eminent per
| Gonaae as Inkose Mummi, for by that name he
was now become 1amhary known. MY wile
objections were not easily overcome, It's pres
| ence in our wagon made her uneasy, and II was
only by representing 10 her that possible damage
would render him ValuclesS as a trade com
modify that she at last put away her scIupes. |
riaged up a chair-sh9ped seat at the alter-part
| of the wagon, in which | placed the mummy, so
that by keeping the sitting posture bis liability TO
! fracture, by the jOting he would have to put up
| with over the rough tracks, became greatly
minimized. At night drew curtain IN front, SO
| as to shut him OIL from Norahs view when she
| turned in" for the night, and so comfortably
had l quartcred him, that after the first week Of
our return tnp meyer meara odmt "Ir% t%ero S
| at times expressions of wouderment as TO whence
came certain noises that we heard, but these lost
| force after time.
| One bright moonlight night, we had outspanned
| at the edge of a pan OF splendid water; the
| oxen having had long track during the day, had
| grazed and watered TO their content and were now
quietly resting al the wagons: the boys, too, haN
| ing feasted well oil hartebeestc meat, were IN
| harmoniously vying with each other IN nasal
music, Norah and myself fast aSlceprat least
| Was-when ! awakened by Moran shfleklhg
| out and clutchng me tightly. .
| oh Geof! GeOf! he is alive
| What the deuce is the matter little woman? :?
| | asked and raising myself up on one arm, looked
at her She was ghastly pale and apparently
| horribly startled
Oh, Geof. he is aliye-look!p and pointing to
the mummy Il had omitted TO draw the turtaln
| said. look! don't you see that he moves
couldn't say that did, but wher Norah ad-
mtted that sine had been lying awaEc-watchiny
| the moonbcams play on Inkose's facc--1 expressed
an opinion to the effect that her imagination was
| most TO blame.
| She was however, much upset, and il was long
ere | could sOothe her; at last she dropped oil 10
| sleep and | prepared to 10 likewise. / couldn't
| sleep L kept glaring at the wrctched mummy.
was tired, very tired, yet sleep would not come TO