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Spanish, and she eloped with cousin, leaving
Stella with her father, Squire Carson. He de-
ternined to leave England on account of the dis
grace, and at about the same time Adams mother
died and Adams father took him 10 South Africa,
WHARF Mr. Quatermain became a missionary
among the Kafflrs, When Allan was 90 his father
die>@
CHAPTER u.-Allan sold the effects and decided
10 20 on tourney Of trade and adventure. Among
his men was Kaf1ir named Indaba-zmhi. wltcn
doctor Between him and another witch doctor
there had two years before been a lightning CON
test which resulted In the death of his contestant
CHAPTER In.-Detais the start of the expedi-
ton. Quatermain describes his first elephant
hunt.
CHAPTER Iv.-Quatermain discovered large
- body Of Zulus, and was surprised by two OF thef
scouts. Acting upon the impulse of the moment,
he shot both of them and reiterated. The Zulus
had been following party Of Dutch Beers, con-
sisting of seventeen or eighteen men, their women
and children, and large number of cattle, with
which they were removing to the north. For
safety's sake the cattle and some of the women
and children were sent away, while Quatermain,
the witch doctor and some of the Beers remained
The next morning, by q ruse, Quaterman and
Indabazmbi were captured by the zulus.
CHAPTER v.-Quatermain discovered that India
ba- zimbi had betrayed him into the hands of the
Zulus, who at first offered him no harm. The
camp of the Beers was attacked and destroyed.
One little child only was saved alive and Quater-
main preserved her by fighting duel with and
killing a Zulu warrior. The witch doctor had said
that Quatermain was spirit The Zulus deter
mined to kill him, but were prevented by Indaba,
4 who pretended himself to kin Quatermain and
then bring him to life again. This frightened the
| Zulus, and Indaba and Suatermain, with the
child, made their escape.
CHAPTER VI.-Describes the manner Of escape
OF Quat0rmain with the witch doctor and Tota,
the child 1ndaba said 'AGo north, !" prophesying
that friends would be found there. Quatermain
obeyed, though against his Judgment They
crossed a broad desert. where there no wa
4 ter, and at its end they became unconscious.
\ When they recovered, they were being cared for
by Stella Carson, whose life Quatermain saved
when child, and who was now a beautiful young
woman. Since early childhood she had lived In
the wilds of Africa with her father, never having
II seen but one other Engiishman.
CHAPTER VII-Stella was accompanied by a
woman called Hendrika, who was captured By
balloons when child and rescued by Stellas
father. Hendrika and Indaba quarreled and
Hendrika objected to Quatermain's being taken to
$tella's home, but was overruied The home of Mr..
Carson, who was sick at this time, was marvel of
white marble buildings built like Zulu huts
pnly much larger No one knew who built them;
Carson found them ready to his hand when he
settled there.
Hound ourselves, that wound up from
Terrace to terrace, my eye Lit upon the
Browning wonder Of the scene. For In
the center of the topmost platform OF
terrace, which may have inclosed eight
or ten acres of ground, and almost sur.
rounded by groves OF orange trees
cleaned buildings of which had never
seen the like. There were three groups
of them, one In the middle and one on
either side, and little to the rear; but,
as I afterwards discovered, the plan OF
all was the same. In the center was an
ediace constructed like an ordinary Zulu
hut-that is to say, In the shape of
beehive, only 1t was Ave times the size
of any hut ever saw, and built OF
blocks of hewn white marble, fitted to-
gether with extraordinary knowledge OF
the principles and properties of arch
building, and with so much accuracy
and finish that it was often difficult tc
find the fronts Of the massive blocks
From this center hut ran three covered
passages, leading to other buildings OF
an exactly similar character, only small
er, and each whole block was inclosed
by a marble wall about four feet in
height.
OF course we were as yet too far off to
see all these details, but the general out
line I saw at once, and 1t astonished me
considerably. Even old Indaba-zimbi,
whom the baboon woman had been un.
able to move, deigned to show wonder.
'fOhl" he said, 'this is a place of mar.
wells. Who ever saw kraals built of white
stone"
Stella watched our faces with an ex.
preston of intense amusement, but said
nothing.
"Did your father build those kraals?"
Igasped at length.
''My fatheri no, Of course not" she
answered. "How would it have been
possible for one white man to do so, or
to have made this road? He found them
as you see."
'Who built them, then?" said again.
II do not know. My father thinks
that they are very ancient, for the PEG.
pie who live here now do not know how
to lay one stone upon another, and these
huts are so wonderfully constructed
that, though they must have stood for
ages, not a stone of them had fallen.
But I can show you the quarry where
the marble was cut; 1t is close by, and
behind it is the entrance to an ancient
mine, which my father thinks was a
silver mine. Perhaps the people who
worked the mine built the marble huts.
The world is old, and no doubt plenty of
people have lived in it and been for
gotten"
Then we rode on in silence. / have
seen many beautiful sights in Africa,
and in such matters, as in others, COM
parsons are odious and worthless, but I
do not think that I ever saw lovelier
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