Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-16
The Strange Stroy
ALLAN gUATERMAIN'S WIFE

Then we went down the garden, and
| Stella passed into the centre hut. I saw
| Hendrika standing in the shadow near the
| door, and went mp to her.
"Hendrika," | said, "why were you
| watching Miss Stella and myself in the
| garden?"
She drew her lips up till her teeth gleam-
! ed in the moonlight
Have | not watched her these many
years. Macumazahu? Shall / cease to
| watch her because a wandering white
man comes to steal her? Why were you
| kissing her in the garden. Macumazahn?
! How dare you kiss her who is a starr"
81 kissed her because | love her. and
| because she loves me-" 1 answered.
"What has that to do with you, Hen
| drika?"
because you love her." she Kissed in
| answer; land do not love her also, who
| saved me from the Dabyans! lam wo-
! man rs she is, and yOu are man, and
| they say in the kraals that men love wo-
men better than women love women. But
| il is a lie, though this is true, that II a
woman loves man she forgets NIL other
| love. Have not seen it? | gather her
| fowers-beautiful flowers; climb the
| rocks where you would never dare TO go
| 10 find them; yOu pluck piece OF orange
| bloom in the garden and give it to her.
| What does she do'-she takes the orange
| bloom, she puts it in Eer breast, and lets
| my flowers die. ] call to her-she does
not hear me--he is thinking. You Whis-
| per to some one far away, and she hears
| and smiles She used to kiss me some
| tines now she kisses that white brat you
| brought, because you brought it. Oh, l
| III I,asr trln 40
| first: you are stealing her from us, steal
| ing her to Yourself and those who loved
| her before you came are forgotten. Be
careful. Macuni1zihn. be careful. lest |
| am reven@-d upon You. You, You hate
me; you think me half monkey; that ser
| want Of Yours calls me baDOou-woman.
f! Well, nave lived with baboons, ana they
are clcvcr-yes, they can play tricks and
| know tbfnos Won don't and am cleverer
| than tbev for have learnt the wisdom
| of white ueopIe also. and [ say to YOU,
| Walk softly. AIacumazahn, or YOU will
| fau in.oa ~ aud with one more look Of
| malice She was zone.
7 stood for = ,5orapt refactino was
afraid NJ tl,i, firm, ~, ,raot,,ro who seemed
| IN combine iL.. cur,,in,r of the oreat apes
| that had reared her with the passion and
| skill of human kind foreboded evil at
| her hands And vet There WAS something
| almost touching in fine ffercnness of her
| ia,Io,,sv
II 10 ,,a,o,r,II,, s,,,roeod that tbis n,e-
| eiop opIy o,,istg i'm STRENGTH when fine OH
4oct Io,.,,l j. If o,otI,a- GOV fran, tho Iovar
| lint corr a,. tI,gt both in this instance
| md II, hans, tI,,t ! boya mot with
| tIis hoe. .,.,t. I,.a,, ms, n,-,aria,cn have
| eno,,,,, mn .,.,I osr,r,,II,- ,,,civiIiznd
mon ,,,h., ,,.,ro nc in,ion. If tba affection
| of tbcir friand n,. n,star no any lover
| cn,,Il ho If rb,tof hi. ,.,i..tr,ss. and who
| has NOT soo,, ,oso, &c ,I,, .,,,,o tling
,,l,,., ,,,,.,,,t.@ a,,I troir.. .I,iIIra, ,yare
| cnncnrnnd, R,,t tbe Io,vc,. o,,a oets in
| ,t,a,.o,I. nr t,,,,onit,, tho ,,nro r,,,ily
| 81. ,,.,..;,,,, TINT, ;,,,I,,,d - NM, ho
| it - ,.,,,,,,, H. i,,t,,,,.,,t ,,,,g,,ti,,, :,
| h,.,,ta.
| W, 80 ,.,, ;,I.,,,- +l,,,, ,,,,,,
|
.,'' w." '''''' '''' '''''''
''''N' " 1t, @'l ''.,"" ''"" ".''I ~ iHl,''"5
ana '.lhl'l'$ are the most jealous o. ai''
NOW hGn"I'N'' was III S",'!e ways "", i"i
'''ii"'t'' rom ".''I''"'' WHY" may pc "'t'
account loI Tue l''''''S Vi ne' Jealousy Vi
heI mistress aie''loh'
7h''N'I% On my P'eSeil'..e''' Vi eN''
e..eI'' 'nt oe"''e "u'. Ni' r'.ls"I a.
'I'"G gu '"5 SIC ,'"" ~ '''i ny
'''i'" ',"'",''7 i'' anu ie' i'e,'" 'ooU
! lhE on MS breast, 81" III once Il"U she
had hreh telling nm OF what had come
ABOUT neIWe'h us nor was sorry ZOE II
- d 1'''N 'i,',' q 10 zen
-, U,,,.i,,, l.
soid I,,,t and ,,,,, h.',
i,,,, f,,. Ed ,,t ~, ,,,i,-i,t
to require me to 20 about nv business
But came
"Stclla tells mc.u he went on "that
Won two have entered into Il MARRIAGE
ENGAGEMENT. She tells me also that she
loves you, and that YOU saw that Won love
her"
| az do indeed sir ~ hrnkp in. .'T love
her truly: if evpra woman was loved in
| this world. | love her"
81 think Heaven for it, said the old
man. Listen. my children Many wears
AGO n GREAT Shame and sorrow fell imam
me 81 or,at. q s,rrn,v that as I sometimes
think. il affected my brain Atonv rate
I determined 10 do what most men wouId
have considered the act of p mailman tc
90 far away into the wilderness with my
only child thnrr tn live rapntr from civ
ilfzatiop and IFS owls did 81. foupf
this DIoce and here we have lived fo,
| -. -. -. a.. ....-l - ,-