Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-20

Stella was lying down inside-old Inda- ba-zimbi came up, saluted and souatted at my feet.
 What is it. Indaba-zimbi?'' said This, Macumazahn. When are you going to trek towards the coast?"
 II don't know" l answered. "The Star is not fit to travel now, we must wait awhile"
 No, Macumazahn, you must not wait, you must go, and the Star must take her chance. She is strong. It is nothing All will be we'll"
 ''Why do you say so? Why must we go?"
 ''For this reason, Macumazahn," and he looked cautiously round and spoke low. ''The baboons have come back in thousands. All the mountain is full of them."
 ''I did not know that they had gone," said.
 "Yes, he answered, they went after the marriage, all but one or two; now they are back, all the balloons in tho world, I think. I saw whole cliff blacl, with them"
 ''Is that all?" said, for saw that he had something behind. "I am not afraid of q pack of baboons.'
 No, Macumazahn, it is not all. The Babyan-frau, Hendrika, is with them"
 Now, nothing had been heard or seen of Hendrika since her expulsion, and though at first she and her threats haunted me somewhat, by degrees she had to great extent passed out of my mind, which was fully preoccupied with Stella and my father-in-law's illness. ] started violently. "How do you know this?" I asked.o
 ''I know it because I saw her. Macu- mazahn. She is disguised, she is dressed up in baboon skins, and her face is stained dark. But though sho was long way off knew her by her size, and l saw the white flesh of her arm when the skins slipped aside. She has come back, Macumazahn, with all the balloons in the world, and she has come back to do evil. Now do you understand why you should trek?"
 "Yes," I said; ''though I don't see how she and the balloons can harm us, l think that 1t will be better to go If necessary we can camp the wagons somewhere for awhile on the journey Hearken, Indaba-zimbi; say nothing of this to the Star. I will not have her frightened. And hearken again. Speak to the head men, and see tha. watchers are set around all the huts and gardens, and kept there night and day. To-mor- row we will get the wagons ready, and next day we will trek"
 He nodded his white lock and went to do my bidding, leaving me not little disturbed d-unreasonably so, indeed It was strange story That this woman had the power of conversing with baboons knew. That was not SO very wonderful, seeing that the Bushmep and she had been nurtured by them. But that she had been able to muster them, and by the strength of her human will and intelligence muster them in order to forward her ends of revenge, seemed to mo so incredible that, after reflection, my fears grew light. Still determined to trek. After all, jour- nev in an OK wagon would not be such very terrible thing to strong woman accustomed to roughing it, whatever her state of health. And when all was said and done I did not like this tale : less hosts of baboons.
 So went to Stella, and without say. Ing word to her of the baboon story, | told her I had been thinking matters | over, and had come to the conclusion that it was our duty to follow her fathers instructions to the letter, and | leave Babyan kraal at once Into all our talk need net enter. but the end | of it was that she agreed with me and | declared that she could quite we'll man. age the journey, saying, moreover, that now that her dear father was dead | she would be glad to get away
 Nothing happened to disturb us that | night, and on the following morning I was up early making preparations. The