The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-03-01
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es, said, but how tlo you o1talll
81 these Injuries Of civiliza.t r, ana ~ 4
I pointed to the books, the? CROKER an4
the knives and forks. X u u
Very simplY w Most OF the books 't''sa': ~
father broug It vi til b IA when we f1rss
tire kked into the Wilds; there was nearly
4 wagon-load of them. But every three
years we have sent an expedition q
these wagons right down to Port Mats 'tsIl.
The wagons are loaded with ivorJ and
other goods, and come back with al
kinds,of things that have been sen = Gus
from ENGLAND for us. You see, although
we live in this wild place. we are nos
altogether cut of. We can send runners
to Natal and back in three mon ths, *ad
the wagons get there and back in year.
The last lot arrived quite safe abous
three months ago Our servants are
very faithful and some of them SPEAK
Dutch we'll"
Shave you ever been with the wagonss
I asked.
s.Since was child / havo never been
more than thirty miles from Babyan1
Peak" she answered. 500 you know.
Mr.. Allan, that you are, with one excep
jtion, the first Englishman that have
known out of book. Isuppose that nusl
seem very wild and savage to you, but
have had one advantage, good educa.
ton. My father has taught nee every
thing, and perhaps know some things
that YOU don't. I can read French and
German, for instance. / think that my
fathers first idea was to let me run wild
altogether, but he gave it up"
s.And don't you wish to go INTO the
world?'' asked.
ssSometimes," she said, t'when l get
lonely. But perhaps my father is right
perhaps it would frighten and bewil-
der me. At any rate he would never re-
turn to civilization. 1t is his idea, you
know, though I am sure do not know
where he got it from, nor why he can
not bear that our name should be spoken.
In Short, Mr.. Quatermain, we do no.
make our lives, we must take them q
we find them. Have you done .you1
breakfast? Let us go out and will
show you our domain"
rose and went to my sleeping place
to fetch my hat. When I returned MIR.
Carson-for after all that was his name.
though he would never allow it to be
spoken-had come into the hut. He felt
better now, he said, and would ACCOM-
pany us on our walk if Stella would give
him an arm.
So we started, and after us came Hem
drika with Tota and old Indaba-zimbi.
whom found sitting outside as fresh az
paint. Nothing could tire that old man.
The view from the platform was al
most as beautiful as that from the lower
ground looking up to the peak. The
marble kraals, as have said, faced
west, consequently all the upper terrace
lay in the shadow Of the great peak till
which was great advantage in that
warm latitude. First we walked through
! the garden, which was beautifully culti'
waited, and one of the most productive
that ever saw. There were three on
four natives working in it, and they al
saluted my host as 'sBaba," or father
Then we visited the other two groupa
of marble huts. One of these was. used
for stables and outbuildings, the othes
as storehouses, the center hut having
been, however, turned into a chapel
Mr.. Carson was not ordained, but he
earnestly tried to convert the natives,
most of whom were refugees who had
come to him for shelter, and he prao
church for so long that think he began
to believe that he really was a clergy.
man. For instance, he Away" married
those of his people who would consent
to homogeneous existence and bap
tized their children. When we had e1
amined these wonderful remains of an.
tiquity, the marble huts, and admired
the orange trees, the vines and fruits
which thrive like weeds in this marvel.
! Gus soil and climate, we descended ia
the next platform and saw the farming
operations in full swing. think that
it was the best farm have ever seen in
Africa. There was ample water for pur.
poses of irrigation, the grass lands be
low gave pasturage for hundreds of head
of cattle and horses, and, fog
natives, the people were most in
dustrious. Moreover the whole place
was managed by Mr.. Carson on the CO.
operative system; he only took 1.-THE OF
the produce-indeed, in this land OF
teenaing plenty, what was he to do with
more? Consequently the tribemen, who
by the way, called themselves the
children of Thomas" were able to &C.
cumulate considerable wealth. All theh
disputes were referred to their s'fathers"
and he also was Judge of offenses and
crimes. Some were punished by i'm,
prisonment, whipping and loss of goods,
other and graver transgressions by ey,
| pulsion from the community, fai
which to one of these favored natives
must have seemed as heavy as the de.
cree that drove Adam from the garden
! of Eden.
Old Mr.. Carson leaned upon his daugh.
ter's arm and contemplated the scene
with pride.
81 have done all this, Allan Quater
main" he said. when renouncina
civilization first, ] wandered here BY
chance; seeking home in the remotesa
places in the world, ] found this lonely
spot wilderness. Nothing was, to
be seen except the site, the domea
Of the marble huts and the
waterfalls. took possession ~