The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-26

ldIulN XIII MN.
+ explained this to Indaba-zimbi. wht
beng considerably frightened, deigne
: TO apologize. But from that hour ther
a was hate and war between these two.
e Harmony having been thus restored
we started. the dogs following us.
small strip of desert interviewed betwee
US and the slope of the peak; perhaps
was TWO miles wide. We crossed it an
reached rich grass lands, for here a con
siderable stream gathered from the hills
but 1t did not flow across the barre1
Lands, 1t passed to the east along the foo
OF the hills. This stream we had to pas
by ford. Hendrika walked boldl,
through 1t, holding Tota in her arms
Stella leapt across from stone to ston,
like roebuck; thought to myself tina
she was the most graceful creature tina
had ever seen. After this the tract
passed round pleasantly wooded Shout
Ger OF the peak, which was, | found
known as Babyan Kap, or Balloon Head
Of course we could only 20 at a foot
pace, SO our progress was slow. Stella
walked for some way in silence, then she
spoke.
Tell me, Mr.. Allan" she said. chow
1t was that L came to find you dying in
the DESERT"
So L began and told her all. 1t took
an hour or more to do so, and she lis.
tened intently, now and again asking \
question.
1t Is all very wonderful" she said
when had done, Every wonderful. in
deed. Do you know l went out this
morning with Hendrika and the dogs for
ride, meaning to get back home by
midday, for my father is i'll, and do not
like to leave him for long. But Just as l
was going to turn, when we were about
where we are now-yes, this was the
very bush-an oribe got up, and the dogs
chased it. | followed them for the gal
lop' and when we came to the river, in
stead of turning to the left as bucks gen
orally do, the oribe swan the stream and
took to the bad lands beyond. followed
1t, and within hundred yards of the
big tree the dogs killed it, Hendrilza
wanted me to turn back at once. but 7
said that we would rest under the shade
OF the tree, for knew that there was a
spring Of water near. Well, we went: and
there saw you all lying like dead; but
Hendr1ka, who is very clever in some
ways. said no-and you know the rest.
Yes, it is very wonderful"
lit Is, indeed" | said "Now tell me.
Miss Stella, who is Hendrila?"
Sba IoDl-o,1 ,-<,,,,,l
see that the woman was not near.
Hers Is a strange story, Mr.. Allan. !
will tell you. You must know that all
these mountains and the country beyond
are full of balloons When | was oirl
OF about 10 : used to wander abont y
good deal alone in the hills and valleys.
and watch the balloons as they played
among the rocks. There was one fami-
~ OF balloons that l watched especially
they used to live in klaaf about mile
from the house. The old man balloon
was very large, and one of the females
had gray face. But the reason why I |
them SO much was because l |
saw that they had with them creature
that looked Ike a girl, for her skin was |
quite white, and, what was more, that
she was protected from the weather
when 1t happened to be cold by fur
belt OF some sort, which she tied round
her throat The old balloons seemed to
be especially fond of her, and would sit
with their arms round her neck.
For nearly whole summer watched
this particular white-skinned baboon.
I'LL at last my curiosity quite overmas-
cred me. l noticed that, though she
climbed about the cliffs with the other
monkeys, at certain hour little before
they used to put her, with one
'r two other much smaller ones. into q
little cave, while the family went off
omewhere to get food-to the mealie
ields, l suppose. Then got an idea
hat L would catch this white baboon
nd bring it home. But of course I
ould not do this by myself, so l took a
1ottentot-a very clever man when he
vas not drunk-who lived on the stead.
nto my confidence. He was called Hen
rlk, and was very fond of me; but for
long while he would not listen to nv ,
Ian, because he said that the babvans
'ould kill Us. AT last bribed him with .
knife that had four blades, and one 6
fternoon we started, Hendrix carry :
Is stout sack made of hide, with a
ope running through it SO that the
louth could be drawn tight. +
"Well, sve got to the place, and, hid =
lg ourselves carefully in the trees at the
DOT of the kloof, watched the balloons +
laying about and granting to each other,
Ii at length, according to custom, they Y
ok the white one and three other little h
ibIes and put them in the cave Then
lie Old man came out, looked carefully 4
'und, called to his family, and went off O
18th them over the brow of the kloof. i,
ow very slowly and cautiously we crept h
over the rocks till we came to the h
outh OF the cave and looked in. All n
e TOUR little balloons were fast asleep.
18th their backs toward us, and their +,
ms around each others necks, the Y,
hlte one being in the middle. Nothing h
uld have been better for our plans. q,
endrlk, who by this time had quite en- le
RED into the spirit of the thing, crept II
10 the cave like snake, and suddenly w
oPped the mouth of the hide bag over b,
head of the white baboon. The Door 81
tie thing woke up and gave violent n
mp. which caused it to vanish right q,
TO the bag. Then Hendrix pulled the h.
ing tight, and together we knotted it =,
that 1t was impossible for our captive 40
escape. Meanwhile the other baby \.
boons had rushed from the cave A