San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-05
QUATERNAN'S WIFE.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD.
author Of "Coionet Quaritch, v c." "Mr
Nelson's VIII" "A Tale Of Three
Lions" Allan Quatermain,"
"!She," "JeSs," etc.

tempt to carry them into execution. But
did not tell my horrid dream.
Stella's face grew white as the flowers
on her breast, but that of her father be-
came very stern.
"You should have spoken Of this be,
fore. Allan" he said. Il now see that
did wrong to attempt to Civilize this
wicked and rcvengeful creature. who. if
she is human, has all the evil passions Of
the brutes that reared her. Well. | will
make an end of it this very day
"Oh, fath""." said Stella, "don't have
her killed. 1t is all dreadful enough. but
that would be more dreadful still. ]
have been very fond of her, and, bad a,
she is, she has loved me- Don't have her
killed on my marriage day.
NO" her father answered, she shall
not be killed, for, though she deserves to.
die, will not have her blood upon our
hands. She is a brute and has followed
the nature of brutes She shall go back
whence she came
No more was said ON the matter at the
time, but when breakfast which WAS
rather farce-was done. Mr.. Carson
sent for his head man and gave him Ger.
toin orIors
W. ,,.oro 70 Lo ,,,or.iod of.o,. ,1,,.-o,.
,-ioo ,,bicI, Mr. Carso,, LoII c,-,r,. ca,
d,, ,,,nrniror j., tI,o Ioro,o ,,,a,.l,I i,,t 80.
onort for tlot n,,roo,o Tho eorrioo,I,o
c,an ot 10 o'cIncl, lint Iorc, hoforo +I,o+
hour all the natives on the place came up
i'll troops. singing as they came, to be
nrosant =, -. ,yoJdinr Of tho ..Stor" II
was nrntt,.. s;rbt IN 500 tbon, tho man
drassad in nh tba;r frarv and corr,.i,o
shields and sticks in tbnir hands md
tbo ,ronan aud cbiIdra,, Loo,.;ro ,,.oor
branches Of +roos forms o,,I ao,,or. A.
lar~tb about b,If-r,-t min, StoII., r,,o
,,ros.od my, bo,I o,L l,rt ,,,.,,,,',,,,.,.,
acctions At = few minutos f. ten
she raonnoored aroin with her f,thnr
dreSSe ~ "Feath of
oran2 --. lIllnG hair,
)ou '' - ~ N~I@ III her hand.
10 M axe dream OF lowell
ness. y. u came little IOta i'll a
high stat Si7e and excitement She
was Stella only bridesmaid. Then we
all passed out towards the church hut. |
The bare space III front of it was filled |
with hundreds of natives, who set up a |
song as we came. But we went on into |
the hut, which was crowded with such /
OF the natives as usually wOrShped |
there. Here Mr. Carson, as usual, read |
the service, though he was obliged to sit
down In order TO do so. When it was
dOne-and TO me it seemed interminable
MIR. Carson whispered to me that he
meant to marry us outside the hut in
sight of all the people. So we went out
and took our stand under the shade of a
large tree that grew near the hut facing
the bare space where the natives were
gathered.
Mr.. Carson held up hi, hand to enjoin
silence. Then, speaking in the native
dialect, he told them that he was about
to make us man and wife after the Chris
tan fashion and in the sight of all men,
This done, he proceeded to read the mar
riage service over US, and very solemnlv
and beautifully he did it, We said the
words, | placed the ring-it was her
fathers siGnet ring, for we had no other
upon Stella's finger, and it was done.
Then Mr.. Carson spoke. Allan and
Stella, he said. Il believe that the cere-
mOny which has been performed makes
you man and wife in the sight OF God
and man. for all that is necessary to
make a marriage binding is, that it
should be celebrated according to the
custom of the country where the parties
. T.,