The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-09

~ once. and can but
.@E speak from my
limited expert
ence. But GER
tainly our illusion, or rather the great
truth of which it is the shadow, did sur
vive, as to this day it survives in my
heart.
But complete happiness is not allowed
in this world even for an hour.
Three days after our wedding MIR. Car
son had stroke. 1t had been long i'm
pending, now it fell We came into the
center hut to dinner and found him ly
ing speeches.. ct first 1 thought that
he was dying, but this was not so.
On the contrary, within four days he
recovered his speech and some power of
movement. But he never recovered his
memory, though he still knew Stella,
and sometimes myself. Curiously enough
he remembered little Tota best of all
three, though occasionally he thought
| that she was his own daughter in her
childhood, and would ask her where her
mother was. This state of affairs lasted
| for some seven months. The old man
| gradually grew weaker, but he did not
die. Of course his condition quite pre-
Guided the idea of our leaving Babyan
Kraal till all was over. This was the
more distressing to me because l had a
nervous presentiment that Stella was in
curing danger by staying there, and
also because the state of her health rem
dered it desirable that we should reach
a civilized region as soon as possible.
At length the end came very suddenly.
| We were sitting one evening by Mr..
Carson's bedside in his hut, when to our
establishment he sat up and spoke.
81 hear you" he said. Yes, yes, ]
forgive you. Poor woman. you too have
suffered" and he fell back dead.
l have little doubt that he was address
ing his lost wife, some vision of whom
had flashed across his dying senses
Stella, of course, was overwhelmed with
grief at her loss. Till came her father
had been her sole companion, and there
fore, as may be imagined, the tie be
tween them was much closer than i:
usual even in the case of father anC
daughter. So deeply did she mourn thai
, l began to fear for the effect upon hel
health. Nor were we the only ones tc
grieve; all the natives on the settlement
called Mr.. Carson father, and as
father they lamented him. The air re
! sounded with the wailing of women
and the men went about with bowed
heads, saying that 1.-THE sun had set ii
{ the heavens, now only the Star Stella
: remained" Indaba-zimbi alone did no
!, mourn. He said that it was best that
the Inkoos should die. for what was lif,
worth when one lay like a log?-more
r over. that it would have been well for al
: if he had died sooner.
: On the following day we buried hin
in the little graveyard near the water
e fall 1t was a sad business and Stelli
d cried very much, in spite OF all l coult
do to comfort her.
That night as 1 sat outside the hu
: smoking-for the weather was kot an
Stella was lying down inside-old Indaba
g g zimbi came up, saluted and squatted a
!, my feet.
What is it. Indaba-zimbi:" said.
''This, Macumazahn. When are 20
going to trek towards the COAST"
II don't know" answered. THE Sta
!, is not fit to travel now; we must wa,
awhile"
mo, Macumazahn. you must not wal
= you must 20. and the Star must take he
= chance She is strong. 1t is nothing
u All will be WE'LL
. "Why do you say SO? Why must W
Il gogn
l. ''For this reason, Macumazahn," an
n he looked cautiously round and spol
II low. 1.-The balloons have come back
thousands. All the mountain is full {
IL them"
" Il did not know that they had gone
g said.
e, YES" he answered, ''they went aft
a the marriage, all but one or two; no
It they are back, all the balloons in IL
ID world, l think. ] saw whole eli
d, black with them"
a, SIS that ala" said. for saw that
i'd had something behind. Il am not afra
er of pack of balloons"
l. 'sNo, Macumazahn, it is not all: II
D. babvan-frau. HenurIka, Is with Them.
rs Now, nothing had been heard or se'
of Hendrika since her expulsion, al
T, though at first she and her threats HI
ne haunted me somewhat, by degrees S
ne had to great extent passed out of n
LII mind, which was fully preoccupied wi
ey Stella and my father-in-law's illness.
"a started violently. .'How do you kne
rs this?' / asked.
81 know it because / saw her, Mac
ut mazahn. She is disguised, she is dress
he up in baboon skins, and her face is sta
'ly ed dark. But though she was 10
Ter way off / knew her by her size, ant
saw the white flesh of her arm when
l l skins slipped aside. She has come BAG
Ply Macumazahn, with all the balloons
the world. and she has come back to