The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-05-07

grave. heard her feet strike heavily.
awake, Macumazahn! awake!' cried
the voice of Indaba-zimbi.
l awoke and bounded from the bed,
the cold perspiration pouring from me.
In the darkness on the other side of the
hut heard sounds of furious struggling.
Luckily [ kept my head. Just by me
was chair on which were matches and
a rush taper. | struck a match and held
it to the taper. Now in the glowing
light | could see two forms rolling one
over the other on the floor, and from be-
tween them came the flash of steel. The
fat melted and the light burnt up. It
was Tndaba-zimbi and the woman Hen
drika who were struggling, and, what
was more, the woman was getting the
better of the man, strong as he was.
rushed toward them. Now she was up
permost, now she had wrenched herself
from his fierce grip. and now the great
knife she had in her hand flashed up.
But was behind her, and, getting my
hands beneath her arms, jerked with all
my strength. She fell backwards, and,
in her effort to save herself, most for
tunately dropped the knife. Then we
flung ourselves upon Ter. Heavens! the
strength of that she devil! Nobody who
has not experienced it could believe it.
She fought and scratched and bit, and
at one time neal " mastered the two Of
us. AS It w;ls she did break loose.
She rushed at the bed, sprung on it, and
bounded thence straight up at the roof
of the hut. | never saw such jump,
and could not conceive what she meant
to do. In the roof were the peculiar
holes which | have described. They
were designed to admit light, and COW
cred With overhanging caves. She sprung
straight and true like a monkey, and,
catching the edge Of the hole with her
hands strove to draw herself through it.
But here her strength, exhausted with
the long struggle. failed her. For mo-
ment she swung, then dropped to the
ground and fell senseless.
"Ou!" gasped Indaba-zimbi. "Let us
tie the devil up before she comes to life
again
I thought this a good counsel, so we
took rein that lay in the corner of the
room, and dashed her hands and feet in
such a fashion that even she could
scarcely escape. Then we carried her
into the passage, and Indaba-zimbi sat
over her, the knife in his hand, for did
not wish to raise an alarm at that hour
of the night.
DO you know how caught her, Macu-
mazahn?' he said. For several nights
have slept here with one eye open, fo1
1 thought she had made plan. To
night kept wide awake, though I pre-
tended to be asleep. An hour after you
got into the blankets the moon rose, and
l saw beam of light come into the hut
through the hole in the roof. Presently
l saw the beam of light vanish. At first
l thought that cloud was passing over
the moon, but ] listened and heard q
noise as though some one was squeezing
himself through narrow place. Pres
emily he was through and hanging by
his hands. Then the light came in again
and in the middle of it | saw the babyan-
frau swinging from the roof, and about
to drop into the hut She chung by both
hands, and in her mouth was a great
knife. She dropped, and ran forward
to seize her as she dropped, and gripped
her round the middle. But she heard
me come, and, Selling the knife, struck
at me in the dark and missed me. Then
we struggled, and you know the rest
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