Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
that her dear father was dead she would

that her dear father was dead she would
be glad TO get away.
Nothing happened to disturb rs that
night, and on the following morning l
was up early making preparations The
despair of the people when they learned
that we were going to leave them was
something quite pitiable. | could only
console them by declaring that we were
but on q journey, and would return the
following year.
They had lived in the shadow Of her
father, who was dead" they declared:
lever since they were little they had lived
In his shadow. He had received them
when they were outcasts and wanderers,
without mat to lie on or blanket TO cover
them, and they had grown fat in his
shadow Then he had died, and the Star,
their fathers daughter, had married me-
MacumaZahn, and they had believed that
l should take their fathers place and let
them live in my shadow. What should
thcT do when there was no one to protect
thems The tribes were kept from attack
ing them by fesr Of the white man. If he
went they would be eaten up" and so on.
Alasl there was but too much foundation
for their fears.
l returned TO the huts at midday to get
some dinner. Stella said that she was go
Ing to pack during the afternoon, SO did
-. ,.,..,.. II it,ccas,sy 10 caution her about
roiug mt alone - dill not wish to Al
Iudc tc the suai ct OF H.ndrika and the
baboon- unles. was Obliged to. | told
mrr. however that | would come back to
help her as soon rs | could get away.
Then | went do IN TO the native kraals to
sort cTt raca cattle as belonged TO Mr..
Carson from those which belonged to
the X fir, for I proposed to take them
with Us 1t was a large herd, and the
business took an incalculable time. At
length, little before shutdown, l gave
it up, and leaving Indaba-zmbi to nm
ish the job, got my horse and rode home
wards
Arriving, gave the horse to one Of the
stable boys, and went into the central hut.
There was no sign Of Stella, though the
things she had been packing lay about Il
floor. passed first into our sleeping hut,
thence Que by one into all the others, but
still saw no sign OF her. Then / went out,
and calling Kaffir in the garden, asked
him if he had seen his mistress.
He answered Yes" He had seen her
carrying flowers, walking towards the
ave aA'As uOiuIllk Tue llAJlb iiLtC
my daughter-as he called her. by the
hand, when the sun stood there" and he
pointed to a spot in the horizon where it
would have been about an hour and
half before. THE two dogs were with
them" he added. / turned and ran to-
wards the graveyard, which was about
a quarter of a mile from the huts. or
course there was no reason to be anxious
evidently she had gone to lay the flow
ers on her fathers grave. And yet was
anxious
When l got near che graveyard I mes
one OF the natives who, by my orders
had been set round the kraals to watch
the place, and noticed that he was rubbing
his eyes and yavning Clearly he had
been asleep. l asked him if he had seen
his mistress, and he answered that he had
not which, under the circumstances, was
not wonderful. Without stopping to re-
proach him, | ordered the man to follow
me, and went to tho graveyard. There,
on Mr. Carson's grave, lay the dropping
flowers which Stella had been carrying,
and there in the fresh mould was the spoor
of Tota's veldschoon, or hide slippers. But
where were thew
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