The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-23


the garden, which was beau utifully cult
vated, and one Of the most productive
that l ever saw. There were three O
four natives working in 1t, and they al
saluted my host as "Baba," or father
Then we visited the other two group
Of marble huts. One Of these was use,
for stables and outbuildings, the othe
as storehouses, the center hut havinl
been, however, turned into o chapel
Mr.. Carson was not ordained, but h,
earnestly tried to convert the natives
most OF whom were refugees who hat
come to him for shelter, and he prac
t ced the more elementary rites of tn,
church for 30 long that / think he begal
to believe that he really was clergy
man. For instance, he always married
those Of his people who would consen
TO homogeneous existence and bap
tized their children. When we had ex
amined these wonderful remains OF an
tiquity, the marble huts, and admired
the orange trees, the vines and fruits
which thrive like weeds In this marvel
Gus soil and climate, we descended to
the next platform and saw the farming
operations in full swing. think that
1t was the best farm 1 have ever seen in
Africa. There was ample water for pur-
poses Of irrigation, the grass lands be
low gave pasturage for hundreds OF head
OF cattle and horses, and, for
natives, the people were most in
dustrious. Moreover the whole place
was managed by Mr.. Carson on the Co
operative system; he only took 1.-THE Of
the produce-indeed, in this land Of
teeming plenty, what was he 10 do with
morep Consequently the tribemen, who,
by the way, called themselves the
Children Of Thomas" were able to ac-
cumulate considerable wealth. All their
disputes were referred to their father, "
and he also was Judge Of offenses and
crimes, Some were punished by i'm
prisonment, whipping and loss OF goods,
other and graver transgressions by ex-
pulsion from the community, fat
which to one OF these favored natives
must have seemed as heavy as the do
cree that drove Adam from the garden
OF Eden.
Old Mr. Carson leaned upon his daugh-
ter's arm and contemplated the scene
with pride.
81 have done all this, Allan Quater-
main," he said. "When renouncing
civilization first I wandered here by
chance; seeking home in the remotest
places in the world, found this lonely
spot a wilderness. Nothing was to
be seen except the site, the domes
OF the marble huts and the
waterfalls. took possession of
the huts. l cleared the patch Of garden
land and planted the orange grove. l
had only six natives then, but by do
grees others joined me; now my tribe is
a thousand strong. Here we live in
profound peace and plenty. have all /
need, and ask no more. Heaven has
prospered me so far-may 1t be SO to the
end, which for me draws nigh. And
now l am tired and will go back. II you
wish to see the old quarry and the
mouth Of the ancient mines, Stella will
show them to you. No, my love, you
need not trouble to come. can man
lge alone. Look, some OF the head men
ire waiting TO see me-"
So he went but still followed by
Iendrika and Indaba-zimbi we turned,
nd, walking along the bank OF one OF |
he rivers, passed up behind the marble
.raals, and came TO the quarry, whence
he material had been cut in some re-
lote age. The pit opened up very
hick seam Of the whitest and most
eautiful marble. / know another like
in Natal. But by whom 1t had been
'orked l can not say. Not by natives,
hat Is certain, though the builders OF
he kraals had condescended 10 borrow
be shape Of native huts for their model.
he only relic Of those builders that 1
yer saw was a highly-fnished bronze
ick-axe which Stella found one day in
he quarry. After we had examined the
uarry we climbed the slope of the hill
III we came to the mouth OF the ancient
lines situated in kind Of gorge. l be-
eve them to have been silver mines.
he gorge was long and narrow, and the
Ioment we entered 1t there rose from
very side q sound Of groaning and bark
lg that was almost enough TO deafen
ne. ] knew what 1t was at once; the
hole place was filled with baboons,
hich clambered down the rocks to-
ards US from every direction, In man
er that struck me as being unusually
'arless Stella turned little pale and
ung TO my arm.
ut is very silly Of me-" she whis-
'red. II am not at all nervous, but I
IN not bear the sight OF those animals
'er since they killed Hendrix. al
ays think there is something human
bout them"
Meanwhile the baboons came nearer,
liking TO each other as they came.
ota began to cry and clung 70 Stella
ella olung 10 me, while / and Indaba-
mbi put as bold front on the matter
we could. Only Hendrika stood look
g at the brutes with an unconcerned
nile on her monkey face. When the
eat apes were quite near she sudden
called out aloud. Instantly they
opped their hideous clamor as though
word Of command. Then Hendrilka
dressed them. can only describe IL
That Is 10 say, that they began TO
IKE noise such as baboons do whom
ey converse with each other. have
own Hottentots and Bushmen who Q
ID that they could talk with the ba- !
ons and understand their language, :
I confess never heard 1t done be- I
% or since.
From the mouth Of Hendrika came . !
,oession Of grunts, groans, squealts,
cis and every other abominable noise
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