Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-14
THE STRANGE STORY
 or Allan OuateImain'S
EY Y. rlDIC HAGGAEo,

morning with Hcndrilla and the dogs for a ride, meaning to get back homo by mid day, for my father is ill and do not like to leave him for1ong. But just as I was going to turn when we wero about where we are now-ycs, this was tho very bush an oribe got up and the dogs chased it. l followed them for the gallop. and when we came to the river, instead of turning to the left as bucks generally do, the oribe swan the stream and took to tho bad lands beyond. followed it, and within a hundred yards of the big tree the dogs killed it. Hendrika wanted mo to turn back at once, but said that WIG would rest under the shade of the tree, for I knew there was spring of water near. Well, we went; and there saw you all lying like dead; but Hen drika, who is very clever in some ways, said no-and you know the rest. Yes, 1t is very wonderful"
 Ut is, indeed" said" Now, tell me, Miss Stella, who Is Hendrika?"
 She looked round before answering to sec that the woman was not near.
 "llcrs is strange story, MT. Allan. I will tell you. You must know that all these mountains and the country beyond oi V AuAi o1 pdDOouS. " ueu was . ETH of about ten l used to wander about . good deal in the hills and valleys, and watch tho baboons as they played among the rocks There was one family of ba- boons that I watched especially-they used to live in kloof about mile from tho house. The old man baboon was very large, and one of the females had a gray face. But the reason why watched hAr Il they had with them creature that looked like girl, for her skin was quito white, and, what was more, that she was protected from the weather when 1t hap pened to be cold by . fur belt of some sort, which she tied round her throat For nearly a whole summer I watched this particular white-skinnoG baboon till at last my curiosity quito overmastered me. 1 noticed that, though she climbed about the cliffs with tho other monkeys, at a certain hour little before sundown they used to put her with ono or two other much smaller ones into n little cave, while the family went off somewhere to get food. to the mealie fields. l suppose. Then got an idea that l would catch this white baboon and bring it home. But of course I NoAAN INV SAo liiAo pf III SCils SO GOOh d Hottentot-a very clever man when he was not drunk-who lived on the stead, into my confidence. He was called Hen dirk, and was very fond of me; but for long whilo he would not listen to my plan, because he said that the babyans would kill us. Al last bribc.l him with a knifo that had four blades, and one afternoon we started, Hendrix carrying ct. ,1- l., T i.k running through it so that the mouth could be drawn tight
 ''Weil, wc got to the place, and, hid ing ourselves carefully in the trees at tho foot of tho kloof. watched the baboons playing about and grunting to each oth- CT, till at length, according to custom, they took the white ono and three other little abies and put them in the cave. Then the old man came out looked carefully round, called to his family and went off with them over the brow of the kloof. Now, very slowly and cautiously we crept up over the rocks till we calno to the mouth of the cave and looked in. All tho four little baboons were fast asleep with their backs owards us, and their arms around each others nccks, the white one being in the middle Nothing could have been better for our plans. Hendrick, who by this time had quite entered into the spirit of the thing, crept into tho cave like snake, and suddenly dropped tho mouth of tho hide bag over tho head of the white ba- boon. Tho poor little thing woke Up and gave violent jump, which caused it to vanish right into tho bag. Then Hendrix pulled the string tight. and to- 1--
 possible for our captive to escape. Mean while the other baby baboons had rushed from the cave screaming, and when wc got outside they were nowhere to be seen.
 "'Come on, miss, said Hendrix; the babyan will soon be back He had shout.