Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-26

/ 4@fUS, As though sue WcGiu une3Ita
that which lay within. was Hendrika-
Her face was wild and haggard: her
form was so emaciated that, when the
pelts she wore slipped aside. the shoul-
| der blades seemed 20 project almost
| through her skin. Suddenly she hooked
up and saw me. Laughing dreadful
maniac laugh, she put her hand to Der
! girdle and drew her great knife from IT,
| I thought that she was about to attack
me, and prepared TO defend myself as
best could, fer was unsrraed- But she
| made 20 effort 10 do 50. Lifting the
knife on high, for moment she held is
| glistering in the moonlight. then plunged
| il into her own breast, and fell headlong
10 the ground.
sprang over the w6u and ran to her.
/ She was rot vet dead. Presently ste
! opened her eyes. and | saw that the mad
ness had gone out of them
''Mscumazahn." she said. speaking in
/ English and IN thick difficult voice
ike enc who half forgot and half remem-
bered - ''Macumazahn, / remember
now. have been mad. Is she really
dead. Macumazahn:'
Yes" said, ''she is dead, and you
/ killed her"
II killed ner." the dying woman fall
tered, and l loved her. Yes. yes-I
know now. / became a brute again and
( dragged her 70 the bruteS, and row once
more | am woman, and she L. dead,
AID killed her-oecauSe loved her So.
| killed her who saved me from the
| brutes. j am not dead vet, Macu-
nazahn. Take me and torture me 10
/ death. slowly, very slowly. 1t was lcal-
/ ousv Of YOU that drove me mad. and
I have killed her, and now she never can
I forgive me-"
Ask forgiveness from shove" / said,
( for Hendrika had been a Christian. and
! the torment Of her remorse touched me.
Il ask no forgiveness. she said. May
God torture me for ever, because killed
her; may | become a brute forever tall
she comes 10 find me and fo.gives mel l
ONLY want her forgiveness" And wall
ing in an anguish Of the hart 20 strong
that her bodily suffering seemed To be
/ forgotten, Hendrix, the tnboon woman,
died.
/ went back to the kraals. and, waking
/ Ipdaba- rimbi, told him what had hap
pened. asking him to send some one 70
watch the body, as1 proposed to give Il
burial. But next morning h wss gone.
I and found that the natives, bearing Of
+ the event. had taken the corpse and
/ thrown it 10 the vultures with every mark
Of hate. Such, then, was the end CT
/ Hendrika.
| Aweek after Hendricks death l left
+ Babyan Krsals. The place was hateful
/ to me now, it was haunted place l
/ sent for old Indaba- zinbi and told him
that was going. he answered tfnt 1t
was we'll The place has served your
turn" he said: here YOU have won that
( iov which it was fated you should win,
and have suffered those things that it
was fated YOU should suffer. Yes, and
though YOU know il not now, the JOY
and the suffering. like the sunshine and
the storm. are the same thing, and viii
rest at last IN the same heaven, the
heaven from which they came. Now
60, Mscumazahn."
asked him If he was coming with me.
"No," Ire answered. ''our paths lie
apart henceforth, Macumazstn- We
met together for certain ends. Ihoss
ends are fulfilled. Now each one goes
his own way. You have ssill many years
before you. Macumzahn; my years are
few. When we shake hands here IL viii
be for the last time. Perhaps we may
meet eeein. but il will not be In this
world. Henceforth we have each Of US
q friend the less
Heavy words" l said.
True words" b. answered.
I Well. have little heart 10 write OF the
rest of it. Invent. leaving Indaba-zimb
In charge of the place. and making MIN
a present vi such cattle and goods - /
did no. want.
Tota. Of course took with me. For
Z t1nateIy by this time she had almost ~
covered the shock to her nerves- The
/ baby Harry a. hs vas Afterwards named.
was FINE healthy child. and was lucky
/ in getting a respectable native woman.
whose husband had been killed In the
/ fight with the balloons, TO accompany ms
as ais nurse.
Slowly. and followed for distance by
all tine people, / trekked away from
Bahyan Kraals Nv route towards Natal
was along the edge Of the bad lands, and
my first nights outspan was beneath
that very tree where Stella, nay lost wife,
had found US ss We lay dying Of thirst
did not sleep much that night. And
vet was glad that had not died Ia the
desert about eleven months before 1
felt then, as from year TO year / have
continued To feel while wander through
the lonaIy Wilderness OK life, that have
been preserved to an end / bad won
nav dsrling's love, and for = little winls
~e had been happy together. Our hap
piness was too perfect TO endure. She 10
/ lost 70 me nov, but she is lost 10 Dc
found again.
Here on the following morning bads
/ farewell TO Indabs-zimbL
| ''Good-bcy. Nacumazahn," be said. nod
I ding his white lock ., M. "GooS-by
for while. ! an no. Chriscizn; your
father could nor make ne thai Bu. rs
was a vie man, and when no sad Tia.
those who lore each other shall rne>s
sxs,n. he did hot lie. And TO am a
wise man in nv way. MacuraAzsAhn: and
say IL 10 true that we shall NEE; again
AL nv prophecies % you have e0ms
true. IacuulzxsAAn. ard this Osss sf22sl
como true @l-o- tell 500 ta@; you shall
return ~ B4byan Kra@.s a1.f anal Dot
/ find uae- tel you i1At yoG sfIsl! J0lrrsT