The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-09

groaaa.& He opened his eyes, glanced
round and took in tire situation.
s'What did I~tell you, Macumazahn?"
and he seized the bottle and took long
pull at-it. 80 Z
Meanwhile sat with my back against
the trunk of the great treesahd tried to
realize the situations. Looking to my
left 1 saw two good horseshoe bare
backed and oneiwith lady's rude
saddle on it, By the sideof the horses
were two dogs, of II. stout greyhound
breed, that sat watching us, and near
the dogs lay dead Airle buck, which
they had evidently been coursing.
ts'Hendrika, "9said the lady presently,
':they must not-eat meat just yet. Go
and look up the tree and see if there is
any ripe fruit on it.
The woman ran swiftly into the plain
and -obeyeds Presently she returned.
II see some ripe,fruit, she said, "but it
ishigh, quito at the top. '-
'sT'etch it, said the lady. -
''Easier said than done,".I thought to
myself; but,I was much mistaken. Sud-
denly the woman bounded at least three
feet into the air and caught one of the
spreading boughs in her large, flat hands
"a swing that would have filled an aero
lat with envy--and she was on it.
atNowsthere is an end, thought, for
the next .bough. was beyond her reach.
But again | WAS mistaken. She stood up
on the bough, gripping it with her bare
feet, and once more sprang at the one
above,5 caughtait, and swung herself into
i suppose that the lady saw my look of
establishment. "Do not wonder, sir,
she said; . Hendrika is not lika-other PEG
ple. She will not fall"
| made no answer, but watched the
progress of this extraordinary person
with the most breathless interest. On she
went, swinging herself from bough to
Dough, and running along them like a
monkey At last she got to the top and
began to swarm along thin branch
towards, the ripe fruit. When she was
near enough she shook the branch vio-
lently.s There was5a crack-a1orash-it |
broke. Ishut my eyes, expecting to see
her crushed on the ground before me. =;
''Don't be afraid said the lady again
laughing gently. =" Look, stshe is quite
safe.''.' ~ov.e 53t 49, SO = n 80
Islooked, and so she was! She Ihali]
caught'a Dough as she fell, chung to lit,
and was now calmly dropping to an
other Old Indaba-zimbi had also |
watched this performance with interest, |
but it did not seem to astonish him over
much. Balloon woman" he said, as
though such people were common, and
then turned his attention to soothing
Tota, whoewas moaning for more water.
Meanwhile IIendrika came down the
tree with extraordinary rapidity, and
swinging by one hand from u bOugh.
dropped shout ten feet to the ground.
In another two minutes we were all |
three sucking the PUPPY fruit. In an or
binary way We should have found it
tasteless enough; as it was | thought it
the most delicious thing | had ever
tasted. After three days spent without
food or water, in the desert. one is not |
particular. While we were still eating |
the fruit, the lady of my vision set her /
companion to work to partially fay the
or;be which her dogs had killed. and |
busted herself in making fire of fallen |
boughs. AS soon as it burned brightly |
she took strips of the oribe flesh, toasted |
them, and gnve them to us on leaves.
We ate, and now we were allowed q lit |
tlemorc water After that she took lit /
tie Tota to the spring .andZwashed- her; |
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