The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-26

i''onoi oiouSnC WIFI hln when he frs
trekked into the wilds; there was neart
$ wagon load of them. But every tbra
years we have sent an expedition O
these wagons right down to Port Natal
Inc wagons are loaded with ivory ane
other goods, and come back with al
Kinds of things that have been sent ON
from England for us. You zee, althouol
we 1--we III this wild place, we are not al
together cut off. We can send runners
70 Natal and back in three months. anf
The wagons get there and back in a wear.
lave you ever been with the WAC.
onss' l asked.
since was q child 1 have never beer
more than thirty miles from Babvan's
Peak, she answered. ''Do you know
Mr. Allan, that you are, with one ex-
ceptlon, the first Englishman that I
have known out of book. suppose
That must seem very wild and SAVAGE
to you, but / have had one ADVANTAGE
good education. My father has TAUGHT
me everything, and perhaps I know
some things that you don't. can read
french and German for instance. 7
think that my fathers first idea was to
LEI me run wild altogether, but he gave
it up"
And don't you wish to go into the
world?" 1 asked.
Sometimes" she said, ''when I get
lonely. But perhaps my father is right
perhaps it would brighten and Devil
der me. AT any rate, he would never
return to civilization. 1t is his idea. Won
know, though am sure do not know
where he got it from, nor why he cannot
pear that our name should be spoken.
In short, MIR. Quatermain, we do not
make our lives; we must take them as
we find them. Have you done your
breakfast? Let US go out and I will
show you our domain
L rose and went to my sleeping place
to fetch my hat. When I returned. Mr.
Carson-for, after all, that was his name.
though he would never allow it to be-
spoken-had come into the hut. He felt
better now, he said, and would accom-
pany us on our walk if Stella would rive
him an arm.
So we started, and after us came
Hendrika with Tota and old Indaba-
zlmbi, whom found sitting outside rs
fresh as paint. Nothing could tire that
old man.
The view from the platform was al
most as beautiful as that from the lower
ground looking up to the peak. The
marble kraals, as have said, faced west
consequently all the upper terrace Law in
the shadow Of the great peak till nearly II
O'Clock in the morning, which was great
advantage in that warm latitude. First
we walked through the garden, which
was beautifully cultivated, and one of
the most productive that ever saw.
There were three or four natives work
ing III 1t, and they all saluted my host as
'Baba," or father. Then we visited the
other two groups of marble huts. One |
OF these was used for stables and out |
buildings, the other as storehouses, the
center hut having been, however, turned
INTO chapel. Mr.. Carson was not Or
dan1ed, but he earnestly tried to convert
1he natives, most of whom were refugees
who had come to him for shelter. and bs
mad practlced the more elementary rites
Of the church for so long that 1 think he
oegan to believe that he really was q
clergyman. For instance, he ALWAYS
married those of his people who would
consent to homogeneous existence. and
Baptized their children.
When we had examined these wonder
ul remains of antiquity, the marble huts.
'nd admired the orange trees, the vines
md fruits which thrive like weeds in this
marvellous soil and climate, we descended @
% the next platform and saw the farming !
'peratlons In full swing. I think that if {
vas the best farm | have ever seen in >
africa. There was ample water for DUR
'oses OF irrigation, the grass lands below +
ave pasturage for hundreds of head of
attic and horses, and, for natives. the
'eople were most industrious. More
yer, the whole place was managed bv .
liz. Carson on the cooperative system: +
e only took 1.-THE of the produce-in- n
eed, In this land of teeming plenty.
That was he to do with more? Conse- Il
uently the tribemen, who, by the way. T
allied themselves the Children of
homas," were able to accumulate con-
lderable wealth. All their disputes were
eterred to their Gather" and he also q
'as Judge OF offenses and crimes. Some
,ere punished by Imprisonment, whip n
ing and loss of goods, other and graver t;
by expulsion from the
fiat which to one of these e
lvored natives must have seemed as
eavy as the decree that drove Adam V
'om the Garden of Eden. a
Old Mr.. Carson leaned upon his daugh- k
rs arm and contemplated the scene
18th pride.
have done all this, Allan Ouater-
AIN, he said. ''When renouncing civ
zatlon hrst, wandered here by chance: d.
ek1ng home in the remotest places in
e world, l found this lonely spot a
llderness. Nothing was to be seen ex-
pit the site, the domes of the marble e,
lts and the waterfalls. 1 took posses
On OF the huts. cleared the patch of
rden land and planted the orange c.
owe. had only six natives then, but
degrees others joined me; now nv
De Is thousand strong. Here we
e IN profound peace and plenty. I
We all need, and ask no more. ST.
eaven has prospered me SO far-may tu
De SO to the end, which for me draws III
5h. And now am tired and will oo
OK. Ii you wish to see the old quarry pr
q the mouth of the ancient mines Oh
Ella Will show them to you. No, nv
'e' you need not trouble to come. I
manage alone. Look, some of the