Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-03-06
[Cunitnued tre4n Last Week.
THE STRANGE STOW
Allan QuatngrrTlain'SWife
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD,
AUTHOR OF She" "KINa SoLoMoN'G
Miles," "JEss," "CLEo-
PATRA," ETC.
A NEW AFRICAN ROMANCE.
CURE g -
CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VII
Hendriks obeyed, leading the horses
to the side of the tree.
snow, Mr.. Allan" said Stella, ''you
must ride on my horse, and the old black
man must ride on the other. L will
walk, and Hendrika will carry the little
child. Oh, do not be afraid, she is very
strong, she could carry you OF me-"
Hendricks grunted assent. l am sor-
~ that / can not express her method
Of speech by any more polite term
Sometimes she grunted like monkey;
sometimes she clicked like bushman,
and sometimes she did both together,
when she became quite unintelligible.
expostulated against this proposed
arrangement, saying that we could walk,
which was fib, for l do not think that
I could have done a mile; but Stella
would not listen, she would not even let
me carry my elephant gun, but took 1t
herself. So we mounted with some diff
Guilty, and Hendrika took up the sleep
ing Tota In her long, sinewy arms.
''See that the 'baboon-woman' does not
run away into the mountains with the
little white one," said Indaba-zimbi to
me in Kafir, as no climbed on to the
horse.
Unfortunately Hendrika understood
bis speech. Her face twisted and grew
uvid with fury. She put down Tota and
literally sprang at Indaba-zimbi as q
monkey springs. But weary and worn
Is he was, the old gentleman was too
quick for her. With an exclamation Of
genuine fright he threw himself from
the horse on the further side, with the
somewhat ludicrous result that all in q
moment Hendrika was occupying the
seat that he had vacated. Just then
Stella realized the position
Come down, you savage, come down."
abe said, stamping her foot.
The extraordinary creature flung her
self from the horse and literally grow
eied on the ground before her mistress
and burst into tears.
Pardon, Miss Stella, she clicked and
grunted in villainous English, "but he
called me q 'babyan-frau' (baboon-
woman)."
Tell your servant that he must not
use such words to Hendriks, Mr.. Allan, "
Stella said to me. IF he does" she
added in a whisper, "Hendriks will GER
tainly kill him"
Iexplsined this to Indaba-zimbi, who
being considerably frightened, deigned
to apologize. But from that hour there
was hate and war between these two.
Harmony having been thus restored
we started, the dogs following us A
small strip of desert interviewed between
us and the slope of the peak-perhaps il
was two miles wide. We crossed it and
reached rich grass lands, for here aconsid
cradle stream gathered from the hills; bu
it did not flow across the barren lands
1t passed to the east along the foot of TIT
hills This stream we had to pass by
ford. Hendrika walked boldly through
il, holding Tota in her arms. Stell;
lespt across from stone to stone like
roebuck; thought to myself that sh'
was the most graceful creature that I hat
ever seen After this the track passes
round pleasantly-wooded shoulder o
the peak, which was, found, known Q
Babyan Kap or Baboon Head o
course we could only go at foot pace
20 our progress was slow. Stella wakes
for some way IN silence, then sh'
spoke.
Tell me. Mr.. Allan" she said. ''hov
Il was that came to ind you dying II
the desert?"
So began and told her all. It tool
IN hour or more to do so, and she list
ened intently, now and again asking
squestion-
at is all very wonderful" she SAID
when had done, very wonderful, in
deed Do you know I went out thi