Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-24
Allen Quatermain'S Wife

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 GY" By an error in the make up of yesterdays paper this column was omit ted. It fellows Wednesday iustallment of the story.
 # ten. Sho lifted her and Tota as though they were nothing, and ran of with them, following the bed of tho etream in order to avoid leaving a spoor. Only the baboons who came with her, minus the ono tho dogs had killed, would not take to the water, but kept pace with them on the bank.
 Stella said that the night which followed was more like a hideous night marc than 9 reality. She was never able to tell mo all that occurred in 1t. She had vague recollection of being borne over rocks and along klcofs, while around her echoed the horrible grunts and clicks of the baboons. She spoke to Hendrika in English and Kafir, ir ploring her to let them go; but the woman, if I may call her so, seemed in her madness to have entirely forgotten these tongues. When Stella spoke she would kiss her and stroke her hair, but she did not seem to understand what it was sine said. On tho other hand, she could, and did, talk to the baboons, that seemed to obey her inn plicitly. Moreover, she would not allow them to touch either Stella or the child in her arms. Once ono of them tried to do so, and she seized Q dead stick and struck it so heavily on the head that it fell senseless. Thrice Stella made an attempt to escape, for sometimes even Hendrika's giant strength waned and she had to set them down. But on each occasion she caught them, and il was in these struggles that Stella clothes were so torn. At length before daylight they reached the cliff, and with the first break of light the as- cent began. Hendrika dragged them up the first stages, but when they came to the precipitous place she tied tho strips of hide, of which she had 8 supply wound round her waist, beneath Stella's arms. Steep as the place was, the baboons as- cended it easily enough, sprinCinr; from 9 knob of rock to tho trilnl oi tho trco that grew on tho edge of tho crovasse. Hendrika followed them, holding the end of tho hido in her teeth, one of the baboons hanging down from tho troo to assist her ascent. It was while ailc was ascending that Stella bctho lT:l5 her of letting fall her handkerchief in the faint hope that some searcher might see 1t.
 By this time Hendrila was on the tree, and grunting out orders to the baboons which clustered about Stella below. Suddenly thoso seized her and l, lifted her from tho ground. Then Hen drilla above, aided by other b2boons, put out all her great strength and pulled tho two of them up tho rock. Twice Stella swung heavily against the cliff. After the second blow she felt her senses gc- ing, and was consumed with terror lest she should drop Tota. But sho man. aged to cling to her, and together they reached tho cliff
 ''From that time," Stella went on, s'I remember no moro until I awolle to find myself in 8 gloomy cave resting on g. bed of skins. My legs wcro bound, and Hendrika sat near mo watching me, whilo round tho edgo of the cave peered tho heads of thoso horrible baboons. Tota was still in my arms and half dead from terror; her moans were pitiful to hear. I spoke to Hendrilla, imploring her to release us; but either she had lost all understanding Of human speech, or she prctended to have done so. All she would do was to caresS me, and even kiss my hands and dress with extrava- gant signs of affection. As she did so Tota shrunk away closer to me. This Hendrika saw and glared so savagely at tho child that I feared lest sho was going to kill her. diverted her atten- tion by making signs that I wanted water, and this she gave mo in Q wooden bowl. As you saw, the cave was evi- dently Hendrikas dwelling place. There are stores of fruit in it and some strips of dried flesh. She gave me somo of the fruit and Tota a little, and made Tota eat somo. You can never know what went through, Allan. l saw now that Hendril1a was quite mad, and but little removed from tho brutes to which she is akin, and over which she has such unholy power. The only trace of humanity left about her was her affection for mo. Evidently her idea was to keep me here with her, to keepme away from you, and Ncarry out this idea she was
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