San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-04
QUATERNAIN'S WIFE.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD.
Author Of Colonel Quaritch, V. c." "IIr.
Nelson's WIZ" "A Tale Of Three
Lions" Allan Quatermaim,"
"She," Jess" etc.

kissing her in the garden, MaCumaZahn:
How dare you kiss her who is a starr"
Il kissed her because | love her, and
because she loves me-" answered.
what has that to do with you, Hen.
drka:"
Because you love her. she Missed in
answer, land do | not love her also, who
saved me from the babyanS: | am
woman as she is, and YOU are Il man, and
they say in the kraalS that men love
women better than women love women.
But it is a lie, though this is true, that if
a woman loves a man she fOrgetS all
other love. Have | not seen it? | gather
her flowers-beautiful flowers; | climb
the rocks where you would never dare tC
go to find them; you pluck a piece of
orange bloom in the garden and give ii
her. What does she do: She takes the
orange bloom, she puts it in her breast,
and lets my flowers die. | call TO her
she does not hear me-she is thinking.
You whisper to some one far away, and
she hears and smiles. She used to kiss
me sometimes; now she kisses that white
'
it. On, see it all-ali: have seen il
from the first; you are stealing her from
us, stealing her to yourself, and thOst
who loved her before you came are for.
gotten. Be careful. MaCumaZahn, be
careful, lest | am revenged upon YOU.
You, you hate me; you think me half a
monkey; that servant of yours calls mt
: Ill I al
balloons, and they are cIcver-yes, they
can play tricks and know things YOU
don't, and am cleverer than they, for
have learnt the wisdom of white people
also, and | say to you, Walk softly,
MaCumazahn, or you will fall into a
pit, >" and with one more look of malice
she was gone.
| stood for moment rejecting.
was afraid Of this strange creature who
seemed to combine the cunning of the
great apes that had reared her with the
passion and skill Of human kind.
fOrcbOded evil at her hands. And vet
there WAS something almost touching il
the iierccness of her jealousy. 1t is gen
orally supposed that this passion only
exists in strength when the object luveC
is of another sex from the lover, but
confess that. both in this instance and il
some others that have met with, thi:
has not been my experience. have
known men, and especially uncivilizeG
men, who were as Jealous of the atfeC
ton of their friend or master as any
lover could he of that of his mistress:
and who has not seen cases of the SAINT
thing where parents and their children
were concerned: But the lower one gets
in the scale of humanity the more read
lily this passion thrives: indeed, it may
be said to come to its intenseSt perfection
in bruteS. Women are more Jealous than
men, small hearted men are more zeal.
Gus than those of larger mind and wider
sympathy, and animals are the most
jealous of all. Now Hendrika was IN
some ways not far removed from animal
which may perhaps account for the fe.
rncity of her jealousy Of her mistress
affection
Shaking off my presentiments of evil
| entered the center hut. Mr.. Carson
was resting on the sofa and bv him
knclt Stella holding his hand, and heI
head resting on his breast. | saw at
once that she had been telling him OF
what had come about between us; nOI
was sorry, for it is task that a would.
be son-in-law is generally glad to do by
deputy.
Come here, Allan Quatermain, he
said, almost sternly, and my heart gave
a jump, for | feared lest he might b,
about to require me to go about my
business But came.
Stella tells me-" he went on. that
you two have entered into a marriage
engagement. She tells me also that she
loves you, and that you say that you
love her
Il do indeed, sir" broke in: Il love
her truly: if eyer a woman was loved in
this world love her"
Il thank heaven for it" said the old
man. Listen. my children. Many
years ago great shame and sorrow fell
upon me. 50 great a sorrow that, as
sometimes think, it affected my brain
At any rate. determined to do what
most men would have considered the act
of mailman, to go far away into the
wilderness with my only child. there to
live remote from civilization and its
evils. did 50; found this place, and
here we have lived for many years. hap
PLY enough, and perhaps not without
doing good in ouF generation, but still
in way unnatural to our race and
status. At first thought that | would
let my daughter grow up in a state of
,.II,Nl,to Hnt Oh l.,