Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-13
CHAPTER VII.

HendrtRa obeyed, leading the horses to the side of the tree.
 "Now, MT. Allan" said Stella, ''you must ride on my horse, and the old black man must ride on tho other l will walk, and Hendrika will carry the little child. Oh, do not be afraid, she is very strong, sho could carry you or me-"
 Hendrika grunted assent. I am sor- ry that l can not express her method Of speech by any moro polite term. Sometimes she grunted like a monkey; sometimes she clicked like bushman, and sometimes she did both together, when she became quite unintelligible.
 1 expostulated against this proposed arrangement, saying that we could walk, which was f1b, for do not think that l 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 culty, and Hendrika took up the sleep ing Tota in her long, sinewy arms.
 $500 that the 'baboon-woman' does not run away into the mountains with the little white one," said Indaba-zimbi to me in Kaff1r, as he climbed on to the horse.
 Unfortunately Hendrika understood his speech. Her face twisted and grew livid with fury. She put down Tota and literally sprang at 1ndaba-zimbi as a monkey springs. But weary and worn as he was, the old gentleman was too quick for her. With an exclamation of genuine fright he threw himself from the horsc on the further side, with the somewhat ludicrous result that all in 8 moment Hcndrika was occupying the seat that he had vacated. Just then Stella realized tho position. Come down, you savage, como downp' she said, stamping her foot. The extraordinary creature flung her self from the horse and literally grov- eled on tho ground before her mistress and burst into tears.
 'Pardon, Miss Stella" she clicked and grunted in villainous English, "but he called me 'babyan-irau' (baboon' woman).'
 ''reil your servant that he must not use such words to Hendrika, MT. Allan, 2 Stella said to me. If he does," she added in whisper, "Hendrika will cer' tainly kill him."
 explained this to Indaba-zimbi, who being considerably frightened, deigne6 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. 4 small strip of desert intervened betwee1 us and the slope of the peak-perhaps 1 was two miles wide. We crossed it ant reached rich grass lands, for here consid erable stream gathered from the hills; bu 1t did not flow across the barren lands 1t passed to the east along tho foot of tn hills. This stream we. had to pass by ford. Hendrika walked boldly througl 1t, holding Tota in her arms. Stell leapt across from stone to stone like roebuck; I thought to myself that sh was the most graceful creature that ha ever seen. After this the track passe round a pleasantly-wooded shoulder C tho peak, which was, found, known a Babyan Rap or Balloon Head. o course we could only go at foot pace so our progress was slow Stella wake for some way in silence, then sh spoke.
 "Tell me, MT. Allan,s she said, Tho, 1t was that I came to find you dying i the descrt?"
 So began and told her all. It too an hour or moro to do SO, and she list ;ened intently, now and again askin question.
 s'It is all very wonderful" she sai when I had done, ''very wonderful, 1T deed. Do you know went out Uni I