The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-05-28

be kept there guarded by mad thing,
hall ape, half woman, till we persisted
miserably. Thon l thought Of you,
dear, and Of all that you must be suffer
ing, and my heart nearly broke. 1 could
only pray to God that might either be
rescued or die swiftly.
"As prayed l dropped into kind Of
doze from utter weariness, and then
had the strangest dream. I dreamed
that lndaba-zimbi stood over me nod
ding his white look, and spoke to mo in
kafir, telling me not to be frightened,
for you would soon be with mo, and that
meanwhile must humor Hendriks, pre-
tonding to be pleased to have her near
me. The dream was so vivid that act
ually seemed TO see and hear him, as L
see and hear him now"
Here / looked up and glanced At old
Indaba-zimbi, who was sitting near. But
1t was not till afterwards that told
Stella OF how her vision was brought
about.
AT any rate" she went on, "when l
awoke determined 10 aot on my dream.
took Hendriks's hand and pressed it.
She actually laughed in a wild kind Of
way with happiness and laid her head
upon my knee. Then made signs that
l wanted food, and she threw wood on
the fire, which l forgot to tell you was
burning in the cave, and began to mako
some of the broth that she used TO cook |
very well, and she did not seem to have
forgotten all about 1t. At any rate the
broth was not bad, though neither Tota
or l could drink much Of it. Fright and |
weariness hnd taken away our appetites.
After the meal was done-and pro-
longed 1t as much as possible-I saw
that Hendrika was beginning to get jeal-
Gus OF Tota again. She glared at her
and then at the big knife which was
tied round her own body. l knew the
knife again; 1t was the one with which
she tried TO murder you, dear. At last
she went SO far as 10 draw the knife. 1
was paralyzod with fear; then suddenly
remembered that when she was our
servant, and used 10 get out Of temper
and sulk, ! could always calm her by
'inging to her. 30 / began TO sing
hymns. Instantly she forgot her ieai-
busy and put the knife back into its
heath. She knew the sound OF the sing
ng and sat listening to 1t with rapt
'aoe; tho baboons, too, crowded In at
he entrance Of the cave 10 llston.
must have sung for an hour or more all
he hymns that could remember. II
vas 30 vory strange and dreadful sitting
here singing 10 mad Hendrika and
hose hideous man-like apes that shut
heir eyes and nodded their great heads
s sang. II was like horrible night
mare, but / believe that the baboons
re almost as human as the Bushrnen.
"Well, this won't on for long time
III my voice was getting exhausted.
hen suddenly heard the balloons out i
lde raise loud noise, as they do when
hey are angry. Then, dear, I hoard
he boom Of your elephant gun, and l
hink 1t was the sweetest sound that !
YER came 70 my ears. Hendrika heard
too. She sprang up, stood for a mo- )
tent, then, to my horror, swept Tota >
ITO her arms and rushed down the cave. =
I course could not stir TO follow her. !
IT my feet were tied Next instant | \
BARD the sound OF a rock being moved. a
I'd presently the lossening Of the light a
! the cave told me that was shut In. \
ow the sound even OF the elephant gun 1,
,ly reached me very family, and pres a
stly could hear nothing more, strain n
9 my ears as would. h
AT last ] heard faint shouting that >
aehed me through the wall Of rock. /
iswered 40 lond as could. You know
Q rest; and oh, my dear husband, =
snk God! thank Godf' and she fell ?
'eping into my arms. =
lTo Dg CONTINUED. X
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