The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-03-01
CHAPTER VII.


to the side OF the tree.
Snow, Mr.. Allan" said Stella, 'syou
must ride on my horse, and the old black
man must ride on the other. will
walk, and Hendrilza will carry the little
child. Oh, do not be afraid, she is very
strong, she could carry you or me-
Hendrika grunted assent. [ am sor'
ry that I can not express her method
Of speech by any more polite term.
Some times she grunted like a monkey;
sometimes she clicked like bushman,
ana sometimes she did both together,
when she became quite unintelligible.
expostulated against this proposed
arrangement, saying that we could walk,
which was fib, for i 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 it
herself. So we mounted with some diff
Guilty, and Hendrika took up the sleep
ing Tota in her long, sinewy arms.
'tSee that the 'baboon-woman' does not
run away into the mountains with the
little white one,' said Indaba-zimbi to
me- in Kaffir, 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 Indaba-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 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.
"Cone down, you savage, come down!"
she said, stamping her foot
The extraordinary creature flung her-
self from the horse and literally grow
eled on the ground before her mistress
and burst into tears.
''Pardon, Miss Stella, !" she clicked and
grunted in villainous English, s'but he
called me a 'babyan-frau' (baboon-
woman)."
t'Tel your servant that he must not
use such words to Hendrika, Mr.. Allan"
Stella said to me. IF he does," she
added in q whisper, "Hendrika will GER
sairly kill him"
/ explained 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 it
was two miles wide. We crossed it and
reached rich grass lands, for here consid-
cradle stream gathered from the hills; but
IL did not flow across the barren lands,
It passed tothe east along the foot OF the
hills. This stream we had to pass by a
ford. Hendrika walked boldly through
It, holding Tota in her arms. Stella
leapt across from stone to stone like q
roe buck; / thought to myself that she
was the most graceful creature that had
ever seen. After this the track passed
round pleasantly wooded shoulder Of
the peak, which was, I found, known as
Babyan Kap or Balloon Head. OF
course we could only go at a foot pace,
so our progress was slow. Stella walked
for some way In silence. then she
spoke. Is: 54 Il.
sas ell me, Mr.. Allan.'''' she said, how
5itt was that came to find You dying II
the desert q.
sSs ;sso al and told her all. It took
III hour 1or5 more to do 50, and she list
;Ienled intenttlJ. now and again asking
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