Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-27
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towards the graveyard. which was about
a quarter of a mile from the huts. OF
course there was no reason to be anx-
ious evidently She had gone TO lay the
flowers on her fathers grave. And vet |
was anxious
When got near the graveyard 7 met
one of the natives. Whe. by my orders,
had been set round the araals 70 watch
the place. and noticed shat be was rub
bling his eyes and yanning. Clearly he
had been asleep ] asked him if he had
seen his mistress, and he answered that
he had not, which. under the cicum-
stances, was not wonderful Without
stopping to reproach him, ordered the
man TO follow me. and went 20 the
graveyard There, on Mr.. Carson's
grave, lay the dropping flowers which
Stella had been carrying, and there in
the fresh mold was the spoor Of Tota's
veldschoon, or hide slipper. But where
were they?
ran from the graveyard and called
aloud at the top of my yoi, e, but no an
swer came Meanwhile the native was
more profitably engaged in tracing their
yards till he came TO clump Of mimosa
bush that was situated between the
stream and the ancient marble quarries
Just above the waterfall and at the
mouth Of the ravine Here he stopped
and heard him give startled cry. l
rushed to the spot. passed through the
trees and saw this. The little oTSn
space in the center of the glade had
been the scene of struggle. There, in
the soft earth. were the marks Of three
human feet two shod. one naked
Stellas, Totas and Hlndrjka'N Nor was
this all. There, close by, lay the frag-.
ments Of the two dogs they were
nothing more and one haboon, not yet
quite dead which had been bitten in
The throat hy the dogs. All around us
was the spoor Of uumberless balloons.
The \ horror Of what had happened
flashed into my mind.
My wife and Tota had been carried OFF
by the balloons As yet they had not
been killed FOR, if So their remains
would have been found with those of the
dogs They had been carried Off The
brutes. acting under the direction Of tho
woman-monkey, llendrika, had dragged
them away to some secret den. there to
keep them till they diedor kill theml
For a moment | literally staggered
beneath the terror Of the shock Then
/ reused myself from my despair. | babe
the native run and alarm the people at
the Ilraals, telling them 10 come armed
and bring me guns and ammunition He
went like the wind. and turned To fol.
low the spoor For Few yards il WAS
plain enough Stella bad been dragged
along. could see where her heels had
struck the ground: the child had, pre-
sumed. been carried at least there were
no marks Of her feet At the waters
edge the spoor vanished. The water was
shallow, and they had gone along in it,
or at least lIendrika and her victims had
in order to obliterate the trail. could
see where alosS-grown stone had been
freshly turno Owe in the water bed. !
ran along tie banh some way up the
ra inc in the y.in hope Of catching
sight of them Presently heard bark
in the ifs above me; it was answered
by another, and then ] saw that scores
rocks on either side. and were slowly
swinging themselves down 20 bar the
path To 80 on unarmcd as ! was would
be useless should only be torn 70
pieces as the dogs had been. SO J turned
and fed back towards the huts. As
drew near | could see that my messenger
had reused the settlement for natives
with spears and kerries in their hands
were running up towards the kraals.
When reached One hut mct old
lndaba-limbi. ~ho wore very serious
face
SO the evil has fallen Macumazahn,a
he said
1T has fallen answered.
Keep q good hcart Macumazahn,"
he said again. "S not dead, nor
the little maid. aia fore they die We
shall find them Remember this Hem
drika loves her She viii not harm her,
or allow the babyans5 harm her. She
will try TO hide her away from you,
that is all
Pray God that We may find her"
groaned. The light is going fast"
The moon rises in three hours" no
answered; we Viii search by moonlight
1t is useless 10 start now: see, the sun
sinks. Let us get the men together,
eat and make things ready. HambG
gazette. Hasten slowly, Macumazahn."
As there vas no help, | took his adj
vice could eat no food but / packed
some up 10 take with US, and made
ready ropes and rough kind Or litter.
If we found them they would scarcely
be able to walk. All! if We found them
How slowly the time passed! 1t seemed
hours before the moon rose. Bat at last
il did rise.
Then we started In all We were
about hundred men, but We only mus
tered five guns between us my elephant
roer. and four that had belonged to Mr..
Carson.
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