The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-16
watched her with a breaking nearr.


east. His rays falling on the peak be-
hind were reflected in glory upon the
bosom of the western sky. Stella awoke
from her swoon and saw the light She
whispered to me to open the door of the
hut. did SO, and she fixed her dying
eyes on the splendor of the morning sky.
She looked on me and smiled as an angel
might smile. Then with last effort she
lifted her hand. and, pointing to the
radiant heavens, whispered:
There, Allan, there!'
1t was done, and was broken hearted.
and broken hearted l must wander till
the end. Those who have endured my
loss will know my sorrow; it cannot be
written. In such peace and at such an
hour may / also die!
Yes, it is a sad story, but wander
where we will about the world we can
never go beyond the sound of the pass
ing bell. For me, as for my father be-
fore me, and for the millions who have
been and who shall be, there is but one
word of comfort. ''The Lord hath
given, and the Lord hath taken away"
Let us, then, bow our heads in hope, and
add with humble heart, BLESSED be
the name of the Lord"
buried her by her fathers side, and
the weeping of the people who had loved
her went up to heaven. Even Indaba-
zimbi wept.
On the second night from her burial I
could not sleep. l rose, dressed myself
and went out into the night. The moon
was shining brightly, and by its rays I
shaped my course towards the graveyard.
: drew near silently, and as 1 came I
thought that 1 heard sound of moan
ing on the further side of the wall.
looked over it. Crouched by Stella's
grave, and tearing at it's sods with her
, hands, as though she would unearth
| that which lay within, was Hendrika
/ Her face was wild and haggard; her
form was so emaciated that, when the
pelts she wore slipped aside, the shoul-
t der blades seemed to project almost
, through her skin. Suddenly she looked
, up and saw me. Laughing dreadful
: maniac laugh, she put her hand to her
girdle and drew her great knife from it.
l thought that she was about to attack
me, and prepared to defend myself as l
best could, for was unarmed. But she
, made no effort to do so. Lifting the
knife on high, for moment she held it
glittering in the moonlight, then plunged
/ it into her own breast, and fell headlong
to the ground.
5 Isprang over the wall and ran to her.
: She was not yet dead. Presently she
2 opened her eyes, and l saw that the mad
} ness had gone out of them.
"Macumazahn," she said, speaking in
I English and in thick difficult voice
t like one who half forgot and half remem-
e bered = 'Macumazahn, 1 remember
: now. l have been mad. Is she really
e dead, Macumazahn?''
' eyes," said, she is dead, and you
7 killed her."
81 killed herI' the dying woman fall
7 tered, land I loved her. Yes, yes-I
know now. 1 became a brute again and
t dragged her to the brutes, and now once
I more l am woman, and she is dead,
v and killed her-because | loved her SO.
!, killed her who saved me from the
j brutes. | am not dead yet, Macu-
mazahn. Take me and torture me to
death, slowly, very slowly. Itwas jeal-
ousy of you that drove me mad, and ]
a have killed her, and now she never can
a forgive me"
o ASK forgiveness from above" said
e for Hendlika had been q Christian, and
e the torment of her remorse touched me.
It Il ask no forgiveness, she said. 'May
e God torture me for ever, because l killed
$ her: nay become brute forever TIL
i she comes to find me and forgives me!
J. only want her forgiveness" And wall
S ing in ;:n anguish of the heart so strong
It that her bodily suffering seemed to be
;; forgotten, Hendrika, the baboon woman
e died.
I l went back to the kraals, and, waking
a Ipdaba-zimbi, told him what had hap
l. pened, asking him to send some one tt
). watch the body, as proposed to give Ill
burial. But next morning it was gone
IS and | found that the natives, hearing O.
l the event, had taken the corpse anC
1t thrown it to the vultures with every mari
l. Of hate. Such, then, was the end O.
: Hendrika.
1 A week after Hendricks death lef
r Babyan Kraals. The place was hateful
IS to me now; it was u haunted place.
= sent for old Indaba-zimbi and told hin
is that was going. He answered that i
e was well. The place has served you
e turn" he said; ''here you have won tina
g ioy which it was fated you should win
20 lop1 bova q, ffara1 tho. thine-G that /
l. was fated you should suffer. Yes. ant
p though you know it not now, the 10,
% and the suffering, like the sunshine an,
d the storm, are the same thing, and vii
rest at last in the same heaven. tn
y heaven from which they came. Nov
l. go, Macunazahn.
I l asked him if he was coming with me
d "No." he answered, '-our paths Ii
1t apart henceforth. Macumazahn. w
met together for certain ends. Thos
ID ends are fulfilled Now each one goe
l. his own way. You have still many year
rs before you, Macum2ahn: my Gears az
Is few. When we shake hands here it wi
1T be for the last time. Perhaps we ma
at meet again. but it will not be in thi
a. world. Henceforth we have each of u
le friend the less"
t, ''I1eavy words" said.
Of ''True words" he answered.
q, WE'LL have little heart to write of tn
IS rest of it, l went, leaving lndaba-z iml
d in charge of the place. ana making hil
Of a present of such cattle and good, as
* did not want.