San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-05
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rye Know oM mao0u ma 1T, io1
~ "a. once, and can Snt
ag 1psnk from my
limited expert
"nCe. But GER
tainlv our Illusion. or rather the great
truth of which it is the shadow. did sur
v;vc. Il, 10 th, day it survives in my
heart
Bat complete happiness Is not allowed
in this world even for an hour.
Tire" days after our wedding Mr.. Car.
son had Il stroKc. + nae been long I'm.
pending, now it fell. We came into the
center hut to dinner and found him ly.
ing spccchIrS* vt first | thought that
he WAS dying, but this was not so
On the contrary, within four days he
recovered his speech and some power of
movement. But he never recovered his
memory, though he still knew Stella
and sometimes myself. CUriouslv enough
he remembered little TOta best of az
three, though occasionally he thought
that she was his own daughter in her
childhood. and would ask her where her
mother was. This state of affairs lasted
for some seven months. The old man
gradually 5r,W weaker. but he did not
die. o. cJ"rao his condition quite pre-
cluded the flea Of our leaving Babyan
Kraal till al, WIS over, This was the
more distressing to me because | had
nervous prcScntiment that Stella was in
curing dagger by staying there, and
also because the state of her health rem
dercd i desirable that we should reach
a civilized region as soon as possible.
At length the end came very suddenly.
We were sitting one evening by Mr..
Carson bedside in his hut, when to oul
astontSLment he sat up and spoke.
II hear YOU" he said Eyes, YES, !
forgive You. Poor woman. you too have
suffered, and he fell back dead.
l have little doubt that he was address.
ing his lost wife, some vision of whom
had flashed across his dying senses
Stella, Of course, was overwhelmed with
grief at her loss. Till | came her father
had been her sole companion, and there
tore, as may be imagined, the tie be-
tween them was much closer than is
usual even in the case of father and
daughter. So deeply did she mourn that
began to fear for the effect upon her
health. Nor were we the only ones to
grleve; III the natives ON the settlement
called Mr.. Carson father" and as a
father they lamented him. The air re-
sounded with the wailing of women,
and th2 men went about with bowed
heads, saying that the sun had set in |
the heavens, now only the Star (Stella)
remained. lndaba-zimbi alone did not |
mourn. lie sail that it was best that |
the lnkOOS should die, for what was life |
worth when one lay like a lOg:-more. |
OYER, that it would have been we'll for all |
if he had died sooner.
On the following day we buried him
in the little graveyard near the water
fall. 1t was a sad business and Stella
cried very much, in spite of all l could
do to comfort her.
That night as | sat outside the hut
the weather was hot and
Stella was lying down inside-old Indaba-
zimbi came up. saluted and squatted at
my feet.
What is it, Indaba-zimbi?" | said.
This, Macumazahn. When are you
going 70 trek towards the COAST"
Il don't know" answered The Star
is not fit to travel now: we must wait
No. Macumazahn, you must not wait;
you must go, and the Star must take her
chance. She is strong. 1t is nothing.
All will be we'll"
why do you say SO: Why must we
yo?'
For this reason, Macumazahn," and
he looked cautiously round and spoke
ow. THE balloons have come back in
thousands. All the mountain is full of
hem"
Il did not know that they had gone"
said.
eyes" he answered, "they went after
he marriage, all but one or two; now
hey are back, all the balloons in the
world, l think. l saw a whole cliff
black with them"
is that alp l said for I saw that he
lad something behind 4 am not afraid
# pack of baboons."
mo, Macumazahn, it is not all. The
abyan-frau. Hendrika, is with them. }