Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-30

THERE IS WATER IN YOUE OWN BOTTLE"
looking, but the brow receded, the chin
and ears were prominent in short, she
reminded me OF nothing 50 much as a
very handsome monkey. She might
have been the missing link.
The lady was pointing at her with her
hand. How dare your she said. Are
you going to disobey me again? Have
you forgotten What told you, Babyan
(baboon)9'
"Ahl all" grunted the woman, who
seemed literally to curl and shrivel up
beneath her anger. Don't be angry
with me, Miss Stella, because can't
bear it. Ionly said it because it was
true. l will fetch the brandy"
Then, dream or no dream, ! deter
mined to speak.
mot brandy" gaspcd in English as
well as my swollen tongue would allow;
give mo ugaceN "
'Ah he livesl' cried the beautiful
girl, and he tasks English, See sir,
here is water Ia your own bottle; you
were quite close to a spring the other
side Of the tree
struggled to a sitting position, lifted
the bottle to my lips and drained it,
Obi that drink Of cool, pure waterl
never had tasted any thing so delicious.
At the first gulp / felt life flow back
into me. But, wisely enough, she would
not let me have much. "No morel no
more!" she said, and dragged the bottle
from me almost by force
1.-THE child, / said r is the child
dead?"
II do not know yet She answered.
eve have only just found you, and /
tried to revive you first
turned and crept to whore Tota lay
by the side Of Indaba-zimbi 1t was inn
possible to say if they were dead or
swooning. The lady sprinkled Tota's
face with the water, which / watched
greedily, for my thirst was still awful,
while the woman Hendrika did the same
Office for Indaba-zimbi. Presently, to
my vast delight, Tota opened her eyes
and tried to cry, but could not poor
little thing because her tongue and
lips were so swollen. Bot the lady got
some water into her mouth, and, as in
my case, the effect was magical We
allowed her to drink about quarter OF
pint, and no more, though she cried
bitterly for it. Just then old Indaba-
zimbi came to with groan lie opened
his eyes, glanced around, and took in
the situation.
What did | tell you, Macumazahn2"
and he seized the bottle and took long
pull at 1t.
Meanwhile sat with my back against
the trunk Of the great tree and tried to
realize the situation. Looking to my
left l saw two good borses-one bare
backed and one with a rude lady's sadl
on 1t. BY the side Of the horses we're
two dogs, Of stout greyhound breed,
that sat watching us, and near the dogs
lay dead Airlie buck, which they had
evidently been coursing.
"Hendrika, said the lady, presently,
they must not eat meSt just yet. Go
and look up the tree and sea il there is
any ripe fruit on IT,"
The woman ran swiftly into the plain
and obeyed. Presently she returned.
u see some ripe fruit, she said, "but 1t
is high, quite at the top
"Fetch it," said the lady.
Easier said than done | thought to
myself; but was much mistaken. Sud
denly the woman bounded at least three
feet into the air and caught one Of tho
spreading boughs in her large fat hands
"a swing that would have filed an
acrobat with envy-and she was on II.
Now there is an end, I thought
again, for the next bough was beyond
her reach. But again I was mistaken.
She stood up on the Dough, gripping It
with her bare feet, and once more
sprang at the one above, caught it and
swung herself into 1t.
suppose thatthe lady saw my expires
sion Of astonishment. DO not wonder,
sir, she said Hendrix is not like
other people. She viii not fall
made no answer, but watched the
progress of this extraordinary person
with the most breathless interest. On
she went, swinging herself from bough
TO bough, and running along them like
monkey. At last she got 10 the top
and began to swarm along thin branch
towards the ripe fruit. When she was
near enough she shook the branch VIC
lently. There was a crack-a crash-it
broke. shut my eyes, expecting to see
her crushed on the ground before me.
Don't be afraid, said the lady again,
laughing gently. Look, she is quite
safe"
/ looked, and SO she was. She had
caught a bough as she fell, chung to 1T
and was now calmly dropping to another.
Old Indaba-zimbi had also watched this
performance with interest, but 1t did
not seem TO astonish him over much.
"Baboon-woman, he said, as though
such people were common, and then
turned his attention TO soothing Tota,
who was moaning for moro water.
MeanYhile Hendrika came down the