The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-27

disputes were referred - their father,
and he also was Judge Of olfenscs and
crimes. -. re punished by I'M
prisonment, whipping and loss OF goods,
other and gravor transgrcssions by eX-
pulsion from the community, a hat
which to one Of these favored natives
must have seemed as heavy as the de-
cree that drove Adam from the garden
of Eden.
Old Mr.. Carson leaned upon his daugh-
ter's arm and contemplated the scene
with pride.
Il have done all this, Allan tQuater-
main he said. when rcnouncing
civilization first, I wandered here by
chance; seeking : home in the remotest
places in the world, found this lonely
SPOT q wilderness. Nothing was to
be seen except Tic site, the donlcs
of the marble huts and the
waterfalls. I took possession Of
the huts. ! cleared the patch OF garden
land and planted the orange grove. l.
had only six natives then, but by de-
grces others joined me: now my tribe is
a thousand stron@ Here We live in
profound peace and plenty. l have all I
need, and I ask no more. Heaven has
prospercd mo SO far-may it be so to the
end, which for ne draws nigh. And
now an tired and will go back. If you
wish to see the old quarry and tho
mouth Of the ancient mines, Stella will
show them to you. No, my love, you
need not trouble 10 come. can man
age alone. Lock, some of the head men
are waiting to see l2>.
So he went, bat, Sill followed by
Hcndrika and Indaba-2imbi, we turned,
and. walking along the bank Of oae Of
the rivees, passed up behind the marble
lkraals, and ca1,an - :he quarry. whence
the material mad Ecen cut II some re-
mote age. The p.3 opened Up q very
thick seam Of the wIitost aIi most
beautiful marble. ik2ow ¬h"r like
it in Natal i:u5 ~ whom II Lad been
worked Can ret say. Not by natives,
that is certain, though the builders OF
the kraals had conGcScc2dCd 70 borrow
the shape of native huts for their model.
The only relic Of those builders that l
ever saw was q highiy-fnishcd bronze
pick-axc which Stella found one day in
the quarry After We had examined the
quarry We climbed the slope Of the bill
! till we cane to Tie mouth of the ancient
mines situated il 4 kind Of gorge. be-
| lievc them to have been silver mines.
The gorge was long and narrow, and the
| moment VIC entered IL there rose from
every side sound ofgroaning and bark
ing that was almost enough to dcafcA
one. knew What il was at once: tAo
whole place was filled with balloons,
which cla:nbercG down the rocks To-
wards rs from every direction, in man
ncr that struck mo rs being unusually
fearless. Stella turlcd . little pale and
clung to ny arm.
'It IS very sill; Of me She wh!s-
percj. q an nota5 all nervous, but |
can not bear Tie sigh: Of those animals
over since :hcy killed Hendrix. al
ways think there is something human
about them
Meanwhile tic DahcJ2a came nearer,
talking 20 cach oahcr Is they came.
To:a began to c.J ard cl@Hg to Stella.
St,lla clurg to ne, while ! and l.tsaha-
aimbi put as bold a front OF the matter
as we could. On!y IIcn3"i!;;s stood Look
ing at the brutas with an uaconcerned
smile on her monkey face. When the
great apes were quite near she sudden
ly called cut aloud. Instantly they
stopped their hidcous clan?or as though
at word of command. Then Hcndrika
so. That is TO say, that they began to
make q noise such as babc3ns do when
they convcrse With each other. I have
known Hoteentots and BUshmcn who
said that they could talk with the ba-
boors and understand their language,
bat confess never heard it done be-
! fore or since.
From the mouth of Ecn0rika came a
succession of grunts, groans, sq""aks,
clicks and every other aoominablc noise
that can be conceived. TO my mind the
whole conveyed an idea Of eXpostula-
tion. At any rate the baboons listened.
One of them grunted back some answer,
and then the whole mob drew of to the
rocks.
stood astonisicd, and without word
VIC turned back TO the kraal, for Hen
drika was too close for me to speak.
When VIC reached tho dining-hut Stella
went in, followed by Hcadrilza. But n
daba-z:nlbi piucilcl ne by the sleeve,
and I stopped outside.
"Macumazahn," he said, ''Baboon-
woman - dcvil-woman. Be careful,
Macumazahn. She loves that Star (the
natives aptly enough called Stella the
Starr, and is jealous. BE careful,
MacurGZahn, or the St"r will set!''
(To be Continucd.)