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think quite the most curious in
stance Of the thinness Of surface
civilization among these people came
| to me ia the case DT a young Zulu
girl. who had been early LETT an or
phau, and had been carefully trained
| in a clcrgyman'4 family. says
writer in CornhiII Magazine. She was
| a bout 10 years old wl."n ~hc came as
/ my nurScmaid and wa~yrrN plump and
| comely. with Dreaming cpuutcnancc
! and the sweetest voice and pref
| tiest manners possible. III" had
great love of music. and performed
tremendously enough on an accor-
dion, as well as on several queer Ittle
pipes and reeds She could speak,
read and write Dutch perfectly. as
well as Zulu, and was nearly a. pro-
ficient in English. She carried lit
tie Bible always in her pocket. and
often tried my gravity by dropping
on one knee by my side whenever She
caught me sitting down and alone.
and beginning to read aloud from
il. 1t was quite a new possession, and
she had not got beyond the opening
chapters of Genesis. and delighted
in the story of Dam and Eva" as
she called our first parents. She
proved an excellent nurse and thor
oughly trustworthy; the children
wer devoted to her, especially the
baby. who learned TO speak Zulu be-
fore English. and to throw reed
assegai as soon as he could stand
firmly on his little fat legs. /
brought her to England after she
had been about a year with me, and
she adapted herself maryelously and
unhesitatingly to the conditions of
civilization far beyond what she had
ever dreamed of. After she had got
over her surprise at the ship know
ing it's way across the ocean, she
proved capital sailor. She took to
London life and London ways as if
she had never known anything else.
The only serious mistake she made
was once in yielding 10 the biandish-
ments of a persuasive Italian image
man and promising 70 buy his whole
tray of statues. ! found the hall
filled with these works Of art, and |
Malta rendering. with sweetest smiles. |
few pence in exchange for them. |
1t was a disagreed bile Job to have to |
persuade the man to depart in peace |
with all his images, even with n little |
money to console him.
\ friend of mine CHANGED 10 be re-
turning to Natal, and proposed that
/ should spare my Zuiu nurse TO her.
Her husbands magistracy being |
close to where Malia'> tribe dWelt, it
seemed good opportunity for Malta
TO return to her own country: so, Of
course. | let her 90. begging my |
friend to tell me how the girl got
on. The parting from the little boys
was a Misunderstanding scene. nor was
Malta at all cOmforted by the fine
clothes all my friends insisted on
giving her Not even huge Gains
borough hat, garnished with giant
peoples. could console her for leav-
ing her little chieftain.' but il was, !
at all events, something TO send her
off so comfortably provided for. and
with two large boxes Of good clothes.
In the course OF n few months |
a letter from NY friend. who
was then settled in her up-country
home, but her story Of Malia'S do
ngs seemed welI-ujeh incredible.
-hough perfectly true.
All had gone we'll on The voyage.
md so long as they remained at Dur
BAN and MaritzbUro. but as soon as
he distant Settleucut was reached
Mala's kinSmen came around her
md began to claim some share in her
property. Free fights we're of con
slant occurrence. and in one of them
Malta, using the skull OF an OK as
Weapon. broke her sisters leg. Soon |
after that she returned TO the say
lge life she had not known since /
Ter infancy. and took 10 1t with de- /
light. | don't know what became |
# her clothes. but she had presented
herself before my friend clad in an {
Id sacl, and with necklaces of wild
nimals'. teeth. amt proudly an {
bounced she had Just been married
with cows''-thu~ showing how com
,letclv her Chrisriunitv had fallen
way from her. ard She had practi- :
ally returned. on The first opportu- J
.ity, to the depth Of that eavagery
rom which She ha6 been taken be-
ore she could even remember II. I
Don lost all trace of her hut Malia's !
tory has always remained in my I
mind as an amazing instance of the
trength Of race instinct. Z
Children ut ths. soil
The Cape Of Goo. Hope was discov- &