Show A A WONDERFUL THING TroNG I I rem remember r one ne en a Bulu ulu tribesman who was year u gone fu fur far In In- land He was was hunting bunting nn an ivory that Is la he lie was sitting in p. p village of the backwoods where owned an nn Ivory the express object of or desire and anel of ot his bargaining Before he left home he gave Ju his little fortune for for- tune tune his his collection of marketable ob oh- objects to to the he cure of Ze a wife of hi his who was was a 1 Christian Two To rainy seasons and two t dr dry seasons seasons seasons sea sea- sons passed the passed the measure of the white mans man's year year before before returned returned returned re re- re- re turned and when he came home one Que of ot his wives was missing Rb she imd had run lun runaway away Another wife wIre had a c child did not wonder onder at either of these women But much he marveled at Ze Zet who still sat In n her house caring carIng car car- Ing for his possessions They The were were all packed under her bamboo bed And of her her- herthe the the I neighbors said Every night of t the mun many nights you Jou I have ve Journeyed Ze has hus sat In her hut J Jas as you see her today so has she con con- con I sat But She jigs gone to her bel garden garden garden gar gar- den she has lias cooked her food in her pot she has bas eaten sh she has slept Just Justas as ns you rou see We have no word ord to tell you ou of Ze Then put on his felt hat that was made in Germany and that was his badge of ot office for he was a little of a headman and he put a lad before before before be be- fore him In the path with a lantern It was broad day but this was osten osten- ost ostentation nt n- n t tation lon and he made a call at the town of ot the white man He looked what he was was the the old type of head headman man man and rand without preamble he said I 1 h have he e come to tell you that I n wonder won won- onder on- on d der r at my wife Ze She is a person of f the tribe of God I have been Inland inland inland in In- land two rainy seasons and two dry seasons yet that woman has kept the commandments of God T This ls thing I know was never done dope by the strength of a n. black woman though a whIte woman might Ight be able fible to do even this I see the white women that they are in In Inn a n tribe by themselves literally unique Only the strength of ot God is able for such a strange thing with witha a black bInd woman And I have come to tell you that I m marvel at the power of God for this thing that I have seen in my wife Ze I agree that It Is a good thing to be a Christian But as asfor asfor f for r myself my own heart is t too much with the tile things of or this orld And he went away John John Kenyon Mae Mac Mackenzie kenzle kenzie In Atlantic Monthly |