The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-14
AN INTERVIEW WITH
CETYWAY0.

At length it was ammo need that
the king was prepared to receive ~
We followed our guide into the open
air and to the front door OF the house,
which opened directly into one of the
principal rooms. The flool and walls
we're rough and bare; on the left was
q long row of brown wooden chairs,
and on the right. facing them. sat
Getty wayo, slongside pile of wooden
boxes reaching nearly to the ceiling,
probably containing the personal
efie9ts which be was to transport to
bis native untry. He shook hands
with becoming gravity, and as he
turned toWsrd the rest of the party I |
took the opportunity tc study bis face
It was purer and blacker negro |
face than had anticipated, but en-
uireiy without the repnlsive features
of the CBf,e and ether tribes which
supply laborers to the Cape Colony. !
Easy good nature was the quality
which seemed most strongly expressed
and there was a general air OF trsnk-
nees about the man which explained
how he had made go favorable an
impression on his captors.
He was sttired in threadbare suit
Of blue flannel, well fitted to exhibit
a physical development which any
man might envy. His shirt collar
seemed to have been several days
absent from the laundry. and one end
had broken loose from its button.
Perhaps this 90 much as anything
emphasized the contrast between the
impression made by the man and
what knew of bis history, and made
it hard to conceive that one was IN
the presence of q modern Attila, who
was once the terror of both races
through a large part of South Africa.
Could this be the king who, when the
superiority of civilized weapons was
first m, de clear to him, gave mis- chief
officer till the grass should grow knee
high to arm his troops with muskets.
on pain of death or bsnishment?-
this the man who, when missionary
preached hell fire to him, laughed to
scorn the idea of q fire which his
soldiers could not guenoh, and made
good hiR words by setting fire to a
field of dry grass. and then sending a
regiment into it, who stamped il out
with their naked feet.
As we bad little favor to ask, the
Astronomer Royal, with diplomatic
acutenes, opened the conversation
upon an agreeable subject. The
party had Just paid a visit to the ad-
miral of the South African station,
and learned that he expected b. M
Briton, which was on her way dowr
the west coast, to arrive at Cape Town
in few days, and supposed that she
would be designated to convey Getty
Wayo to Natal without further delay.
When this pleasing anticipation was
conveyed through the interpreter, the
royal reserve vanished in q moment
The king sprsng from his seat, danced
toward the door, pulled the interpre-
ter after him, and pointed toward
the ocean, visible in the distance
with CALCULATIONS of eager anticipa-
ton. The interpreter pointed il
another direction, and an animated
colloquy ensued, ending by the kins
pulling and laughing at the interpre
ter in way which plainly said, sab
you rascal, you have been trying Il
p ay me a prank" The interprete
explained that the exciting subiec
was the direction from which the
chip was to come, and thst he bar
, been caught pointing in a wrong ui
reetion.
This little ebullition still farther dis
arranged the royal shirt collar, the
loose end of which now protruded 81
] far as TO make the air of dignity with
which its owner resumed his sea
simply ludicrous. The interprete
next suggested the comet as a posi-
bic subject OF interest.
''Would the comet excite ies
among your people?" inquired tht
astronomer.
"Ne," was the reply. ''My peopl
look upon an appearance of tina
kind above as assign OF good fortune.
Zone of the best signs of healthy
mental state you could have given,
said l.
The use of the word "above'
seemed suggestive Of q simple trus
in superior power. So I inquirel
what religious ideas he entertained.
"None whatever" replied the in
terpreter. He seems to have sbso
lutely no religious feelings or be liefs.
But what do the funeral ceremo
MES of the Zllus indicator"
They have no funeral ceremonie
of any significance"
HAS he no idea OF a Supreme Be
ing?"
well, he Sometimes refers in 81
unintelIigible way to something b
calls the great But it seems to b
q mere word. l can't find that b
associates any definite idea with it.
He was then told that his visitor
we're from America.
"We have heard OF you in Amer
les" said I, thinking OF that prime
of Ashantee whose first question of
civilized visitor was whether the
talked much about him in England
81 have heard thatAmerica is yer
large country, the other side OF Ea
rope, he replied.