Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-02-20

against thee. De1gn TO kneel DeICre mo
and let me pierce thy heart with this
spesrt, then when I call upon thee arise
unhurt-"
Iknelt down, not because wished to,
but because 1 must. l had not over
much faith in Indaba-zimbi, and thought
it probable that he was in truth about to
make an end of me. But really was SO
worn with fears, and the horrors OF the
night and day had so shaken my nerves,
that did not greatly care what beteu
me. When l had been kneeling thus
for about half a minute Indaba-zimbi
spoke.
people of the Umtetwa children OF
TChaka," he said, draw back little
space, lest an evil fall on you, for now
the air is thick with ghosts.
They drew back space, leaving US in
circle about twelve yards in diameter.
s'Look on him who kneels before
you," went on Indsba-zimbi, ''and
listen to my words, to the words of the
witch-fnder, the words OF the rain
| maker, Indaba-zimbi, whose fame Is
known to you. He seems to be man,
does he not? tell you, children of the
| Umtetwa, he is no man. he is the
spirit who gives victory to the white
men, he it is who gave them assegals
that thunder and taught them how to
slay. Why were the Impis of Dingaan
rolled back at the Blood river! Because
he was there. Why did the Amaboona
slay the people of Mosilikaayye by the
thousand? Because lie was there. And
so say to you that, had l not drawn
him from the lager by my magic but
| three hours ago, you would have been
conquered-yes, you would have been
blown away like tho dust before the
| wind: YOU would have been burnt up
| like the dry grass in the winter when
the fire is awake among it. Ay, be-
cause he had but been there many of
your braves were slain in overcoming
a few-a pinch Of men who could be
counted on the fingers. But because L
loved you, because your chief, Susu7a,
| is nv half brother-for had we not one
father?-I came to you, warned you.
Then you prayed me and L drew the
spirit forth. But you were not satisfied
when the victory was yours, when the
spirit of all you had taken asked but
one little thing-a white child to take
away and sacrifice to himself, to make
the medicine of his magic Of"
Here l could hardly restrain myself
from interrupting, but thought better
of it.
"You said him nay: you said: Let
him fight with our bravest man, let him
fight with BombYane the. giant for the
child And he deigned to slay Bomby-
ane as you have seen, and now you say:
Stay him; he is no spirit Now l will
show you if he is spirit, for will slay
him before your eyes, and call him to
life again. But you have brought this
upon yourselves. Had you believed,
had you offered no insult to the spirit,
he would have stayed with you, and you
should have become unconquerable.
Now he will arise and leave you, and
woe be on you If you try to stay him.
Now, all men" he went on. "look for
space upon this assegai that hold up"
and he lifted the bangwan of the de-
ceased Bombyane high above his head
go that all the multitude could see 1T.
Every eve was fixed upon the broad
bright spear. For awhile he held 1T
still. then he moved it round and round
in a circle, muttering as he did so, and
still their gaze followed it! For my
part, followed his movements with tho
greatest anxiety. That as'egai had al
ready been nearer my person than l
found at all pleasant, and l had no de-
sire to make a further acquaintance with
it. Nor, indeed, WAS I sure that Indaba-
zimbi was not really going to hill me.
I could not understand his proceedings
at all, and at the best did not relish
PLAYING the corpus giIe to his, magical ex-
periments.
"Lookl look! IOokf he screamed.
Then suddenly the great spear flashed
down towards my breast, felt nothing,
but it seemed as though it passed
through me.
''Seer' roared the Zulus. 'IndaLa-
zimbi has speared him; the red assegai
stands out behind his back"
Roll over, Macumazahn," Indaba-
zimbi Kissed in my ear, roll over and
pretend to die-quick! quickl'
lost no time in following these
strange instructions, but falling on my
side, threw my arms wide, kicked my
legs about and died as artistically as 1
could. Presently gave a stage SILVER
and lay still.
'See!" said the Zulus, she is dead, the
spirit is dead. Look at the blood upon
the assegai."
"Stand back! stand backr' cried In
daba-zimbi, "or the ghost will haunt
you. Yes, he is dead, and now 1 will
call him back to life again. Lookl" and
putting down his hand, he plucked the
spear from wherever it was fixed, and
held it aloft ''The spear is red, is it
not? Watch, men, watch! 1t grows
whitel'
Eyes, it grows white" they said. ''Oh,
it grows whiteF'
''It grows white because the blood re-
turns to whence it came" said Indaba-
zimbi. Now, great spirit, hear me.
Thou art dead, the breath has gone out
of thy mouth. Yet hear me and arise.
| AuaLa white shirt awake and show