The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-02

my Hall DTOCIleT-IOr ndu we QOL one
father?-I came to you, warned you.
Then you prayed me and 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 I 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 Bombyane as you
have seen, and now you say, Stay him.
he is no spirit. Now | will show you il
he Is spirit, for will STAY him before
your eyes, and call him to life again
But you have brought this upon your.
selves. Had you believed, had you of
fered 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 deceased Bombyane
high above his head, SO that all the
multitude could see it, Every eve
was fixed upon the broad, bright spear.
For a while he held it 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, follow
ed his movements with the greatest
anxiety. That assegai had already been
nearer my person than l found at all
pleasant, and had no desire to make a
further acquaintance with it. Nor, in
deed, was 1 sure that Indaba-zimbi was
not really going to kill me. could not
understand his proceedings at all, and at
the best did not relish playing the
corpus vile to his magical experiments
''Look! look! look!' he screamed.
Then suddenly the great spear flashed
down towards my breast. felt nothing,
but it seemed as though it had passed
through me.
'See!' roared the Zulus. ''Indaba-
zimbi has speared him; the red assegai
stands out behind his back"
s'Roll over, Macumazahn, Tndaba-
zimbi Kissed in my ear, roll over, and
pretend to die-quick! Quickr'
Host 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 could
Presently gave a stage shiver. and lay
still
''Seer' said the Zulus. "he is dead, the
spirit is dead Look at the blood upon
the assegai!'
Stand back! stand backw cried india
ba-zimbi, "or the ghost will haunt you
Yes, he is dead, and now | will call him
back to lie again. Look!' and putting
down his hand he plur4e the spear from
wherever it was fixed, AID held it aloft.
1.-The spear is red. is it MT? Watch, men.
watch! it grows white!"
Yes. it grows white, they said. tOh!
it grows white"
1T grows white because the blood re-
turns to whence it came" said Indaba-
imbi. Now, great spirit, bear me.
Thou art dead, the breath has gone out
If thy mouth Yet hear me and arise.
Awake, white spirit, awake and show
thy power Awake! arise unhurt!''
began to respond cheerfully to this
imposing invocation.
Not so fast, Macumazahn. whispered
Indaba-zimbi.
took the hint, and first held up my