The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-03-26

rLooki socki 6okrd he screamed. III
Then suddenly the great spear flashed
down towards my breast, felt nothing,
but 1t seemed as though II passed
through me.
"See!" roared; the Zulus. "Indsba-
simbi has speared him; the red assegai
stands out behind his back" # 3
YRoll over, Macpmazahn, Indaba~
zimbi hissed in my ear, ''roll over and
pretend to die quick! quick"
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 /
could. Presently I gave stage shiver
and lay still.
"Seep said the Zulus, "he is dead, the
spirit Is dead. Look at the blood upon
the .assegai."
"Stahd back! stand backr' cried In
daba-zimbi, ''or the ghost will haunt
you. Yes, he is dead, and now will
call him back to life again. Look!n and
putting down his hand, he plucked the
spear from wherever 1t was fixed, and
held 1t aloft. "The spear is red, is 1t
notp Watch, men, watchl 1t grows
whiter
"Yes, it grows white" they said. "oh,
itgrows white~
'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.
Awake, white spirit, awake and show
thy power. Awakel arise unhurt~
began to respond cheerfully to this
imposing invocation.
mot SO fast, Macumszahn, whispered
Indaba-zimbi.
/ took the hint, and first held up my
arm, then lifted my head and let 1t fall
again.
"He liyesl by the head OF T'Chaka, he
lives!" roared the soldiers, stricken with
mortal fear.
Then slowly and with the greatest
dignity gradually arose, stretched my
arms, yawned like one awakening from
heavy sleep, turned, and looked upon
them unconcernedly. AS / did SO 1
noticed that cid Indaba-zimbi was al
most fainting from exhaustion. Beads
Of perspiration stood upon his brow, his
limbs trembled and his breast heaved.
As for the Zulus, they waited for no
more. With howl Of terror the whole
regiment turned and fed across the rise,
so that presently we were left alone
with the dead and the swooning child.
show on earth did you do that. In
daba-zimbip" asked, in amazement.
Don't, ask me, Macumazahn," he
gasped. "You white men are very
clever, but you don't know every thing.
There are men in the world who can
make people believe they see things
which they do not see. Let us be going
while we may, for when these Unite twas
havegot over their fright they will come
back to loot the wagons, and then per-
haps they will begin to ask questions
that / can't answer"
And here / may as we'll state that /
never got any further information on
ehAo hihseoA AhOhi Oi0 AhudDd-LlluDl. Dub
have my theory, and here It is, for
whatever 1t may be worth: / believe
that Indaba-zimbi' mesmerised the whole
crowd Of onlookers, making them be-
lieve that they saw the assegai in my
heart and the blood upon the blade.
The reader may smile and say: elm
possiblel" but would ask him how the
Indian jugglers do their tricks unless 1t
IS by mesmerism. The spectators seem
70 see the boy 60 under the basket, and
here, pierced with daggers, they seem
20 see women In q trance supported In
mid air upon the point OF a single
sword. In themselves these things are
lot possible; they violate the laws Of
nature, and therefore must be illusions.
And so, through the glamor thrown
ipon them by Indaba-zimbi's will,
he Zulu Impi seemed TO see
ne transhxed with an assegai that
lever touched me. At least that is
ny theory; II any one has better. let
lin adopt 1t. The explanation lies be-
ween illusion and magic OF most i'm
'osing character, and prefer to accept
he first alternative.
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