San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-31

II CHANGED that on TINS DAY OF Nadas
death and at that same hour of dawn |,
Umbova, came from my mission back
to the kraal of the People of the AK
having succeeded in my end, for that
great chief whom | had gone out to visit
had hearkened to my words. AS the
light broke | came to the town, and 10!
it was blackness and desolation.
"Here is the footmark of Dingaan,"
said to myself, and walked to and fro
groaning heavily. Presently found
knot of men of the people who had es-
capped the slaughter hiding in the mealie
fields lest the Slayers should return, and
from them | drew all the story. Then
asked where were the Slayers of the
king? They replied that they knew not;
that they had gone up the Ghost noun
tain after the Wolf Brethren and NADIA
the Lily.
LET us go up the mountain" said.
We followed on the path of the impi
of the Slayers and saw all that had be-
fallen it. We went on in silence to
where | knew the cave must be, and
there by the cave lay the body of man.
| ran to it. 1t was Umslopogaas, vast
ed with hunger, and in his temple was
great wound and on his breast and limbs
were many other wounds. Moreover, in
his hand he held another hand, a dead
hand that was thrust through hole in
the rock. l knew its shape well. 1t
wssthe hand of my child, NADIA tEe Lily.
Now understood, and bending down
l felt the heart of Umslopogaas and laid
the down of an eagle on his lips. His
heart still stirred, and the down was
lifted family.
babe those with me drag aside the
stone, and they did so with toll. Now
the light flowed into the cave and by it
we saw the shape of NADIA, my daugh-
ter. She was somewhat wasted, but
still very beautiful in her death. | felt
her heart also. 1t was still and her
breast grew cold.
Then spoke. THE dead to the dead.
Let us tend the living"
So we bore in Umslopogaas and
caused broth to be made and poured it
down his throat; also | cleansed his
great wound and bound healing herbs
upon it, plying all my skill. And there
in the hole set NADIA, my daughter, and
we heaped lily blooms upon her to keep
the earth from her and then closed in
her grave, for | was not minded that
Umslopogaas should look upon her dead
| lest he also should die of the sight and
of his desire to follow her. also buried
Galazi the Wolf in the cave and set the
Watcher in his hand, and there they
both sleep, who are friends at last, the
Lily and the Wolf, together. All, when
shall there be such another man and
such another maid
At last, on the third day Umslopogaas
spoke, asking for NADIA. | pointed to
the earth and he remembered and under
stood. Thereafter the strength of UNI
slopogaas came back to him slowly, and
the hole in his skull skinned over. But
now his hair was grizzled and he scarce
ly smiled again, but grew even more
grim and stern than he had been before.
Soon we learned all the truth as to
| Zinita, for the women and the children
| came back to the town of the People of
| the AK, only Zinita and the children of
| Umslopogaas did not come back. Also
| spy came to me from the Mahlabatine
and told me of the end of Zinita and
the fight of Dingaan before the Beers.
Now when UmslopOgaas was recOv-
cred asked him what he would do and
whether or no should pursue my plots
to make him king of the land.
But Umslopogaas shook his head,
saying that he had no heart that way.
He would destroy a king indeed, but
now he sought no more to be king.
He sought revenge alone. | said that
it was we'll; also sought revenge, and
seeking together we would find it.
This came into my mind-to play off
Panda against Dingaan. twas for such
an hour of need that had saved Panda
alive. After the battle of the Blood
river Dingaan summoned Panda to
hunt. Then it was that | came to the
kraal of Panda, on the Lower Tugela,
and with me Umslopogaas. | warned
| Panda that he should not go to this
hunt, for he was the game himself, but
that he should rather fly into Natal with
all his people. He did so, and then !
opened talk with the Beers, and more
especially with that Boer who was
named Ungalunkulu, or Great Arm.
showed the Boer that Dingaan was
wicked and not to be believed, but
Panda was faithful and good. The end
of it was that the Beers and Umpanda
made war together on Dingaan.
That finished it, my father, for they
feared to stand against us both. the
white and the black together. They
fed and we followed and slew, and Din
gaan ceased to be king.
He ceased to be a king, but he yet
lived, and while he lived our vengeance
was hungry. So we went to the Boer
captain and to Panda and spoke to them
nicely, saying: 1--WE have served you
we'll. we hare fnnnht for Won and so or