San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-12

one IeII, ana Toes were Iuany, anu tic
soldiers of the land had waxed few with
slaughter, half of them having persisted
in the marshes of the Limpopo. Now,
time must be given them to grow up
again, for today they were as little
child or like man wasted with hunger.
Maids were many; let the king take them
and satisfy his heart, but let him make
no war for this one.
Thus spoke boldly in the face of the
king, as none had dared to speak before
Chaka, and courage passed from Inc to
the hearts of the other indunas and gen.
erals and they echoed my words.
Dingaan was not so firmly seated on the
throne that he dared put away our words,
| for still there We're many in the land who
| loved the memory of Chaka and remem-
bered that Dingaan had murdered him
and Umhlangana also. Fer now that
Chaka was dead people forgot how evilly
he had dealt with them, and remembered
only that he was a great man, who had
made the Zulu people out of nothing.
Also, though they had changed masters,
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as Chaka slew, so Dingaan slew also,
and as Chaka oppressed so did Dingaan
Cypress. Therefore Dingaan yielded to
the voice of his indunas, and no impl
was sent against the HalakaZi to seek
the maid that was named the Lily. But
still he haukered for her in his heart,
and from that hour he hated me because
l had crossed his will.
Now, my father, there is this to be
told: Though | did not know it then, the
maid who was named the Lily was no
other IMAM my daughter NADIA. The
thought, indeed, came into my mind
that none but NADIA could be so fair.
Yet knew surely that NADIA and her
mother, MacrOpha, were dead, for he
who brought me the news of their death
had seen their bodies locked in each
others arms-killed, as it We're, by the
same spear. Yet, as it CHANGED, he was
wrong, for though Macropha indeed
was killed, it was another maid who lay
in blood beside her; for the people
whittier had sent Macropha and NADIA
were tributary to the Halakazi tribe,
and that chief of the Halakazi who sat
in the place of GalaZi the Wolf had
uuarreled with them, and fallen on them
by night and eaten them up. AS
learned afterward, the cause of their de-
struction, as afterward it was the cause
of the Staying of the HalakaZi, was the
beauty of NADIA and nothing else, for the
fame of her loneliness had gone about
the land, and the old chief of the Hala-
kazi had commanded that the girl
should be sent to his kraal to live there,
that her beauty might shine upon his
place like the sun, and that, if she so
willed, she should choose a husband
from among the great men of the Hala-
kazi.
But the headmen of the kraal refused,
for none who had looked on her would
suffer their eyes to lose sight of NADIA the
Lily, though there was this fate about
against her will Many, indeed, asked
her in marriage, both there and among
the Halakazi people, but ever she shook
her head and said, Nay, | would wed
no man." and it was enough. For it was
the saying among men that it was better
that she should remain unmarried and
all should look on her, than that she
should pass from their sight into the
house of husband; for they held that
her beauty was given to be a joy to all,
like the beauty of the dawn and of the
evening.
Now, after had thwarted him in this
matter of the sending of an impi to pluck
the Lily from the gardens of the Hala
kazi, Dingaan learned to hate me.
Therefore, in the end, he cast about for
some way to be rid of me for awhile,
till he should grow strong enough to
kill me.
"Mopo," said the king to me one day
as | sat before him in council with 9TH
ers of the indunas and generals, mind
est thou of the last words of the Great
Elephant, who is dead?" This he said,
meaning Chaka.
Il remember the words, o king" |
answered. They were OminOus words,
for this was their burden, that you and
your house should not sit long in the
throne of kings, but that the white men
should take away your royalty and di-
vide your territories. Such was the
prophecy of the Lion of the Zulu; why
speak of it?
Now, Dingaan trembled with fear:
then he grew angry and bit his lip, say
ing:
Thou fool, Mopo! Canst thou not
hear a raven croak at the gates of Il
kraal but thou must needs go tell those
who dwell within that he waits to pick
their eyes? Such cries of i'll to come
may well find i'll at hand, MOpO." He