Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-03
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apart aud spoke TO MIN tnaSs
''AIV son, yesterday, when you did not
know me except as the mouth OF Din
gaan, You charged me with a certain
message for Dingaan, the king, that,
had il been delivered into the ears OF the
king, had surely brought death upon
you and all your people. You are no
match for Dingaan, though dwelling
here alone in an empty land you have
grown great in yonr own eyes and the
eyes of those about you. Moreover,
UmslOpogaas, know this: Dlngaan al
ready hates you because OF the words
which in bygOne years you sent by Ma
silo the fool to the Black One who is
dead, for he heard those words, and IL
is his will to eat you up He has sent
me hither for one reason only, to be ria
of me awhile, and whatever the words
bring back TO him the end will be the
same-the night shall come when you
will find an impi at your gates.
Then what need to talk more OF the
matter, my father" asked Umslopogaas.
THAT will come which must come. Let
me wait here for the impi of Dingaan
and fight till die"
''Not so, Umslopogaas, my son. There
are more ways Of killing man than oy
the assegai, and a crooked stick can still
be bent straight In the stream. This Is
my desire, Umslopogaas. That instead
OF hate Dingaan should give you love;
instead OF death, advancement; that you
shall grow great in his shadow. Listen.
Dingaan is not what Chaka was, though,
like Chaka, he is cruel. This Dingaan
is fool, and it may we'll come about
that man can be found who, growing
up in his shadow, In the end shall over
shadow him. might do i'll, myself;
but l am old and have no longing to
rule. But you are young, Umslopogaas,
aud there is no man like you in the
land"
"What is your plan, my father?" he
asked. "Say how this can be brought
about?"
This and thus, Umsiopogaas. Among
the tribe of the HalakaZi in Swaziland
there dwells maid who is named the
Lily. She is a girl Of the most wonder
full beauty, and Dingaan is aire with
longing TO have her to wife. Now
awhile since Dingaan dispatched an en-
baSsy to the chief Of the Halakazi ask
ing the Lily in marriage, and the chief
OF the Halakazi sent back insolent
words, saying that the beauty OF the
earth should be given in marriage to no
Zulu dog. Then Dingaan was wroth,
and he would have gathered his impls
and sent them against the Halakazi TO
destroy them and bring him the maid,
but held him back from it, saying that
now was no time to begin new war;
and il is for this cause that Dingaan
hates me, he is so set upon the plucktng
OF the Swat Lily. Do you understand
now, UmslopOgaas?"
Something" he answered. "But
speak clearly"
"Wow, Umslopogaas! That is my
plan-that you should fall upon the
Halakazi tribe, destroy it and bring back
the maid as peace offering to Din
gaan."
THAT is a good plan, my father,
he answered. 'At the least, maid or
no maid, there will be fighting In it,
and cattle to divide when the fighting
is done"
First conquer, then reckon up the
spoilS, UmSlOpogaas."
Now he thought awhile, then said:
"Suffer that l summon Galazi the Wolf,
my captain. Do not fear; he Is trusty
and man of few words"
Presently Galazi came and sat down
before US. Then 1 put the matter to
him thus: That UmslopogaaS would
fall upon the Halakazi and bring to
Dingaan the maid he longed for as a
peace Offering.
Galazi the Wolf listened in silence till
I had finished, then he answered quietly,
but it seemed to me that fire shone in
his eyes as he spoke:
81 am chief by right of the Halakazi,
o Mouth of Dingaan, and know them
well. They are a strong people, and
can put two full regiments under arms,
whereas Bulalio here can muster but
one regiment, and that small one.
Moreover, they have watchmen out by
night and day and spies scattered
through the land, so that it will be hard
to take them unawares; also their
stronghold is vast cave open to the
sky in the middle, and none have won
that stronghold yet; nor could 1t be
found except by those who know It's
secret. They are few, yet l am one Of
them, for my father showed it to me
when l was a lad. Therefore, Mouth
OF Dingaan, you. will know that this is
no easy task which Bulalio would set
himself aud us-to conquer the Hal
akazi That is the face of the matter
so far as it concerns BulaliO, but for
me, o Mouth, il has another face. Know
that long years ago 1 Swore to my
father as he lay dying by the
poison OF a witch of this people
that / would not rest till
had avenged him-aye, till l had
stamped out the HalakaZi, and slain
their men, and brought their women TO
the houses of strangers and their chill
dren TO bonds! Year by year and month
by month and night by night, as l have
lain alone upon the Ghost mountain
wonder, have wondered how l might
bring my oath TO pass, and found no
way. Now it seems that there is way,
and am glad Yet this is great ad-
venture, and perchance before it is done
with the People OF the AK will be no
more" And he ceased and took snuff,
watching our faces over the spoon.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The hillside Farmer.