San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-27

At the least, it was she who turned her
head away. and the Lily passed on smil-
ing and greeted Umslopogaas with a
little nod.
Hail, NADIA" said the Slaughterer.
Then he turned to his headmen and
spoke. This is she whom we went to
the caves of the Halakazi to seek for
Dingaan. Gu! the story is known now.
One told it up at the kraal Umgugun-
dhlovu, who shall tell it no more. She
prayed me to save her from Dingaan,
and so | did, and all would have gone
we'll had it not been for certain traitor
who is done with, for took another to
Dingaan. Look ON her now, my friends,
and say if did not well to save her, the
Lily flower, such as there is no other in
the land, to be the JOY of the People of
the AK and wife to me-"
With one accord the headmen an
swered, Indeed you did well, Slaughter
err" for the glamour of NADIA was upon
them and they would cherish her as 9th
ers had cherished her. Only Galazi the
Wolf shook his head. Yet he said moth
ing, for words do not avail against fate.
Now, as | found afterward, since Zinita,
the head wife of Umslopogaas, had
learned of what stock he was, she had
known that NADIA was no sister to him.
Yet when she heard him declare that he
was about to take her to wife she turned
upon him, saying:
"How can this be, lord?"
why do you ask, Zinita," he answer
ed; sis it not allowed to a man to take
another wife if he will?'
Surely, lord" she said, "yet men do
not wed their sisters, and | have heard
that it was because this NADIA was your
sister that you saved her from Dingaan
and brought the wrath of Dingaan upon
the People of the Ax-the wrath that
shall destroy them"
80 | thought then, Zinita," he an
swered; "now know otherwise. NADIA
is daughter to Umbova yonder, indeed,
but he is no father to me, though he has
been named so, nor was the mother OF
NADIA my mother. That is so, council
ors."
Then Zinita looked on me and mutter-
ed, 80 fool of a Mouth, not for moth
ing did fear evil at your hands"
heard the words and took no note
and she spoke again to Umslopogaas,
saying: Here is a mystery, o lord
Bulalio. Will it then please you to de-
clare to us who is your father"
81 have no father" he answered, wax
ing wroth. The heavens above are my
father. am born of blood and fire, and
mate. Now, woman, be silent" He
thought awhile and added Nay, if you
will know, my father was Indabazimbi
the Witchfinder. the Smeller out of the
Thing, the son of Arpi." This Umslopo-
gaas said at hazard, since having de-
MED me he must declare a father and
might not name the Black One who was
gone. But in after years the saying was
taken up in the land, and it was told
that Umslopogaas was the son Of india
bazimbi the Witchfnder, who had long
ago fed the land, nor did he deny it.
For when all this game had been played
out he would not have it known that he
WAS Iu6 SUI VI L Nudhds hC VIM nv
longer sought to be king, lest he should
bring down the wrath or Panda upon
him.
When the people heard this they
thought that UmslopOgaas Knocked III
nita, and yet in his anger he spoke truth
when he said first that he was born of
the heavens above, for so we Zulus name
the king, and so the witch doctor linda
bazimbi named TChaka on the day Of
the great smelling out. But they did
not take it in this sense. They held that
he spoke truth when he said that he was
born of Indabazimbi, the witch doctor
who had fed the land, whittier do not
know.
Then NADIA turned to Zinita and spoke
to her in sweet and gentle voice: IF
| be not sister to Bulalio, yet shall soon
to be sister to you, who are the CHIEFS
Inkosikaas, Zinita. Shall that not sat
isfy you, and will you not greet me
kindly and with a kiss of peace, who
have come from far to be your sister,
And she held out her hands toward her.
Zinita scowled and jerked at her neck
let of beads, breaking the string on
which they were threaded, so that the.
beads rolled this way and that.
Keep your kisses for orr lord, girl"
said Zinita roughly; las the beads are
scattered, so shall you scatter this People
of the AK"
Now NADIA turned away with little
sigh and the people murmured, for they
held that Zinita had treated her i'll
Then she stretched out her hand again
and gave the lily in it to Umslopogaas,
saying:
Here is a token of our betrothal,
lord, for never a head of cattle have my