The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-30

Watcher liz 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 maidl
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
a 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 1 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. l 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. 1t was for such
an hour of need that l had saved Panda
alive After the battle of the Blood
river Dingaan summoned Panda to a
hunt Then it was that / came to the
kraal of Panda, on tho Lower Tugela,
and with me Umslopogaas. | warned
Panda that he should not go to t.
hunt, for he was the game himself, but
that he should rather fly into Natal w b
all his people. He did so, and then |
opened talk with the Beers, and more
especially with that Boer who was
named UngaIunkulu, 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 Otogether. They
fed and we followed and slew, and Dim
gaan ceased to be king.
He ceased to be a king, but he yet
lived, and while he lived our vengeance
captain aud to Panda and spoke to them
nicely, saying: eve have served You
well; we have fought for you and so or
| dered things that victory is yours. Now
grant us this request-that we may fol-
| low Dingaan, who has fed into hiding.
| and slay him wherever we find him, for
| he has worked US wrong and we would
| aVenge 1t.
Then the white captain and Panda
smiled and said: go, children, and
prosper in your search. No one thing
shall please us more than to know that
| Dingaan is dead" And they gave us
men to go with us.
Then we hunted him week by week,
! as men hunt wounded buffalo We
| lay hid in the bush watching. AT last
| the bush, and with him two men only.
| We slew the men and seized him.
Now Dingaan prayed for mercy.
MERCY? thou hyenaP' l answered.
"Thou prayest for mercy who showed
none to any. Give me back my dauSh-
| ter. Give this man back his wife and
children. Then we will talk of mercy.
Come forth, coward, and die the death
| of towards"
So, my father, we dragged him forth
grooming, to the cleft that Is above In
| the breast of the old Stone Witch, that
! cleft where Galazi had found the bones.
| There we stood waiting for the moment
! of the dawn, that moment when NADIA
! had died. Then we cried her name into
| his ears and the names of the children
| of UmslopogaaS and cast him into the
cleft.
That is the tale of NADIA the Lily. my
father, and how we avenged her.
TIE END.