Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-06-26

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word OF the king2 Yet ] would ask
this-that thou wilt withdraw the ka-
ross from about thee, 0 king, that Tor
the last time my eyes may feast them
selves upon the body Of him whom
above all men l love"
Thou art long winded," SAID the
king. "What more?"
This, my father-that ! may old
farewell TO my son; he is little chlid,
so high, o king" and he held his hand
above his knee.
Thy first boon is granted, said the
king, slipping the kaross from his shout
ders and showing the great breast be-
meath. ''For the second it shall be
granted also, for l will not willingly d.
vide the father and son. Bring the boy
here: thou shalt bid him farewell, then
thou shalt STAY him with thine own hand
ere thou thyself art slain. 1t Will De
good sport TO see.
Now the man turned gray beneath the
blackness of his skin and tremoled IT.
tie as he murmured, 1.-The kings will
is the will of his servant; let the child
be brought"
But 1 looked at Cbaka and saw that
the tears were running down his race
and that he only spoke thus to try the
captain who loved him to the last.
LET the man 60" said the king;
him and those with him."
So they went, glad at heart and prals-
ing the king.
have told you this, my father,
though il has not TO do with my story,
because then, aud then only, did ever
see Chaka show mercy TO one whom he
had doomed TO die.
AS the captain and his people left the
gate OF the kraal it was spoken in the
ear of the king that man sought an
I audience of him. he was admitted
crawling on his knees. Hooked and saw
that this was that MaSilo whom Chaka
/ had charged with message TO him who
was named Bulalio, or the Slaughterer,
and who ruled over the People OF the
I AK. 1t was Masilo indeed, but he was
no longer fat, for much travel had made
I him thin; moreover, on his back were
7 the marks OF rods, as yet scarcely healed
! over
''Who art thou?" said Chaka.
Il am Masilo, OF the people of the Ak,
to whom command was given to run
with a message 70 BulaliO the Slaugh-
terer, their chief, and TO return on the
thirtieth day. Behold, o king, l have
returned, though in sorry plight.
1T seems so, " said the king, laughing
aloud. 81 remember now. Speak on,
Masilo the Thin, who vast Masilo the
/ Fat. What of this Slaughterer? Does
/ he come with his people to lay the ak
/ Groanmaker in my handS?"
NAY, o king, he comes not He met
me with ScOrn, and with Scorn he drove
me from his kraal. Moreover, as l went
/ / was seized by the servants Of Ztnita,
\ she whom | woOed but who is now the
wife of the Slaughterer, and laid on my
face upon the ground and beaten cruel
/ ly, while Zinita numbered the strokes. ="
"Hah." said the king. And what
were the words Of this puppy"
''These were his words, U king; "Bu-
| lalio the Slaughterer, who sits beneath
/ the shadow OF the Witch mountain, TO
| Chaka the Slaughterer, who sits in the
/ kraal Duguza-to thee pay no tribute.
/ II thou wouldSt have the AK Groau-
maker. come to the Ghost mountain ana
take il. This l promise thee. Thou
shalt look on a face thou knowest, for
/ there is one there who would be avenged
/ for the blood of a certain MOpo.
Now while MaSilo told this tale l had
seen two things-frst, that little
piece of stick was thrust through the
straw Of the fence, and, second, that
the regiment of the Bees was clustering
on the slope opposite to the kraal in
obedience 10 the summons | had sent
them in the name of Umhangana. The
stick told me that the princes were hid
den behind the fence waiting the signal,
and the coming OF the regiment that it
was time TO do the deed
TO BE CONTINUED.