The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-27

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 a wife to me-"
| With one accord the headmen an
swered, Indeed you did well, Slaughter
en-" 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 fac
! Now, as l found afterward, since Zinit5l,
the head wife of UmslopoGaas. bad
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 tarued
upon him, saying:
"How can this be, lOrd?''
why do you ask. Zinita," he answer
| ed; lis iTenot allowed to Il man to tar .
another wife if he Will
Surely, lord" she said, yet men do
not we'd their sisters, and | have heard
| that it was because this NADIA was yCU:
sister that you saved her from Dingaan
and brought the wrath of Dingaan upon
the People of the Ax-the wrath thai
! shall DESTROY them"
$50 l thought then, Zinita." he ar
| swered; ''now | know otherwise. Nadp
| is daughter 70 Umbova yonder. indeed
| but he is no father to me, though he hps
| been named so, nor was the mother Oi
NADIA my mother. That is SO, council
| ors."
Then Zinita looked on me and mutter-
! ed, 80 fool of IA Mouth, not for moth
ing did fear evil at your hands
l heard the words and took no note
and she spoke again to UmslOpoga;Is.
saying: Here is a mystery. y lord
Bulalio. Will it then please You to de
clare to us who is your father
Il have no father" he answered. wax
| ing wroth. The heavens above are my
| father. am born of blood and fire. aud
she. the Lily, is born of beauty, to be M
mate Now, woman. be silent" He
| thought awhile and added, NAY, if you
will know, my father was IudabaZilnh'
the Witchfnder. the Smeller out of the
! Thing. the son of Arpi." This Umslopo
gaas said at hazard, since having de
MED me he must declare father and
might not name the Black One who Wa.
| gone. But in after years the saying was
taken up in the land, and it was told
that UlnslopOgaas was the son of india
bazimbi the Witchinder, who had long
ago fed the land, nor did he deny 1t.
| For when all this game had been played
out he would not have it known that he
was the son of T'Chaka. he who No
longer sought to be a king, lest he shoulc
bring down the wrath or Panda upon
| him.
When the people heard this they
thought that UmslopOgaas Knocked II
nita, and yet i'll his anger he spoke truth
when he said first that he was born OF
the heavens above. for so we Zulus nalne
the king, and so the witch doctor~fnda-
bazimbi named TChaka ON the day Of
the great smelling out. But they die
not take it in this sense. They held that
he spoke truth when he said that he was
born of Indabazimbi. the witch docto
who had fed the land whittier | do no;
| know.
Then NADIA turned to Zinita and spoke
to her in a sweet and gentle voice: III
| be not sister to Bulalio. yet shall sOC-.
to be sister to you, who are the Chief s
! Inkosikaas, Zinita. Shall that not sat
isfy You, and viii you not greet ne
kindly and with a kiss of peace. VIE
Lave come from ft.r 10 be your sister!
And she held out her hands toward her.
Zinita scowled and jerked at her neck
let of beads, breaking the string OF
which they were threaded, so that the
beads rolled this way and that.
Keep your kisses for our lord, girl,
said Zinita roughly; las the beads are
scattered, so shall YOU scatter this People
of the Ak"
Nor; NADIA turned away with little
sigh and the people 1tlTmured, for they
held that Zinita had treated her III.
Then she stretched ont her hand aga'a
and gave the lily in it to Umsloposaaa'
saying:
Here is a token of our bcro,Aal
lord. for never a head of cattle have my
father and to send. we who are out
casts, and indeed the bridegroom mast
pay the cattle. May | bring you peace
and love, my lord
Umslopogaas took the flower and
looked somewhat foolish with it, he who
was wont to carry the AK and not &
flower And so that talk was ended.
Now ON that day Unslopogaas tool
NADIA the Lily to wife, and for awhile
there was peace and quiet. But this evi
thing came upon UmslopOgaas that from
the day when he welded NADIA he hated
even to look upon Zinita, and not on hel
alone, but on all his other wives also
Galazi said it was because NADIA had be
witched him, but know well that the
only witchery she used was the medicine
of her eyes. her beauty and her love
Still it came to pass that thenceforwarC
and until she had long been dead thu
Slaughterer loved her and her alone, an'
that is strange sickness to come upol
a man.
AS may be guessed, my father, Zinit'
and the other women took this i'll. The,
waited awhile indeed, thinking it would
wear away. then they began to murmu
both to their husband and in the ears o
other folk till at length there were TIVE
parties in the town-the party Of limit;
and the party of NADIA.
The Marty of Ziuita was made uD o