Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-14

all' as W1th my last breath L command
that this Slaughterer be torn limb from
limb-he and all his tribel And thou
thou darest to bring me this talk from q
skunk of the mountains And thou,
too, Mopo-thy name is named in it!
Well, OF thee presently. Ho Umxam-
anna, my servant, Stay me this slave of a
messenger Swift! swiftr
Now, the OLD chief Umxamama sprang
up to do the kings bidding, but he was
feeble with age, and the end of it was
that Masilo, being mad with fear, killed
Umxamama, not Umxamama Masilo.
Then lnguazonca, brother of Unandi,
Mother OF the Heavens, fell upon Masilo
and ended him, but was hurt himself in
so doing. Now l looked at Chaka, who
stood shaking the little red spear, and
thought swiftly, for the hour had come.
"Help" / cried. Zone is Staying the
king!o
AS l spoke the reed fence burst asun-
der and through it plunged the princes
Umhlangana and Dingaan as bulls
plunge through brake.
Then l pointed to Chaka with nv
withered hand, saying, Behold your
kingw
Now, from beneath the shelter of his
kaross each prince drew out short stab
bing spear and plunged it into the body
of Chaka the king. Umhlangana smote
him on the left shoulder, bingham struck
him in the right side. Chaka dropped
the little spear handled with the red
wood and looked around, and so royally
that the princes, his brothers, grew
afraid and shrank away from him.
Twice he looked on each; then he
| spoke, saying: what. Do you slav me,
my brothcrs-dogs of mine own house,
whom | have fed? DO YOU slay me,
| thinking to possess the land and to rule
Il: | tell you it shall not be for long.
hear sound Of running feet-the feet
Of great white people They shall
stamp you fiat, childyen of my father.
They shall rule the land that | have
won, and You and your people shall be
their slaves"
Thus Chaka spoke while the blood ran
down him to the ground, and again he
looked on them royalty like buck at
gaze.
Make an end, O We who would be
Nhl9S' cried. But their hearts had
turned 70 water and they could not
lheA l. M"Ho, sprang forward and
| picked from She ground that little as
SeSal handled with the royal wood-the
a3no assega, with which Chaka had
murde!ed Aah"l ms mother and
1-"}s's nav "2-'-aud H1fed 1t on high;
aud while L lifted 1t, my father, once
more, as when was young, red veil
seemed to wave before my eyes.
"W therefore, wouldst thou Kill me,
Mopo; sand the king
rof INC sake OF Baleha' my sister to
whom sWore the deed, ANA OF all my
Kin, | cried, and plunged the spear
through him. lie sank down upon the
| tanned OK hide and lay there dying.
| once moro he spoke, anu once only, say
ing, Nv onl" now that l had hearkened
to the voice Of Nobela. who warned me
AGAINST tAec, tho" dog! Then he was
| tIeht forever. EUt knelt over him
ana called - ms ear the names OF those
OF my blood VINO Lad died at his hands
tho name OF Mahedama my father Of
my mother OF Ahah my WIFE OF Moosa
nay son, an! all my other wives and
children. ana Of Baleka my sister. His
eyes were OPEN ana l think that lie saw
and understood. At the least, he turned
his head aside, shut his eyes and Groanod.
presently ne was dead.
Thus then, my father, did Chaka the
Nng' the greatest man who ever lived
III ZulnIHnd, ana the most evil, pass by
my hand 20 those kra"lS OF the lnkosa-
z2na where no sleep Is. In blood he
dleu as ne had hVed In blood. But 1t Is
he to say, rs some DO That he died a
coward PRAYING for mercy, CEaHa dlcd
as ne had lived, bray man.
NO" he was dead ana the regiment OF
the Bees drew near, nor could know
how they would take this matter for
though the Prince OmhlanSana was
Their general, yet all the soldiers loved
the KING because he had no equal III bat
tie and when he gave he gave with an
open hand. looked around; the princes
stood sl1llvHt'