Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-07-01

"F"nlr cried at last, "lct the cub
So l-'forr the lions come 10 rend u.s."
4 viii not let II go, my father" he an
/ swerel suddenly. "Are there not five of
us with spears. and can we not fight
I iwu cat~Y ! was not afraid to go alone
into their den. Are you all afraid to
meet them In the OPEN
"lou arc mad" | said; "let the cub
go'" and | rushed at Umslopogaas to
take II frum him But he sprang aside
and avoided me.
Il viii never let that go of which
| have got hold, he said, lat least, not
hving' aud suddenly he seized the head
/ - the cub and twisted its neck, then
I threw u onto the ground and added,
/ "s'se. now have done your bidding, my
| falhcrf'
As he spoke there came great sound
/ II roaring from the cave in the cliff.
/ Tho lions hal returned and found one
/ cub dead and the other gone.
Into the fencc.--back into the fencer'
/ I cried, and we sprang over the thorn
/ bushes where those with us were max
J INK ready their spears. Down the side
~ the clif came the lions, bounding on
/ the scent 81 him who had robbed them
~ their young. The lion came first;
| then followed the lioness, and in her
mouth was tho cub that Umslopogaas
had asscgaied. They drew near, mad
with fury.
They came TO the body Of the second
! cub that lay outside the fence of thorns.
The lion stopped and shifted it. Then
| he reared till tho earth shook. The
iiune-a dropped sho dead cub she was
carrying and took the other in her
| mouth
"Uet hchind me. NADIA" cried Um-
sloIngaas. brandishing his spear, 1.-The
/ lion h going 10 spring"
/ As the words left his mouth the great
hrute sprang through the air toward US.
Catch him on the spears" cried Um-
slorogaas. and budding ourselves to-
Rrsher we held out the assegais so that
the lion fell upon them. But the weight
/ ~ his charge carried us to the ground,
and he fell onto us. striking at us and
lating nj the spears in his breast. Then
umsluIogAas, who alone had stepped
aside, drove his assegai into the lion be.
hind tho shoulder. so that the brute
rolled over dead.
Meanwhile Fhe lioness had stood with
uu, the fence. the second dead cub in
her mouth. for she could not bring her.
self Ia leave either Of them. But when
she heard her mates last groan she
dropped the cub and gathered herself
together 10 sraing. Umslopogaas alone
hal Withdrawn his assegai from the car.
cas- 20 the Hon. On she swept toward
the lad, she met his spear, IL sunk in, il
snapped and down fell Umslopogaas be.
meath the mass Of the lioness. She
sprang up. the broken spear standing
IN her breast. shifted ut Umslopogaas
then, ~ though she knew that it was he
who hal robbed her, she seized him by
the loins and mocha and sprang with
him over the fence.
"Oh. save himr' cried the girl NADIA
IN batter woe and We rushed after the
liuueas. shouting.
For moment she stood over her dead
eul~, umslopogaas hanging from hel
mouth. aud looking ut them as though
she wondered; and we hoped that she
might iet him fall Then, hearing oul
cries. she turned and bounded away to
ward the bush. bearing Umslopogaas il
her mouth. We seized our spears and
followed. but soon the ground grew
stony. AMI search as we would W.
could find nc trace Of Umslopogaas OF
che lioness
Where h my brother" cried Mad,
whom we came back.
"Lostr' answered. Lost, never II
h. found againr'
Thou tho girl gave great and bittel
cry. aud fell 10 the earth, saying, "l
would that were dead with my
lHotherl"
Let us he going. said Macropha, my
wife.
Have you then no tears to weep fol
your aonY' asked man Of our company
What IN the use Of weeping over tn,
deadi Does 10, then, bring them back?
she answered. Let us be goingr'
The man thought these words strange
but he did not know that Umslopogaa.
was not born Of Macropha.
And 20 the time went on till W,
reached the kraal where and my wifi,
should part.
On the morning after we came to tn,
kraal. having kissed in secret, though
outwardly we looked sullenly on one an
ether. we parted rs those part who NEE
no more. And ! drew NADIA aside ani
spoke to her thus: I'VE part, my daugh
ter. nor do know when we shall NEE
again, for the times are troubled, and i
is for your safety and that of your moth
~ that ! rob my eyes of the sight o.
you. NADIA, you will soon be woman
and You will be fairer than any woman
among our people, and it will com,
} about that many great men will seel
You In marriage. and perhaps that !
your father. nhall not be there to choos'
for sou whom you shall wed, according
10 tho custom OF our land. But this
charge you; So fur as may be possible
for you TO do so, take only a man whom
you can love, and be faithful to hin
alone. for 80 shall n woman find happi
ness"
Here | stoppett for the girl took hole
II my hand and looked into my face
Peace, my father" she said; do no
speak 10 me OF marriage, for will wee
no man, now that Umslopogaas is dead
because Of my foolishness. will liv'
and die alone, and, oh, may die quickly
that may go TO seek him whom alone
! lover
Nay. NADIA, Umslopogsas was you
brother, and II is not fitting that 20,
should speak Of him thus, even though
he IL dead"
"Of such matters know nothing, my
father. she said. 81 speak what my
heart tells me. and 1t tells me that
loved Umslopogaas only living, ant
though he Is dead shall love him onl,
b. the end"
Speak no more of Umslopogaas,"
said. for surely he il dead, and though
y0u may not forget him yet speak o.
him no more. and pray this OF you, m!
daughter. that II we do not meet agair
} UT you should keep me in your mind
and the love bear you, and the word
that from time TO time have said II
you"
Then vra kiesai and Martial