The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-30
NADIA THE LILY.
Continued from fourth page.)

open hand looked 3rOund' CHe princes
stood like men amazed; the girl mad fed; /
the chief Umxamama was dead at the |
hands Of dead MasilO, and the cid chief
Inguazonca. who had killed MasilO, |
stood by hurt and wondering. There !
were no others IN the krnal.
Awake, ye kings" | cried to the
brothers. the impi is at the gates!
Swift, now stab that mainland point
ell to the old chief-"sild leave the mat
ter to my wit
Then Dingaau reused himself. and
springing upon InguazOuca, the brother
of Cnandi. sInote him d great blow with
his spear. so that he sank down dead
without a word Then again the princes
stood silent and amazed.
This one will tell no tales" cried.
pointing TO the fallen chief.
Now a rumOr OF the staying had got
abroad among the women, who had
heard cries and seen the flashing Of
spears above the fence, and from the
women it had come to the regiment OF
the Bees. who had advanced to the gates
Of the lraal singing. Then of sudden
they ceased their singing and TuSt'd
toward the little kraal where we stood.
Then | ran to meet them. uttering
cries Of woe. holling in my hand the
little aesegai Of the king red with the
kings blood. and spoke with the cap
tains in the gate. saying:
Lament. ye captains and We soldiers,
weep and lament, for your father Is no
more! He who nurSed you Is no more!
The king Is dead. Now eGrth and
heaven will come together. for the king
is deadr'
How so. MOpO2' cried the leader OF
the Bees. How is our father deadT
He is dead by the hand Of a wicked
,yanderpr named Masilo. who. when he
was doomed to die by the king. snatched
| this assegai from the kings hand and
stabbed him; and sfterward, before he
could he cut down himself by US three,
the princes and myself. he killed the
! chiefs InSuazouca and ULnxnmams also.
| Draw near and hook on him who was
the king; it is the command of Dingaan
| and Cmhlangans. the kings, that you
draw near and look on him who was the
| king. that his death at the hand OF
Masilo may be told through all the
land"
Now NV tale is not of the reign OF
! Chalza. but of the lives of a handful Of
people who lived m those days, and OF
whom and U1nslOpogaas alone are left
! alive-if indeed U1nslopogaas, the son
of Chaka. IL still living on the earth
| Therefore i'll few words l will pas'
over all that came about after the fall
| OF Chrka AID till | was sent down by
Dinga8n, the king. TO summon him to
surrender to the king who was called
the Slaughterer and who ruled the PEG
ole of the AK. Ali would that l had
known for certain that this was none
other than CmSlOpOgaas, for then had
Dingaau gone the way that Chaka
went and which I mhlanSaua followed.
and Cus!opogaas had ruled the people
Of the Z,llus as their king. But, alas
nv wisdom failed me- ! paid no heed
II the voice of NV heart which told Ine
that this was CmsiOpOgaGs who sent
the message tOCha63 threatening venGe-
ar,ce for one MOpO, and / knew moth
: ing TIL too late; surely, l thought, tht
man spoke of some other Mopo. For
thus. nv father, does destiny make
3 fools of rs men.
This came about. my father. Matters
were made straight IN the land after th4
death Of Chska- At first people SAX
that Masilo, the stranger, had stabbed
: the king; then it was known that MOpo
the wise man, the doctor and body seTv
ant of the king. had slain the king
and that the two great bulls, his broth
I ers Cmhlapgans and Dmgsan, children
of SenZauSacOna, had also lifted spear.
against him. But he was dead and eartl
aud heaven had not come together. s.
= what did il matter? Moreover the tue
r new kings promised TO deal gently witt
the people and hehteO the heavy yoi1'
= Of Chaka, and men in n bad case ar
. always ready to hope fOF a better. )
it came about that the only enemies tn
, princes found were each other an
EDgwsde, the sou Of Cnandi. Chaka'
half brother But l, MopO, who wa
o now the first man m the land after IN
u kings, ceasing 10 be doctor and becoin
d ing a general, went up against Engwsd
e with the regimen: OF the Bees and tn
> regiment of the Slayers and snote han
;, in his kraaLs. 1t was hard fight, ou
:. in the end ] destroyed him and all hi
people. Engwade killed eight men wit
II his own hand before / slew him The
t | came back to the kraal with the fe1
/ that were left alive Of the regiments.
n After that the two kings Qua<reaes
" more and more, and weighed theI
II 10th in my balance. for l would kno'
IT which was the most favorable to ma
n In the end found that both feared mt
but that Cmhlangana would certaIni
mt me TO death if he gained the uppf
!, hand, whereas this was not yet m tn
u mind Of DinSaan, So pressed doG
Al the balance of Umhlangana and ra1se
l. that of DiRgsan, sending the fears
IF Umhlangsns to sleep till could caus
p his hut to be surrounded The
/ Umhlangana followed upon the road
! Chaka his brother, the road OF the a
- segsi, and Dingaan ruled alone +
i awhile. Such are the things that BETA
q princes of this earth, my father. ..tg
as 1t was fourteen days after the pass11
l. away Of the Prince Umhlangana tn