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

10 am Il that j should QueStOn the
word OF the king2 Yet l would ask
this shat thou wilt Withdraw the ka-
ross from about thee, o king, that Tor
the last time my eyes may feast them
selves upon the body OF him whom
above all men / love-"
Thou art long winded," said the
king. "What mOre?'
"This. my father-that I may bid
farewell to my SOP; he is little chlid,
so high, o king" and he held his nanu
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 De
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 mana
ere thou myself art slain. 1t Will oe
good sport to see.
Now the man turned gray beneath the
blacknesS of his skin and trembled 1T
tie as he murmured, 1.-The kings VIII
is the will of his servant; let the child
be brought"
But I looked at Cbaka and saw that
the tears were running down his face
and that ne only spoke thus to try the
captain who loved him to the last.
ssLet the man CO." 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 it has not 10 do with my story
because then. and then only, did ever
see Chaka show mercy to one whom ne
had doomed to die.
As the captain and his people left the
gate of tue kraal 10 was spoken In the
ear of the king that man sought an
audience of him. He was admitted
crawling on his knees. looked and saw
that this was that MaSilo whom Chaka
had charged with a message to him who
was named BulaiO, or the Slaughterer'
and who ruled over the People OF the
AK. Ii was Masilo indeed, but ne was
no longer fat. for much travel had made
him thin; moreover, on his back were
the marks of rods, as yet scarcely healed
over.
"Who art thou?' said Chaka.
Il am Masilo, Of the people of the Ak,
n whom command was given TO run
with message 70 BulaliO the Siaugh-
terer, their chief, and 10 return on the
thirtleth day. Behold, o king, l have
returned, though in a sorry plight"
1T seems 30, said the king, laughing
aloud. Il remember now. Sneak on,
NasiIO the Thin, who vast MasdO the
~ 9 e IlnnE
he come with his people TO lay the ak
Groaumaker in my handS?'
NAY, o king, he comes not. He met
me with scorn, and with ScOrn he drove
me from his lraal. Moreover, as l went
I was seized by the servants OF Iinlta,
she whom l 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" %
"Hahr said the king. And what
were the words of this puppy"
..These were his words, o king; "Bu-
lalio the Slaughterer, who sits beneath
the shadow OF the Witch mountain, to
Chaka the Slaughterer, who sits in the
krasl Duguza-to thee l pay no tribute.
IN thou wouldst have the AK Groau-
maker, come 70 the Ghost mountain ana
take it. 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 u certain MOpO.
Now while Masilo told this tale / had
seen two things-irst, that d 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
obedience 10 the summons l had sent
them in the name of Umhlangana. 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 % do the deed.
ITO BE CONTINUED.