Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17


Umslopogaas.
''Was it thou who didst send a certain
message 70 the Black One, who is dead,
Bulalio?"
eyes, o king, I sent message, but
from all have heard MasilO, my mes
Jenger, gave more than the message, for
be stabbed the Black One. Masiio had
M evil heart"
Now Dingaan WINGED, for he knew
we'll that he himself and one UmbOva
had stabbed the Black One, but he
thought that this outland chief had not
heard that tale, so he said no more OF
the message.
Chow is it that ye dare to come before
me armed? Know ye not the rule that
he who comes armed before the king
dies?"
1--WE have not heard that rule, o
king" said UmSlopogaas. Moreover,
there is this to be told-by virtue Of the
ak / bear 1 rule alone. II sm seen
without the ak then may any man take
my place who eau, for the AK is chief OF
the People Of the AK, and he who holds
it is the servant"
"a strange law" said Dingaan, "but
let 10 pass. And thou, Wolf, what hast
thou TO say OF that great club Of thine?'
There is this % Oe told Of the club,
o king" answered Galazi, "by virtue
OF the club l guard my life; II 1 am
seen without the club then may any man
take my life who car, for the club Is my
Watcher, not 1 watcher Of the club.
Never vast thou nearer TO the losing
Of both club and life, >" said Dingaan
angrily.
ut may be so, o king" answered the
Wolf. when the hour is then without
a doubt shall the Watcher cease from
his watching"
You are a strange pair" quoth Din
gaan. Where have ye been now, and
what is your business at the Place OF
the ELEPHANT"
eve have been in a far land, o king,
answered UmslOpOgaas. I'VE have
wandered ia a far land to search for a
&7EY to beta gift to a king, and in our
searching we have trampled Swat
garden fat, and yOnder are some of
those who teuded il" and he pointed 70
the captives. "and without are the cat
tie that plOwed il"
Good! Slaughterer, I see the gar
denerS and hear the lowing OF the cat
tie, but what of the flower? Where Is
this flower you went so far to dig In
Swat soil. Was it lily bloom, per
chance?"
lit was lily bloom, o king, and yet,
alasl the lily has withered. Nothing is
left but the stalk, white and wlthered as
are the bones of men,"
'tWhat meanest thou?" said Dingaan,
starting TO his feet.
That the king shall learn" answer
ed UmslOpOgaaS, and turning he spoke
A word to the captains who were be-
hind him. Presently the ranks opened
M. and from the rear Of the companies
four men ran forward. On their shout
ders they bore stretcher, and on the
stretcher lay something wrapped about
with raw OK hides and bound around
with rimpis The men saluted and laid
the stretcher before the king.
Open said the Slaughterer, and they
opened, and there within the hides,
packed in salt. lay the body Of a girl
who once was tall and fair.
"Here lies the lily stalk, o king"
said Umslopogaas, pointing with the AK,
..but II her dover blooms on any air 1t is
not hers"
Now Dingaan stared.
ssTake away this carrion and cast Il
70 the dogsw he cried. Take it away,
and thou. Slaughterer, tell me now how
IL cine about that the maid was slain.
IL Kill be we'll for thee II thou hast a
lood answer, for know thy life hangs on
the words"
So Umpslopogaas told the king all
that tale which had been made ready
against the wrath Of Dingaan. And
when be had finished Galazi told his
tale OF how be had seen the soldier slay
the maid and in his wrath had slain the
soldier. Then certain OF the captains
who had seen the soldier and the maid
living in one death came forward and
spoke to IT,
Now Dingsan was sorely angered.
sect you hence, you and your peo-
ME" he said 70 the Wolf Brethren, Il
take the cattle aud the captiveS. Be
thankful that | take not all your lives
also-frst because ye have dared 10
make war without my word and second
" because, having made war, ye have
40 brought it about that though ye
bring me the body OF her l sought ye
do not bring the life"
Now, when the king spoke OF taking
the lives OF all the people Of the AK
Unslopogaas smiled grimly and glanced
AT his companies. Then Saluting the
King he turned to go. But as he turned
a man sprang forward from the ranks
and called TO Dingasn, saying:
as il granted that may speak the
truth before the king and afterward
sleep In the kings shadow"
"Now, this was the man who had
been captain Of the guard Of the gate
that night when three passed out
through the archwsy and two returned
that man whom UmslOpOgaas had de-
graded from his rank.
.'Speak out, thou art safe, " said Din
gaan.
20 king, thy ears have been Tiled with
lies" said the soldier. 'Hearken, 0
lSing; I was captain Of the guard OF the
gate on that night Of the slayiRg OF the
Halakazi. Three came to the gate OF
the mountain-they were BulaliO, the
Wolf Galazl and another. That other
vas tall and slim, bearing a shield high,
so. As the third passed the gate the
karosb be wore brushed against me and
slipp6 aside. Beneath that kaross was
no al 3 breast, o king, but the shape