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| had crossed his Will.
Now, my father, there is this to be
fold: Though | did not know it then, the
maid who was named the Lily was no
other than my daughter NADIA, The
thought, indeed came into my mind
that none but NADIA could be so fair,
Yet knew surely that NADIA and her
mother, Macropha, were dead, for he
who brought me the news of their death
had seen their bodies locked in each
others al1ns-killed, as it were, by the
same spear Yet, as it Glanced, he was
wrong, for though Macropha indeed
was killed, it was another maid who lay
in blood beside her; for the people
whittier had sent Macropha and NADIA
were tributary to the Halakazi tribe,
and that CHEZ of the Halakazi who sat
in the place of Galazi the Wolf had
Quarreled with them, and fallen on them
by night and eaten them up. AS |
learned afterward, the cause Of their de-
struction, as afterward it was tho cause
Of the slaying of the I1alakazi, was the
beauty Of NADIA and nothing else, for the
fame of her loveliness had gone about
the land, and the old chief of the Hala-
kazi had commanded that the girl
should DO sent to his kraal to 1.-Two there
that her beauty might shine upon his
place like the sun, and that, if she SO
willcd, she should choose a husband
from among the great men of the Hala-
kazi.
But the headmen of the kraal refused
for mono who had looked on her would
suffer their eyes to lose sight of NADIA the
Lily, though there was this fate about
the maid that mono strove to wed her
against her will. Many indeed, asked
her in marriage, both there and among
the Halakazi people, but ever she shook
her head and said, NAY, | would wed
no man. and it was enough. For it was
tho saying among men that it was better
that she should remain unmarried and
all should look on her, than that she
should pass from their sight into the
house Of a husband; for they held that
her beauty was given to be joy to all,
like the beauty Of the dawn and of the
evening.
Now, after | had thwarted him in this
matter OF the sending of an impi to pluck
the Lily from the gardens Of the Hala
kazi, Dingaan learned to hate me.
Therefore, in the end, he cast about for
Some way to 10 rid of me for awhile,
till he should grow strong enough to
kill me.
"Mopo," said the king to me one day
as | sat before him in council with 9TH
ers of the indunas and generals, 'mind-
est thou Of the last words of the Great
Elephant, who is dead:' This he said,
meaning Chaka.
II remember the words, O king"
answered. They were ominous words
for this was their burden, that you and
your house should not sit long in the
throne OF kings, but that the white men
should take away your royalty and di-
vide your territories. Such was the
prophecy Of the Lion Of the Zulu; why
speak Of il?
Now, Dingaan trcmblcd with fear;
then he grew angry and bit his lip, say
ing:
Thou fool, Mopo! Canst thou not
hear Il raven croak at the gates Of a
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