San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-08

people were lett Dlngaan, ana Umnlun-
CANA, brothers Of the king, were there,
for Chaka would not suffer them to de-
part, fearing lest they should plot
against him, and he looked ON them al
ways with an angry eye, 80 that they.
trembled for their lives, though they.
dared not show their fear lest fate.
should follow fear. But guessed il.
and like a snake | wound myself into,
their secrets, and we talked together
darkly and in hints. But of that pres
emily, my father for must tell of the
coming of Masilo; he who would have
wed Zinita and whom Umslopogaas the
Slaughterer had driven out from the
kraals Of the People Of the AK.
1t was on the day after the impi had
left that Masilo came to the kraal On
guza, craving leave to speak to the king.
Chaka sat before his hut and with him
were Dingaan and Umhlangana, his
royal brothers. was there also, and
certain of the lndunas, counselors of
the king. Chaka was weary that morn
ing, for he had slept i'll, as now he al
ways did. Therefore, when one told
him that a certain wanderer named
Masilo would speak with him, he did not
command that the man should he killed,
but babe them bring him before him
Presently there was a sound of praising,
and saw fat man much worn with
travel, who crawled through the dust
toward us, giving the sibonga, naming
the king by his royal names Chaka
babe him cease from praising and tell
his business.
Then the man sat up and told all that
tale which you have heard, my father,
of how a young man, great and strong,
came to the place of the People of the AK
and conquered Jikiza, the holder of the
AK, and became chief of that people, and
of how he had taken the cattle of Masilo
and driven him away. Now Chaka
knew nothing of this People of the AK,
for the land was great i'll those days, my
father, and there were many little tribes
in it, living far away, of whom the king
had not even heard. So he questioned
Masilo about them and Masilo answered,
saying that the number of their fighting
men was perhaps the half of full regi-
ment; that their cattle were many; that
they paid no tribute and that the name
of the young man was Bulalio the
Slaughterer.
Then the king grew wroth. Arise
Masilo," he said, land run to this people
and speak III the ear Of the people and
of him who is named the Slaughterer,
saying, There is another Slaughterer,
who sits in kraal that is named Du-
guza, and this is his word to you, o
People Of the AK. and to thee, thou who
holdest the ak. Rise up with all the
people and with all the cattle of your
people and come before him who sits in
the kraal DuguZa and lay in his hands
the great AK Groanmaker. Rise up
swiftly and do this bidding, lest we sit
down shortly, and for the last time of
all. >" The Zulus are buried sitting
Masilo heard and said it should be so.
"Begone," said the king, land stand
before me on the thirtieth day from now
with the answer of this boy with an AK.
IL JuOu SldLucoI uOI DSlOAC nc tteu sOLue
SHAH come to seek thee and the boy with
an TX also"
So MaSilo turned and fed swiftly to
do the bidding of the king.
Now ON this day also there came to me
news that my wife Macropha and my |
daughter NADIA were dead among their
people in Swaziland, 1t was said that |
the men of the chief of the Halakazi
tribe had fallen on their kraal and put |
all in it to the assegai and among them |
Macropha and NADIA.