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all men know the lie yet none shall dare
to gainsay him. AS he said to you,
there will be q smelling out, but SMELL
ing out of new sort, for he and you
shall be the witch finders, and at that
smelling out he will give to death all
those whom he fears, all those whom no
knows hate him for his wickedness and
because with his own hand he slew his
mother. For this cause then he will
save you alive, Mopo-yes. and make
you to be great in the land; for if indeed
his mother Unandi died through witch
craft, as he shall say, are you not also
wronged with him, and did not your
wives and children also perish by witch
craft? Therefore do not fly; abide here
and become great-become great to tho
great end of vengeance, Mopo, my
brother. You have much wrong to
wreak; soon you will have more, for 1,
too, shall be gone, and my blood also
shall cry for vengeance to you. Hearken,
Mopo Are there not other princes in
the lard? What of Dingaan, what of
Umhlangana, what of Umpanda, broth
ers to the king? Do not these also desire
to be kings? Do they not day by day
rise from sleep feeling their limbs to
know if they yet live? Do they not night
by night lie down to sleep not knowing
if it shall be their wives that they shall
kiss ere dawn or the red assegai of the
king? Draw near to them, my brothers;
creep into their hearts and learn their
counsel or teach them yours, so in the
md shall Chaka be brought to that gate
through which your wives have passed
and where l also am about to tread"
Thus Baleba spoke and she was gone.
! knew we'll that the brothers of the
king went heavily and in fear Of death,
for his shadow was ever on them. With
Panda, indeed, little could be done, for
he lived softly, speaking always as one
whose wits are few. But Dingaan and
Umhlangana were of another wood, and
from them might well be fashioned a
kcrrie that should scatter the brains of
| Chaka to the birds.
Then going to the kraal of my friend
/ doctored my burned hand that panied
me, and as | was doctoring it there came
a messenger to me summoning mo be-
fore the king.
| went in before the king and pros
tratcl myself, calling him by his royal
names.
Rise, Mopo, my servant" he said,
"ThOu hast suffered much woe because
of the witchcraft of thine enemies. /,
! have lost my mother, and thou. thou
hast lost thy wives and children. Weep,
my counselors, weep, because l have
lost my mother and Mopo, my servant
has lost his wives and children by the
withcraft of our foes"'
Then all the counselors wept aloud
while Chalia glared at them.
"Hearkcn, Mopo!' said the king when
the weeping was done. "Nono can give
me back my mother, but can give thee
more wives and thou shalt find children
Go in among the dalnsels who are re-
served for the king and choose thee six
go in among the cattle of the king anC
choose thee ten times ten of the best
call upon the servants Of the king thai
they build up thy kraal greater anj
fairer than it was before. These thing,
give thee freely, but thou shalt hay,
more, Mopo-yea thou shalt have venge
ance. On the first day of the new
moon I summon a great meeting, {
bandhla of all the Zulu people. Yes
thine own tribe, the Langeri, shall b,
there also. Then we viii mourn to
gethcr over our woes. Then, too, vii
We learn who brought these woes upon
US Go now, Mopo, go! And go y,
also, my counselors, leaving me to weel
alone because my mother is deld!'
Thus, then, did the words Of Baleki
come true, and thus l grew greater il
the land than ever | had been before
chose the cattle, they were fat; l chos
the wives, they We're fair; but | took NJ
pleasure in alem, nor were any NOR
children born to me.