The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-07-29
LANGALULA.

Langalula was q great chief. The
people he ruled were numerous and war
like; his assegais were 10000; his tribe
had many cattle. So the missionary at
his kraal was glad indeed when he felt
no had touched L~angaluia's heart, for
it meant the conversion of a whole
heather nation.
When the king goes over, the people
soon follow him.
Langalula said, 81 am convinced; bap-
tire me-"
But the ways of white men are incom-
~prehensible. Though the missionary had
been preaching that very thing for
months, yet when Langalula gave in
he answered: Conviction alone lie not
enough. You must wait awhile till !
feel that your life shows forth works
which are meet for repentance" Langa-
lula grumbled. He was little accus-
toned to such contradiction. But he
knew it was hard arguing with these
priestly white men, who viii baptize a
starving slave every bit as soon q a
great chief. So he held his peace, and
though he chafed at it waited the mis-
sionary's pleasure.
By and by one day tho missionary
came 10 him. "Langalula," he said con-
descendingly, II have watched you close
ly for many weeks now, and / think I
q baptize you."
Then all my sins will be forgiven
asked Langalula.
"All your sins will be forgiven" the
missionary answered.
But / must put away my wives?' Lam
galula asked once more.
"An save one" answered the mission
airy. It was a point of doctrine.
Then, / think" Langalula said, 81
viii wait for a week, so as to make up
my mind which one of them i dearest
to ma"
But he said this deceitfully, knowing
that all his sins were going to be forgiv-
en-, and determining in the interval to
marry another wife, whom he would
keep as his own when he put away the
others, for there was q young girl com
ing on, black but comedy, the daughter
OF Khamsua, a neighboring chief, whom
Langalula had seen and whom he wished
10 purchase. And since the last love 10
always for the moment the greatest
the chief cared very little whether he
must put away all his other wives or
not If only he could keep Malai. She
had driven out all the rest of them. He
had watched the girl growing mp ct
Khamsua's for years and had said to
himself always, Whenever Malali il of
manageable age see If I do not buy her
and marry her"
In pursuance of this plan, as o as
the missionary was gone, Langalula rose
mp and took the fighting men Of his tribe
with him that there might be no dispute,
and marched into the country of Malali's
father, whose name, as / said, was
Khamsua. When Khamsua heard Lam
galula was ON his way to his land with
5000 assegais, not to speak of winchester
rifles, he went out to meet him with q
great retinue.
Khamsua cringed. Langalula said to
him, Il am come to ask for Malali."
The moment Khamsua heard that he
was unspeakably terrified and flung him
self down ON his face and clasped Lam
galula's knees, for Khamsua was only q
small chief in the country compared with
Langalula.
20 my king" Khamsua said, 20 lion
Of the people, / did not know so great
. monarch as you had set his eyes On
Nalali, and before You asked Montelo's
people came and offered oxen on Mon
telo's behalf for Malali. and ! sold her
to them because / was afraid OF Mon
telo and could not have believed so great
achief as You had ever looked upon her."
Langalnla smiled at that. 'fOh, rs for
Montelo," he said, II can easily take her
from him, and then / can get the mis-
sionary to marry MS"
Khamsua, however, answered like a
fool. 1T cannot be. The Christians
r 80 straight laced. Montelo is Chris
tian now. He was baptised a week age,
and Malali was married TO him in Chris
dsn fashion. Even If You were 10 XIII
Montelo and take her to your kraal /
don't believe the missionary would mar
ny yon-"
Langalula turned to his men. XIII
him." he said simply. And they killed
him with an assegai.
As soon as that was finished Langalula
marched on into Montelo's country.
When he arrived there, Montelo crept
out to meet him and tried to parley with
him. But Langulula would not parle,
with the man who had deprived him OF
Malali.
I'VE viii fight for il" he said angrily.
And they fought for it then and there,
and the upshot Of it all was that Ian.
galula's men conquered i'm the battle and
drove Montelo's men, who had no win.
chesters. back to their kings kraal. and
then killed Montelo himself and carried
his head on an assegai.
BY the very same evening they occu-
pied the kraal that had once been Mon.
telo's, and Laagainhs men brought out
Ialai to their own leader. Langalula
looked hard at her. She was q glossy
baAck girl, very smooth skinned and
ffhe and clean Of limb. The great CHIEF
ntared long at her. Malali hung hes
I'D and dropped her arns before him.
why did you 90 with MonteloY' hs