New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-03
LANGALULA.

like; his ;lSSeSd1S were lO.UUO; his tribe |
had many cattle. So the missionary at |
his kraal was glad indeed when he felt
he had touched Langalula's heart. for
it meant the conversion of a whole |
heather nation.
When the king goes over, the people
soon follow hin.
Langalula said, Il an convinced; bap-
tie NE.
But the WIS Of white men are incom-
preheilsible. Though the missionary had
been l.-e;eching that very thing for
months, Yet when Lenyyi.iula gave in
he answered: "Conviction alone is not
enough. Iou must Wait awhile ill I
feel that your HE SHOWS forth works
which are meet for repentance" Langa-
lula :sruInb!el. lie was little accu5-
toned to such contradiction. But he
knew it was hard arguing with these
prlestly white men, who will haptize d
starving slave every lit as soon as a
great chief. So he held his peace, and
though he chafed at it waited the mis-
slonary's pleasure.
By and by one Gay the missionary
came to him. ''Langalula," he said con-
descentlingly, Il have watched you close
ly for many weeks new, and I think
can Daptize YOU.
Then all my sins will be forgiven?'
asked Langallla.
All your sins will be forgiven" the
missionary answered.
But must put away my wives?" Lam
.galllt. asked once more.
All save one answered the mission
AIRY. 1t was a point Of doctrine.
Then, Think" Langalula said, Il
will wait for week, SO as to make I'D
my mind which one Of them is dearest
to ne."
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 a young girl COM
ing on, black but cor2ely, the daughter
of Khamsua, a neighboring chief. whom
Langalula had seen and whom he wished
to purchase. And since the last love is
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 Mala.i. She
had driven out all the rest of them. He
had watched the girl growing up at
hhanlsua's for years and had said tc
himself always, whenever Malali is Of
marriageable age sec if do not Luy her
and marry her
In pursuance Of this plan. as soon as
the missionary was gone, Lanyalula rose
f1>0 fsrr1,+ 81 l.;
with him that there might be no dispute.
and marched into the country of Malali's
father, whose name, as l said, was
khaEsua. When Khamsua heard Lam
ga;ula was On his way to his land with
5000 assegais, not to speak Of winchester
rifles, he went out to meet him with a
great retinue.
Khamsua cringed. Langalula said to
him, Il am come to ask for Malai."
The moment Khamsua heard that he
was unspeakably terrified and flung him.
self down on his face and clasped Ian.
galula's knees, for Khamsua was only a
small chief in the country compared with
Langalula.
80 my king" Khamsua said, 20 lion
Of the people, did not know so great
a monarch as you had set his eyes on
Malali, and before you asked Montelo's
people came and offered oxen on Mon
telo's behalf for Malali, and I sold her
to them because l was afraid of Mon
telo and could not have believed so great
achief as you had ever looked upon her. "
Langalula smiled at that. "Oh, as for
Montelo," he said, II can easily take her
from him, and then I can get the mis-
sionary to marry u.s.
hhamsua, however, answered like a
fool. 1T cannot be. The Christians
are so straight laced. ,-ontelo is Chris
tian now. He was baptized week age,
and Alalali was married to him in Chris
.tian fashion. Even if you were to kill
.Montelo and take her to your kraal I
don't believe the missionary would mar
:ry YOU"
Langalula turned to his men. Kill
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 parley
with the man who had deprived him of
Malal.
I'VE will fight for it, he said angrily.
And they fought for it then and there,
and the upshot Of it all was that Lam
galula's men conquered in the battle and
drove Montelos 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
telos, and Langalula's men brought out
Malai to their own leader. Langalula
looked hard at her. She was glossy
black girl very smooth skinned and
1.-the and clean of limb. The great chief
stared long at her. Malali hung her
head and dropped her arms before him,
''Why did you go with Montelo:'' he
asked at last, when Langalula would
have taken vOuS''