Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-05-04

people came and offered oxen on Mon
telo's behalf for Malah. 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" I"
Langalula smiled at that. "Oh, as for
Montelo," he said, Il can easily take her
from him, and then can get the mis-
Gonary to marry u.s.
Khamsua, however, answered like a
fool 'It cannot be. The Christians
are so straight laced. Montelo is Chris
tian now. He was baptized week age.
and Malali was married to him in Chris
tian fashion. Even if you were to kill
Montelo and take her to your kraal ]
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
Malah.
1--WE 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 Montelo's men, who had no win
chesters, back to their kings lraal, 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 Langalula's men brought out
Malai to their own leader. Langalula
looked hard at her. She was o glossy
black girl, very smooth skinned and
1.-THE and clean of limb. The great chief
stared long at her. Malah hung her
head and dropped her arms before him,
"Why did you go with Montelor' he
asked at last, "when Langalula would
have taken your"
The girl trembled with fear. It was
no fault of hers. How could she help
1t? A woman there is no free agent.
"My father sold me-" she answered,
whimpering. Montelo paid him greas
many oxen. had no choice but to go.
O king, o mighty lion, l did not know
you wanted me-"
With that she flung herself at his feet
in terror and held his knees, imploring
him.
"Take her to the hut that was once
Montelo's," said the great chief, smiling.
81 will follow her there"
They seized her arms and dragged her
to the hut, crying and shrieking as she
went. They dragged her roughly. Lam
galula remained behind experimenting
the slaughter Of Montelo's warriors. AS
soon as he was tired he returned to the
hut that had once been Mon tulo's, for he
wished to see Malali-whe.hsr she was
really 1s beautiful as he believed, even
though the missionary would never
marry him to her.
Malali, when she saw him, thought all
was well, and that Langalula loved her,
SO she left off crying and tried every art
a woman knows to please and charm
him. But Langalula was very great
king. and his anger was aroused. A
kings anger is terrible. He smiled to
himself to see with what simple tricks
the woman thought she could appease a
mighty warrior.
The morning came, and he cried 70
himself with annoyance and vexation
that ,Montelo and Khamsua, and the mis-
sioaary as well, should have done him
between them out of so beautiful wom-
an. IF the missionary had been black
man, Langalu1a would have compelled
him % baptize him outright and then to
marry him properly to Malali with book
and ring in the Christian fashion. But
he knew by experience it's no use threat-
ening these white men with tortures, for
threaten how you may they will not
obey you, and besides the governor would
send up troops from Cape Town, and tits
Ill fighting with the men of the governor.
So he rose in white heat of passion.
"Malali," he said, approaching her with
an ugly smile, II like you better than
any woman ever yet saw. You please
me in everything, but you went off with
Montelo, and the missionary will not
marry me to you now have speared
him. have also speared your father,
Khamsua, because he sold you for oxen
to Montelo. I want real queen, who
shall be married to me white fashion. I
am becoming Christian now and can
only have one wife, but it must not be
you, because you were sold to Montelo,
whom have slain in the battle, and
they will not marry us. So will keep
my own first wife, the earliest married,
though she is old and lean, and discard
the other ones. Come out of the hut,
Malali, and stand in front of my war
riors.
| Malali was afraid at that and would
have skulked in the corner if she dared,
but she dared not, because she she was
frightened of Langalula. So out she
came as he told her. trembling iS all her
limbs and crouching with tcNror. Her
knees hardly boreher. Lsngalula turned
to his men. He looked at her with re-
greet She was sleek and beautiful.
"Pin her through the body to the
ground with an assegai," he said, point
ing at her, "and leave her to die in the
| sum-"
| After that Langalula marched back
grimly with his men to his own country.
/ AS soon as he reached his kraal he went
to see the missionary. He was very sub
missive.
II repent of all my SINS" he said. II
have come to be baptized, Teacher, I
will put away all of my wives save one."
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