The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-17

SO say 10 Eu:: ;hat. had not drawn
him from the laager by my magic bat
three hu".: =. .... .Gu would have been
conouereG-ycs, you would have been
blown away like the dust before the
wind; you would have been burn up
like the drT grass N the winter when
the fire is awake among it. Ay, be-
cause he had but been there many OF
YOUR braves were slain IN overcoming
a few-a pinch OF men who could be
counted on the fingers. But because l
loved YOU, because your chief, Susu&a,
is nv half brothor--for had we not one
father?-I came TO you, warned you.
Then you prayed ne and I drew the
spirit forth. But you we're not satisfied
when the victory was yours, when the
spirit of ali you had taken asked but
one little thing-a white child to take
awav and sacrifice to himself, to make
the medicine of his magic Of"
Hero could hardly restrain myself
from interrupting, but thought better
of it.
s'You said him nay; you said: Let
him fight with our bravest man, let him
fight with Bombyano the giant for the
child And he deigned to slay Bomby-
ane as you have seen, and now you say:
sSlay him; he is no spirit Now l will
show you if he IS spirit, for will slay
him before your eyes, and call him to
life again. But you have brought this
upon yourselves. Had you believed,
had YOU offered no insult to the spirit,
he would have stayed with you, and you
should have become unconquerabIe
Now he will arise md leave you, and
woe bo on you if you try to stay him.
Now, all men. he went on. "look for a
space upon this assegai that hold up"
and he lifted the bangwan Of the de-
ceased Bombyane high above his head
40 that all the multitude could see It.
Every eye was fixed upon the broad
bright spear For awhile he held it
still, then ne moved it round and round
in q circle, muttering as he did so, and
still their gaze followed it! For my
part, followed his movements with the
greatest anxiety. That assegai had al
ready been nearer my person than
found at all pleasant, and l had no de-
sire to make further acquaintance with
it. Nor, indeed, was l sure that Irda oa-
zimbi was not really going to kill me-
I could not understand his proceedings
at all, and at the best did not relish
playing the corpus riIe to MS magical eX-
periments.
"Look! l2oI!! Z9ok" he screamed.
Then suddenly the greatspea flashed
down towards my breast, felt nothing,
but it seemed as though 1t passed
through me.
l. "seer' roared the Zulus. ''Indaba-
zimbi has speared him; the red assegal
stands out behind his back"
"Roll over, Macumazahn," 1ndaba-
zimbi hissed in my ear, roll over and
pretend to die quick! quick"
T lost no time in following these
stranre instructions, but falling on my
side, threw my arms wide, kicked my
legs about and died as artistically as l
could. Presently l gave stage shlver
and lay still.
"Scc!' said the Zulus, ne is dead, the
spirit is dead. Look at the blood upon
the asscgai.'
ssStand back! stand back cried In
daba-zimbi, % the ghost Will haunt
Won. Yes, he is dead. and now l Will
call him back to life again. Look and
nutting down his hand, he plucked the
smear from wherever it was fixed, and
held il aloft. Tho spear is red, is It
White.
YES. it grows white they said. "Oh,
it grows white
at grows white because the blood re-
turri:; to whence it came" said 1ndaba-
zimbi. Now, great spirit, hear me.
Thou art dead, the breath has gone out
of thy mouth. Yet hear ne and arise.
Awake. white spirit, awake and show
thv power. Awake! arise unhurt!"
I began to respond checrfully to this
imposing invocation.
'sNot SO fast, MacunazaEn, Whispered
Indaba-zinbi.
took the hint, and first held up my
arm, then lifted my head and let it fall
again.
"He lives. by the head of TChaka, he
lives." roarcd the soldiers, stricken with
mortal fear.
Then slowly and with the greatest
dignity I gradually arose. stretched my
arms, yawned like one awakening from
heavy sleep, turned, and looked upon
them unconccrnedly. As I did so I
noticed that old Indaba-zimbi was al
most fainting from exhaustion. Beads
of perspiration stood upon his brow, his
limbs trembled and his breast heaved.
As for the Zulus, they waited for NO
more. With howl Of terror the whole
regiment turned and fed across the rise,
so that presently we were lett alone
with the dead and the swooning child.
(To be Continucd.)