Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-02-13
WHAT uMsLoPoeAAs SAW.
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Writings Of Hider Ragged.

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Writings Of Hider Ragged.
/, Umslopogaas, declare 1t true, for did
/ not see it with mine own eyesS And do
the people Of the Umazulu wear hats to
talk through "Umfelozi intunkulup
which is May, nay, PaulineP' In my ma
tive Zulu tongue.
Now, after smelling out the witch doc
tors, Chaka, the king, remembered the
prophecy of Nobelika, the Old Woman Of
with doubt.
He called me to him, and giving me the
Ak Groanmaker bade me journey to the
Ghost Mountain and slay Nobelika, the
Old Woman.
bowed before the king and said
would run like dog to do his bidding,
4 and he gave me men to go with me.
Then returned to my kraal to bid fare
we'll to my wives and children, and there
4 found that my wife, Anadi, had fallen sick
with wandering sickness, for strange
. things came into her mind, asking, as she
did, for a new theater bonnet, silk shirt
waists and many other luxuries, which
could not be had In all Zululand for
springbok or veldtglafer.
Seizing the ak Groanmaker, / hurried
away to do the kings bidding.
Scarcely had we trecked q dozen spear
lengths when Masilo the Pig, one Of the
kings men, came before me with a fright
ened face, saying: WORD has come to US,
o Umslopogaas, that this Nobeliks, the
Old Woman of Ghost Mountain, is fin dc
steele! We don't know what that means,
but we fear the worst, and we want to go
home"
"Then get you gone, o Masilo the Pig" I"
answered in anger, ''lest worse befall
youp'
So Masilo the Pig rose up together with
the rest of the kings men, and fled toward
the kraal Of Chaka, and their faces were
green with fear where they were not black
by birth.
And SO it came that !, Umslopogaas,
journeyed alone with the AK Groanmaker,
to slay Nobelika, the Old Woman of Ghost
Mountain.
And the road was long up the mountain,
but knew 1t well and the ghost wolves
came not to harass me.
So it was evening before came upon
the kraal Of Nobelika, the Old Woman,
and l rested the ak Groanmaker upon
the ground and said, "Come FORTH o No.
belika, the Old Woman, come forth and
get killedP'
Then she came forth and stood in the
door Of her kraal, and in their great fright
my knees knocked one upon the other, for
she was sight.
For a moment Nobelika looked upon
me in silence Then she was every bit the
woman again, and spoke:
n nf
Mopo, the old seaoookl Get thee back to
Chaka the king, who would have thee slay
Nobelika, and say to Chaka that Nobelika
Is no longer the Old Woman of Ghost
Mountain, but has made for herself, from
the leaves of the woo-woo tree, these
bloomers, and Is now the New Woman of
Ghost Mountainl
SECT thee gone, o Umslopogaas, lest I
forget my gentle manners and break thee
into 70 particlesr'
And I, Umslopogaas, sometimes called
!. Bulalio the Slaughterer, took the az
4 Groanmaker and fed in dismay from the
kraal of Nobelika, who was no longer old
except In years.
And fell headlong down the noun
tain, so great was my haste to get away
from those strange things which Nobelika
had made from the leaves of the woo-wco
tree.
2 And it came that, in after years, the
story of Nobelika spread throughout all
Zululand, and many were the wives OF
Chaka who made these strange garments
from the leaves Of the woo-woo tres.
And even unto far lands did the story
travel, and the woo-woo trees were made
to work overtime
Thus did I, Umsiopogaas, discover the
new woman, clad In the strange garments
called bloomers, which alright me even
unto this day.
And 10 The hour Of my death I, Um-
slopogaas, shall be sorry that sat upon
Masllo the Pig. who VIVA o witch doctof
and knew that fin de sseele meant some
thing perfectly dreadtul while !, um-
slopogaas, gave him the rundown and tha
frozen thEunted ha-ha In Gutuese.-Truth.