The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

One of then indeed, a great fierce-faced
fellow. drew near to Hadden and shak-
ing his fist before his eyes-fortunately
being in the royal presence he had nc
aSsegai-shouted the sentences at MIN.
The king saw that the fire he had III
was burning too fiercely.
Silence" he Numbered, in deer
voice for which he was remarkable, and
instantly each man became as if he were
turned to stone, only the echoes still an
swered back-"And the impis shall sing
it in their ears-in their ears
4 am growing certain that this is nc
place for me-" thought Hadden; if that
scoundrel had been armed, he might
/ have temporarily forgotten himself. HUI
10. who's thiS2
Just then there appeared through the
gate of the fence a splendid specimen OF
! the Zulu race. The man, who was about
| 30 years of age, was arrayed in tulI wal
, dress of a captain of the Umcityu regl-
ment; from the circlet of otter skin on
{ his brow rose his crest of plumes, round
his middle, arms, and knee hung the
! long fringes of black oXtails, and in one
hand he bore q little dancing shield, also
| black in color. The other was empty,
since he might not appear before the
/ King bearing arms In countenance the
| man was handsome, and though just now
betrayed some anxiety, his eyes were
| genial and honest and his mouth sensi-
tive. In height he must have measured
six feet two inches, yet he did not strike
! the observer as being tail, perhaps be-
! cause of his width of chest and the sol
| idity of his limbs, that were in curious
! contrast to the delicate almost woman
! ish hands and feet which so often mark
! the Zulu of noble blood. In short, the
man was what he seemed to be, a saw
age gentleman of birth, dignity, and
! courage.
In company with him was another man
plainly dressed in a moocha and blan-
! ket, whose grizzled hair showed him to
! be over fifty years OF age. His face also
was pleasant and even refined, but the
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''Who are these?'' asked the king.
! The two men fell on their knees be-
| fore him. and bowed till their foreheads
bonga or titles of praise the while.
Speak he said, impatiently.
30 king" said the young warrior, seat
| ing himself Zulu fashion, 81 am Nahoon,
the son of Zomba, Captain of the UNI
! cityu, and this is my uncle, Umgona,
! the brother of one OF my mothers, my
! fathers youngest wife"
Cetywayo frowned, What do you here
away from your regiment, Nahoon?"
MAY it please the king, 1 have leave
of absence from the head captains, and
[ come to ask boon of the king S
bounty"
BE swift, then, Nahoon."
at is this, o king" said the captain
with some embarrassment: "A while ago
| the king was pleased to make a keshla
of me because of certain service that
| did out yonder' and he touched the
| byack ring which he wore in the hair
of his head. Being now a ringed man
| and a captain, crave the right of man
to marry"
Right? Speak more humbly, son of
Zomba. My soldiers have no rights
Nahoon bit his lip, for he had made
serious mistake.
Pardon, o king, the matter stands
thus. My uncle Umgona, here, has a. fair
daughter named Nanea whom / desire
to wife and who desires me to husband.
Awaiting the kings leave I am betrothed
to her and in earnest of it ] have paid
to Umgona fifteen head of cattle, COWS
and calves together. But Umgona, has a
powerful neighbor, an old chief named
Maputa, the Warden of the Crocodile
Drift, who doubtless is known to the
king, and this chief also seks Nanea in
marriage, and harries Umgona, threaten
ing him with many evils if he will not
give the girl to him. But Umgona's heart
is white toward me. and toward Maputa
it is black, therefore together we come
to crave this boon of the king"
TT is SO. ne speaks the truth" said
Umgona.
Cease" said Cetywayo, angrily. us
this a time that my soldiers should seek
wives in marriage, wives to turn their
hearts to water? Know that but yester-
day for this crime 1 commanded that
twenty girls who had dared without my
leave to marry men of the Undi reSi-
ment should be strangled and their bod
les laid upon the crossroads and with
them the bodies OF their fathers, that all
might know their sin and be warned by
it, Ay, Umgona, it is we'll for you and
for your daughter that you sought my
word before she was given in marriage
to this man. Now this is my award;
refuse your prayer, Nahoon, and since
you, Umgona, are troubled with one
whom you would not take as son-in-law,
the old Chief Maputa. 1 viii free you
from his Importantly. The girl, says Ma
hoon. is fair-good. 1 myself will be gra-
cious to her and she shall be numbered
among the wives of the royal house.
Within thirty days from now in the
week of the next new moon, let her be
delivered into the Sigodhla, the royal
cattle. the COWS and the calves together,
that Nahoon has given you, which /
fine him because he has dared to think
of marriage without the leave of the
king.