The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05
BLACK HEART AND
WHITE HEART
A ZULU IDYLL.

! OF UnbElaZl your brother, and the tens
! of thousands of his people. -AftorWard l
| became your councillor o king, and /
was with you when SompSsu set the
crown upon your head and you made
promises 70 SOmpSeu, promises that you
nave not kept. Now you are weary of
me and it is well, for / am very old and
douhuesS my talk is foolish, as it
chances to the old Yet I think rh5t the
prophecy Of Chaka, your great uncle,
VIII come true. and that the Wnlte men
Nm pIeVan aSalhsI you anu thaI rnIousH
them you viii lind your death. wouid
! that L might have stood IN one more
battle and fought for you, O king, since
fight you viii. but the end which you
choose is for me the best end. Sleep in
peace Q king, and farewell, 3ayete."
For space there was silence, a silence
of expectation while men waited to hear
the tyrant reverse his judgment. But it
I did not please him to be merciful, or the
needs of policy out-weighed his pity.
Take him away, he repeated, and
with slow smile upon his face and one
word, good night" upon his lips, lean
ing upon the arm of a soldier, the Old
warrior and statesman shuffled forth to
/ the place of death.
Hadden watched and listened in amaze
ment not unmiXed with fear. "If he
treats his own servants like this. what
VIII happen to me2" he reflected. I'VE
English must have got out of favor since
left Natal [ wonder whether he means
to make war on US or what. If so, this
isn't my place.
Just then the King, who had been gaz-
ing moodily at the ground, CHANGED to
look up, Bring the stranger here" he
said.
MADDEN heard him and, coming for
ward. offered CetyWayo his hand in as
cool and nonchalent a manner as he
could command.
Somewhat to his surprise it was ac-
cepted. AT least, White Man." said the
king, glancing at his visitors tail spare
form and cleanly-cut face, you are no
tr ell
blood of chiefs"
Yes, king" answered Hadden, with
little sigh, / am of the blood of chiefs. -
What do you want in my country,
White Man,"
Very little king, I have been trading
here as l daresay you have heard, and
have sold all my goods Now 1 ask
your leave TO hunt buffalo and other big
tall
Il cannot grant it." answered Getty
Wayo, you are a spy sent by Sompseu,
or the queens induna in Natal. Get you
gone"
Indeed" said Hadden, with "a shrug
OF his shoulders. then hope that Somp-
seu, or the queens induna, or both of
them viii pay me when | return to my
own country. Meanwhile l will obey you
because l must, but first 1 should like to
make you present"
What present?" asked the king. Il
want no presents. We are rich here.
White MAN.
$50 be it, king. It was nothing worthy
OF your taking, only rifle"
"A rife. White Man? Where is it?''
without. 1 would have brought it.
but your servants told me that it is
death to come armed before the Ele-
plant who shakes the earth"
Cetywayo frowned, for the note of
sarcasm did not escape his quick ear.
Let this White Mans Offering be
brought. l will consider it" Instantly
the induna who had accompanied Had
den darted to the gateway, running with
MS body bent so low that 1t seemed as
though at every step he must fall upon
his face. Presently he returned with the
weapon in his hand and presented it to
the king, holding ii so that the muzzIe
was pointed straight at the royal breast.
Il crave leave to say, o Elephant" re-
marked MADDEN in a drawing voice.
that it might be well to command your
servant to lift the mouth of that gun
from your heart
"Why?" asked the king
Only because it is loaded and at full
cock, o, Elephant. who probably desires
to continue to shake the earth.
AT these words the Elephant uttered
q sharp exclamation and rolled from his
stool in most unkingly manner, while
the terrified induna. springing backward,
contrived to touch the trigger of the
rifle and discharge bullet through the
exact spot that a second before had
been occupied by his monarch's head.
Let him be taken away shouted the
incenSed king from the ground, but long
before the words had passed his lips
bewitched, had cast it down and fed at
fun speed through the gate.
He has already taken himself away"
suggested Hidden, while the audience
it is a repeating rife. Look" and, lift
ing the Winchester, he fired the four re-
naming shots in quick succession into
the air, striking the top of a tree at