Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-19

Fair or foul, yet I die, Inkoos.H
mo, no; come with mel will find a way
and be my wife," and he put his arm
about her waist and strove to draw her to
him.
Without any violence of movement ana
with the most perfect dignity, the girl dis
engaged herself from his embrace.
you have 'honored me and l thank you,
Inkoos," she said quietly, but you do not
understand. I am the wife of Nahoon. I
belong to Nahoon; therefore / cannot look OH
any other man while Nahoon lives. 1t is not
our custom, Inkoos, for we are not as the
white women. but ignorant and simple. and
when we avow ourselves to a man, we abide
by that vow till DEATH"
Indeed" said Hadden; land so now you
go to tell Nahoon that l have offered to make
you my wife"
mo, Inkoos. why should I tell Nahoon
your secrets? 1 have said nay to you.
and she stopped to lift the gourd of water.
Hadden considered the situation rapidly,
for. his repulse only made him the more de-
termined to- succeed. OF a sudden under the
the rough outline of it. 1t was not a nice
scheme, and some men might have shrunk
from it, but as he had no intention OF suffer-
Ing himself to be defeated by a Zulu girl.
| he decided, with regret 1t is true, that having
| failed to attain his ends by means which
! he considered fair, he must resort to others
of more doubtful character.
"Nanea," he said, you are a good and
HDHeSL Slld dlu L ~ yous hS L Il
told you, 1 love you also. but If you refuse
to listen to me there is nothing more to be
said, and after all perhaps it would be better
that you should marry one OF your own peo-
pie. But, Nanea, you Will never marry him,
| fer the king will take you. and II he does not
give you to some other man, either you will
become one of his sisters or to be free Of
him, as you say, you Will die. Now hear
me, for it is because l love you and wish
your welfare that l speak thus. Why do you
- ~kN Noka1 alytr ~ III
you, for there, as you know. you may live in
peace out Of reach Of the arm Of Cetywayo."
THAT is my desire, Inkoos, but Nahoon
will not consent. He says that there Is to be
war between us and you white men, and he
will not break the command Of the king and
desert from his army"
"Then he cannot love you much, Nanea,
and at least you have to think Of yourself.
Whisper into the ear of your father and fly
together, for be sure that Nahoon will soon
follow you. Ay! and 1 myself will fly with
you, for / too believe that there must be
war, and then a white man in this country
will be as a lamb among the eagles"
"If Nahoon will come. l will go. Inkoos,
but | cannot fly without Nahoon; 1t 10 better
that l should stay here and kill myself"
Surely. then. being so fair and loving him
so well, you can teach him to forget his folly
and start for the kings kraal, and If you win
over Nahoon 1t will be easy for us to turn
our faces southwark and cross the river that
lies between the land OF the Amazulu and
Natal. For the sake of all Of us. but most
of all for your own sake, try to do this.
Nanea, whom l have loved and whom l now
would save. See him and plead with him
as you know how. but as yet do not tell him
that / dream of flight. for then I should be
watched"
I'm truth. I will, Inkoos." she answered
earnestly. "and. oh! I thank you for your
goodness. Fear not that I will betray you.
first would / die. Farewell"
Farewell, Nanea," and taking her hand
he raised 1t to his lips.
Late that night. just as Hadden was be-
ginning to prepare himself for sleep, he heard
a gentle tapping at the board which closed
the entrance to his hut.
Enter" he said, christening the door
and presentely by the light Of the little Ian
tern that he had with him he saw Nanea
creep into the hut, followed by the great
form of Nahoon.
'Inkoos." abe said In q whisper when the
door was closed again, II have pleaded with
Nahoon and he has consented to fly; more
over. my father will come also"
sis 1t 80, Nahoon ?" asked Hadden.
1T is so.' answered the Zulu, looking
down shamefacediy; "to save this girl from
the king, and because the love of her eats
cut my heart, i have bartered away my
honor. But ! tell you. Nanea. and you, White
Man. as l told Umgona Just now, that !
think no good Will come OF this flight. and II
We are caught or betrayed, We will be killed.
every one OF US"
Caught we can scarcely be-" broke in
Nanea anxiously. 'for who could betray us
except the Inkoos here"
(Which he Is not likely to do" said Had
den. quietly, seeing that he desires to escape
with you, and that his life Is also at stake"
That is so, White Man." said Naho0n;
otherwise l tell you that l should not have
trusted you"
Hadden took no notice of this outspoken
saying, but until very late that night they sat
there together making their plans.
On the following morning Hadden was
awakened by sounds of violent alteration.
Going out of the hut. he found that the dis
putants were Umgona and a fat and evil-look-
Ing chief who had arrived at the kraal on a
pony. This chief. he soon discovered. was
named Maputa. being none other than the
man who had sought Nanea In marriage and
brough, about Nahoon's and Umgona's un-