The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-12
CHAPTER XVI.
THE LILY is BROUGHT TO D1NaAAs.


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Ere the words had left Ids tips the Slaugh- !;
tereT leaped.
elbow are you namedT' said Dingaan.
eve are named Bulalio the Slaugh-
; terer and Galazi the Wolf, o king" said
Umslopogaas.
..Was it thou who didst send q certain
message to the Black One who is dead.
| Bulalio?'
eyes, O king, sent q message, but
from all have heard Masilo, my mes
senger, gave more than the message, for
| he stabbed the Black One. Masilo had /,
an evil heart"
Now Dingaan WINGED, for he knew
well that he himself and one Umbova ,
had stabbed the Black One, but he
| thought that this outland chief had not
heard that tale, so he said no more of
4 the message.
GLOW is it that ye dare to come be-
fore me armed? Know ye not the rule
4 that he who comes armed before the
king dies?"
1--WE have not heard that rule, o
king" said Umslopogaaa moreover.
there is this to be told-by virtue of the
ak bear | rule alone. If | am seen
without the ak then may any man take
my place who can, for the ak is chief OF
the People of the AK, and he who holds
it is the servant.
ga strange law" said Dingaan. .'but
let it pass. And thou, Wolf, what hast
thou to say of that great club Of thine?
s.There is this to be told Of the club.
O king" answered Galazi, 'sby virtue
of the club guard my life: if am seen
without the club then may any man take
my life who can, for the club is my
Watcher, not watcher of the club"
'sNever vast thou nearer to the losing
Of both club and life," said Dingaan
angrily.
Il at may be SO, o king" answered the
Wolf. .sWhen the hour is then without
5 q doubt shall the Watcher cease from
his watching"
eye are a strange pair" quoth Din
0 gaan. s'Where have We been now, and
$ what is your business at the Place of the
Elephant?''
1--WE have been in far land, o king,
answered Umslopogaas. I'VE have
y wandered in far land to search for a
y flower to be gift to king, and in oul
searching we have trampled Swaz
e garden fat, and yonder are some Of
u those who tended it, and he pointed te
e the captives, land without are the cattlt
II that plowed it,"
;. "Goodl Slaughterer, see the gar
deners and hear the lowing of the cattle
1t but what of the fower2 Where is thi
flower you went SO far to,dig in Swaz
soilp Was it lily bloom, perchancer
d SIT was lily bloom, o king, and yet
W alasi the lily has withered. Nothing /
a left but the stalk. white and withered a
g are the bones of men"
ssWhat meanest thouT said Dingaan
y. " starting to his feet.
:. .'That the king shall learn" answere
,e Umslopogaas, and turning he spoke
IS word to the captains who We're benin
m him. Presently the ranks opened VI
IN and from the rear of the companies fou
men ran forward. On their shoulder
ae they bore stretcher, and on the stretcl
D or lay something wrapped about wit
a raw OK hides and bound around wit
er rimpis. The men saluted and laid Il
i'll stretcher before the king.
til "Open!' said the Slaughterer, ar
they opened, and there within the hide
ng packed in salt, lay the body of 81
- who once was tall and fair.
l nf "Here lies the lily stalk, o king, ga
%. Umslopogaas, pointing with the a
IL. 'sbut if her flower blooms on any air it
en- not here"
ok Now Dingaan stared.
ssTake away this carrion and cast it
ne the dogs!" he cried. "Take it away, al
@o- thou, Slaughterer, tell me now how
~, came about that the maid was slain.
~ will be we'll for thee if thou hast go
ers answer, for know thy life hangs on t
words"
las So Umpslopogaas told the king |
|, that tale which had been made real
no against the wrath of Dingaan. A.
IN " when he had finished Galazi told his Il
a w of how he had seen the soldier slay
he maid and in his wrath had slain the 8
der. Then certain of the captains W
M had seen the soldier and the maid lyi
In one death came forward and spo
my to it.
ror Now Dingaan was sorely angered.
- sect you hence, you and your p
,ita ple," he said to the Wolf Brethren.
Gilt take the cattle and the captives.
to thankful that take not all your Ii,
orr also-first because ye have dared
ere make war without my word and secol
ona ly because, having made war, ye hs
lite ~ bro,,ubt q ahout that though va bri
a'e me the body of her sought ye do !
bring the life"
Now, when the king spoke Of taxi
the lives of all the People of the
RET Umslopogaas smiled grimly and glans
at his companies. Then saluting
our king he turned to go. But as he turn
ind q man sprang forward from the RAJ
and called to Dillgaan. saving: