The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1892 Page: 5 of 6
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Ornc* WORLD'II FAIN
NflDfl THE LILY. Y"uh'Z?l:e^ttK 'H
Continued from second navi. one® more surged forward, then, with a BCY YOUR TICKETS OVER %
Sept, is, i8qj
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one® more surged forward, then, with •
dreadful crying, driven on by the mer-
cileea spears of the soldiers, they began
to fall in a torrent of men, women and
children, far into the black depths bo-
low.
Thus wu Mskodama buried beneath
the bodies of bis people, and thus was
ended the tribe of the Langeni. Aa my
mother had dreamed, so it came about
ring be gave him I And thus did Chaka take vengeance for
ete, and fell upon I thet cup of milk which waa refuaod to
crawling toward | him many u year before.
j “Thou hast not won thy bet, Mopo,”
aald the king presently. ‘See, here is a
little space where one more may And
room to aloep. Full to the brim Is this
com chamber with the earn of death, in
which no living grain i* left. Yet there
is one little apace, and is there not one
to fill itV Are all the tribes of the Lan-
geni dead Indeed?''
"There is one. O king,” 1 answered.
“1 am of t^ie tribe of tho hangout Let
my carcase flU the place. ” ,,
TNay. Mopo, nay! Who, then, should
take the bet? Moreover, 1 slay thee not,
for it is against my oath. Also, do we
not mourn together, thou and IT
“There 1* no other left living of the
tribe of the Langeni, O king! The bet
is lost. It shall be paid!”
"1 think that thsr« another.” said
Chaka. "There is a sister to thee and
rue, Mopo. Ah! See, she comes!”
Mocked up. my father end i saw this.
1 saw Baieka, my sister, walking toward
us, and on her shoulders wae a karoas of
wildcat skins, and behind her were two
soldiers. She walked proudly, holding
her bead high, and her step was Ilka the
Step of a queen. Now she saw the sight
of death, for the dew! lay before her like
black water in a sunless pool. A mo-
ment she stood shivering, havjng guess-
ed all, then walked on and stood before
Bull Durham
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servant! Yet thou wouidat mourn with
uJe an hour —is it not eo? Now hearken!
Bid thy ppri- le pass to the right and to
the left of me, and stand in all their
numbers upon the slopes of the grass
that run down to the lips of the rift.*
So Makedama, my father, bade the
people do the bidding of the king Then
P^pie filed past to the right and to
the left by hundreds and by thousands,
aod presently the grass on the slopes
could be seen no more, boenuae of their
Wilson.
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number. When all had passed Chaka
spoke again to Makedama, my father,
bidding him to climb down to tks bet-
tom of the rift, and tbenoo lift up his
voice b» mourning. The old man obeyed
tine king
Then, standing far 'beneath, ho lifted
np bis voico, yet it came faintly, like
the voico of one speaking from a moun-
tain top.
‘ Mourn, children of Makodaraa!”
And all tbe thousands «f the people—
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Otat there waa still one of the Langeni
triW left upon the earth who, should,
she sleep in that place, would turn the
bet in his favor, and he prayed me to
send for her. So, my sister, as 1 would
not take Jbat which 1 have not won 1
have done *0, and now do thou go apart
and talk with Mopo. thy brother, alone
upon this matter, as once before thou
didst tal.« when a child was bom to
thee, my sister.” ,
Now Baieka took no heed of the words
of Chaka which he spoke of me, for she
knew his moaning welL Only she look- j
ed him in tho eyes and said:
"111 shalt thou sieep from this night I
forth, Chaka, til! thou contest to a hind
where no sleep is. 1 have spoken.”
Chaka raw and heard, aud df a and-
if.lti ha nnolLJ__—_t____ m .*» . .
men, women and children—echoed We
words In a tbtiffiW of sound, erring;
“Mourn, c/u’.dreu bf JSakedaMiar ,
Again he cried:
“Mourn, people of the Langeni, mourn
with the whole world!”
And the thousands answered;
“Mown, people of the Langeni, mourn
with the whole world!”
A third tjiue came hia voice:
"Mouru, children of Makedama,
mourn, people of the Langeni, monrn
with the whole world!'
“Howl, ye warriors; weep, y® women;
beat your breasts, ye maidens; sob ye
little children!
- “Drink of the water of tears, cover
yourselves with the dust of affliction!
"Monm, O tribe of the Langeni, bo-1
cause the Mother of the Heavens is no
more!
"Mourn, children of Makadema, be-
cause the spirit of fruitfulness is no
more!
“Mourn, O ye people, because the Lion
of the Zulu is left desolate!
“Let your tears fall aa the rain falls;
let your cries lie as the cries pf women
who bring forth!
“For sorrow is fallen like the rafo; the
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the skies and rend them!
' “O-t-ftl! Ou-ail Oh-air
' U^aka listened, and large toarsconned
down his cheeks, whoee heart was easily
stirred by tho sound of eonj* Presently
t here came a hush, and I loosed to the
right. There, above the heads of the
people, coming over the brow of the
hill, were the plumes of warriors, and
in their hei ds gleamed a hedge of speaks.
I looked w> the left; dimly through
the falling rain there also j saw tho
plumes of warriors, and In their hands
a l<edge of spears. 1 looked before mo
toward the end of the cleft; there also
loomed tbe plume*, of warriors, and In
their hands was a hedgo of spears.
Then from all the people there rose
another cry—a cry of terror and of
agony.
“Ah, now they mourn indeed, Mopo,"
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Moffitt, D. J. The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1892, newspaper, August 26, 1892; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984573/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .