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dera and showing the great breast be neath. "For the second it shall be granted also, for I will not willingly divide the father and son. Bring the boy here; thou shalt bid him farewell, then thou shalt slay him with thine own hand ere thou thyself art slain. It will be good sport to see." Now the man turned gray beneath the blackness of his skin and trembled a little as he murmured, "The king's will is the will of bis servant; let the child be brought." But I looked at Chaka and saw that the tears were running down his face and that he only spoke thus to try the captain who loved him to the last. "Let the man go," said the king; "him and those with him," So they went, glad at heart and prais ing the king. I have told you this, my father, though it has not to do with my story,, because then, and then only, did I ever see Chaka show mercy to one whom he had doomed to die. As the captain and his people left the gate of the kraal it was spoken m the ear of the king that a man sought audi ence of him. He was admitted crawling on his knees. I looked and saw that this was that Masilo whom Chaka had charged with a message to him who was named Bulalio, or the Slaughterer, and who ruled over the People of the Ax. It was Masilo indeed, but he was no longer fat, for much travel had made, him this; moreover, on his back were the marks of rods, as yet scarcely healed over. "Who art thou?" said Chaka. "I am Masilo, of the People of the Ax, to whom command was given to run with a message to Bulalio the Slaughter er, their chief, and to return on the thirtieth day. Behold, O king, I have returned, though m a sorry plight." "It seems so," said the king, laughing aloud. "I remember now. Speak on, Masilo the Thin, who wast Masilo the Fat. What of this Slaughterer? Does he come with his people to lay the ax Groanmaker m my hands?" "Nay, O king, he comes not. He met me with scorn, and with scorn he drove me from his kraal. Moreover, as I went I was seized by the servants of Zinita, she whom I wooed, but who is now the wife of the Slaughterer, and laid on my face upon the ground and beaten cruel ly, while Zinita numbered the strokes." "Hah!" said the king. "And what were the words of this puppy?" "These were his words, 0 king: 'Bu lalio the Slaughterer, who Bits beneath the shadow of the Witch mountain, to Chaka the Slaughterer, who sits m the kraal Duguza—to thee I pay no tribute. If thou wouldst have the ax Groan maker, come to the Ghost mountain and take it. This I promise thee: Thou shalt look on a face thou knowest, for there is one there who would be avenged for the blood of a certain Mopo.'" Now while Masilo told this tale I had peen two things—first, that a little piece &i stick was thrust through the straw of the fence, and, second, that the regiment of the Bees was clustering on the slope opposite to the kraal m obedience to the summons I had sent them m the name of Uinhlangana. The stick told me that £he princes were hidden behind the fence waiting ths signal, and the coming of the regiment that it was tima to do the deed. When Masilo had spoken Chaka sprang up m fury. His eyes rolled, his face worked, foam flew from his lips, for such words as these had never offended his ears since he was king. For awhile he gasped, shaking his email spear, for at first he could not speak. At length he found words: "The dog," he hissed—"the dog, who dares thus to spit mmy face! Hearken all I As with my. last breath I command that this Slaughterer be torn limb from limb—he and all hia tribe! And thou— thou daresfc to bring me this tails from a skunk of the mountains! And thou, too, Mopo—thy name is named m it! Well, of thee presently. Ho! Umxani ama, my servant, slay me this slave of a messenger. Swift! swift!" Now, the old chief Umsamama sprang up to do the king's bidding, but he was feeble with age, and the end of it was fchat Masilo, being mad with fear, killed iJnx^pmama, not Umxamama Masilo. Then Inguasjonpa, brother of XJnandi, Mother of the Heavens, fell upon Masilo and ended him, but was hurt himself m 80 doing. Now I looked at Chaka, who ptood shaking the little red spear, and thought swiftly, for the hour had come. "Help{" I cried. "One is slaying the king!" As I spoke the reed fence burst asun der and through it plunged the princes Umhlangana and Dingaan as bulls plunge through a brake. Then j pointed to Chaka with my withered hand, saying, "Behold your kingt" Now, from beneath the shelter of hia karoaa each prince drew out a short stab bing spear and plunged it into the body of Chaka the king. Umhlangana smote him on the left shoulder, Dingaan struck him m the right side. Chaka dropped to* little spear handled with the red wood and looked around, and so royally that the princes, his brothers, grew afraid and shrank away from him. Twice he looked on each; then he spoke, saying: "What! Do you slay me, my brothers—dogs of mine own house, whom I have fed? Do you slay me, thinking to possess the land and to rule it? I tell you it shall not be for long. I bear a sound of running feet—the feet ! of A great white people. They shall stamp you flat, children of my father! JThicrv shall rule the land that I have wan, #nd FPff pud your people shall be their slaves!" Thus Chaka epoke while the blood ran down him to the ground, and again he looked on them royally, like a buck at | gaze. I "Make an end, 0 ye who would be kings.!" I cried. But their hearts had turned, to w.ate;p iwid t!W could not. Then I, Mopo, sprang forward and picked from the ground that little as- j segai handled with the royal wood—the same assegai with which Chaka had murdered Unandi hia mother and Moosa my son—and lifted it on high;

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and while I lifted it, my father, once more, as when I was young, a red veil seemed to wave before my eyes. "Wherefore wouldst thou kill me, Mopo?" eaid the king. "For the sake of Baleka, my sister, to whom I swore the deed, and of all ray kin," I cried, and plunged the spear through him. He sank down upon the tanned ox hide and lay there dying. Once more he spoke, and once only, say ing, "Would now that I had hearkened to the voice of Nobela, who warned me against the©, thou dogl" Then he was silent forever. But I knelt over him and called m his ear the names of those of my blood who had died at his hands —the name of Makedama my father, of my mother, of Anadi my wife, of Moosa my eon, and all my other wives and children, and of Baleka my sister. His eyes were open, and I think that he saw and understood. At the least, he turned his head aside, shut his eyes and groaned. Presently he was dead. Thus, then, my father, did Chaka the king, the greatest man who ever lived m Zulnland, and the most evil, pass by my hand to those kraals of the Inkosa zana where no sleep is. In blood he died as he had lived m blood. But it is a lie to say, as some do, that he died a coward, praying for mercy. Chaka died as he had lived, a brave man. Now he was dead and the regiment of the Bees drew near, nor could I know how they would take this matter, for, though the Prince tJmhlangana was their general, yet all the soldiers loved the king because he had no equal m bat tle, and when he gave he gave with an open hand. I looked around; the princes stood like men amazed; the girl had fled; the chief Umxatnama was dead at the hands of dead Masilo, and the old chief Inguazonca, who had killed Masilo, stood by hurt and wondering. There were no others m the kraal. "Awake, ye kings!" I cried to the brothers; "the impi is at the gates! Swift, now stab that man!"—and I point ed to the old chief—"and leave the mat ter to my wit." Then Dingaan roused himself, and springing upon Inguazonca, the brother j of Unandi, smote him a great blow with j his spear, so that he sank down dead i without a word. Then again the princes stood silent and amazed. "This one will tell no tales," I cried, pointing to the fallen chief. j Now a rumor of the slaying had got abroad among the women, who had heard cries and Been the flashing of spears above the fence, and from the women it had come to the regiment of ' the Bees, who had advanced to the gates of the kraal singing. Then of a sudden th^y ceased their singing and rushed toward the little kraal where wo stood. Then I ran to meet them, uttering cries of woe, holding m my hand the little assegai of the king red with the king's blood, and spoke with the cap tains m the gate, saying: "Lament, ye captains and ye soldiers, weep and lament, for your father is no more! He who nursed you is no more! The king is dead! Now earth and heaven will come together, for the king is dead!" "How so, Mopo?" cried the leader of the Bees, "Sow is pur father dead?" "He is dead by the hand of a wicked wanderer named Masilo, who, when ho was doomed to die by the king, snatched this assegai from the king's hand and stabbed him; and afterward, before he could be cut down himself by us three, the princes and myself, he killed the chiefs Inguazonca and Umxamama also. Draw near and look on him who was the king; it is the command of Dingaan and Umhlangana, the kings, that you draw near and look on him who was the king, that his death at the hand of Masilo may be told through all the land." Now my tale is not of the reign of Chaka, but of the lives of a handful of people who lived m those days, and of whom I and Umslopogaas alone are left alive —if indeed Umslopogaas, the son of Chaka, is still living on the earth. Therefore m a few words I will pass over all that came about after the fall of Chaka and till I was sent down by Dingaan, the king, to summon him to surrender to the king who was called the Slaughterer and who ruled the Peo ple of the Ax. Ah! would that I had known for certain that this was none other than Umslopogaas, for then had Dingaan gone the way that Chaka went and which Umhlangana followed, and Umslopogaas had ruled the people of the Zulus as their king. But, alas! my wisdom failed me. 1 paid no heed to the voice of my heart which told me that tfris, was Umslopogaas who sent the message to Chaka threatening venge? ance for one Mopo, and I knew noth ing till too late; surely, I thought, the man spoke of some other Mopo. For thus, my father, does destiny make fools of us men. This pame about, my father. Matters weye made straight m the land after the death of Chaka. At first people said that Masilo, the stranger, had stabbed the king; then it was known, that Mopo, the wise man, the doctor and body serv ant of the king, had slain the king, and that the two great bulls, his broth ers Umhlangana and Dingaan, children Of Senzangacona, had also lifted spears against him. But he was dead and earth and heaven had not come together. So what did it matter? Moreover the two new kings promised to deal gently with the people and lighten the heavy yoke of Chaka, and men m a bad case are always ready to hope for a better. So it came about that the only enemies the princes found were each other and Engwade, the eon of Unandi, Chaka's half brother. But I, Mopo, who was now the first man m the land after the kings, ceasing to be a doctor and becom ing a general, went up against Engwade with the regiment of the Bees and the regiment of the Slayers and smote him m his kraals. It was a hard fight, but m the end I destroyed him and all his people. Engwade killed eight men with his own hand before I slow him. Then I cam© back to the kraal with the few that were left alive of the regiments. After that the two kings quarreled more and more, and I weighed them

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Stud Notices nrO Stand m Ashburton and surrounding Districts, the well - known Trotting Stallion PRINCE IMPERIAL, B/ Hambeltonian Bell Boy—Prinoess, Terms, 4 guineas ; groomage fee^Ss. For further particulars>pply to J. MoDONNELL, 26 Ashburton. fTIO Stand This Season As Ashbubtoh LINKSHOT, By Chafnshot—dam La Diva; by Bun dora, out of Minille, by Traduoer—Opera. Apply to E. HEALY, Groom m Charge. Mr Oookson'a Stablea. 8 280 npo STAKD THE SEASON AT LONGBEAOH. ALEXANDER'S HEIB, By St Alexander imp, dam Pearl, full sieter to Mr Matthew Holmes's Crown Prince HARVESTER, Bay Horse, 4yrs, standing 17 hands, by Workman, dam Bloss, by Lord BcacoDfifield, etc., will travel the districts of Lowoliffe, Coldstream, Hinds, Willowby, Eiffelton, and Longbeaca, CONQUEROR, Thoroughbred Horse by Medallion, dam Siesta, by Traducer, granddam Hamook imp. For terms, apply to the Owner, or man m charge. 5J C N GRIGG, 9 233 Loogbeach MIDDLEBIGG PRINGE. mHIS well bred Clydesdale Draught Stallion will travel the Wakanui Road District this season. For terms and full particulars apply to— T. MILLAR, Groom m charge, -Or P. STEWART, 10 1 Proprietor, Seaview. fPHB PRIZE CLYDESD \LE X DIUUGHT JSTALLIUNS PRIKCE ALEXANDER AND CRAIGIBLEE Will Travel the Aehburtoh and surround^ ing Districts this season. For terms apply to R. CLABKS, 10 66 cr Man m chargs-- J. V. DE BEEE, THE LEADING JEWELLER ir WATCHMAKER IS NOW SHOWING NEW GOODS- HEW GOODS A LARGE STOCK of the INewett, Brightest, and up-to-date Jewellery. INSPECT. — INSPECT. All articles marked m Plain Figures. Just received a line of Rotherham's Celebrated English Lktxbc, Made Specially to his order, with Extra Jewels, and very heavy Oases to suit hard wear. A few Ladies' Rolled Gold Watelfciew, Ten to Twenty Years' GUARANTEE; very highly recommended. Cxi*eeußtone is sow very ttshionj able, A new assortment of Choice Design*, SPECTACLES. SPECTACLES. A tall Stock of Lenses, on the inter changeable system. Convex and Concave, both m Blue and White. The Latest Novelty m Eyeglasses, "THE REVLTJC." Light* and Easy, will not fall off. SIGHT TESTING A SPECIALTY. REPAIRS Prompt. — REPAIRS Neat. J. V.DE~BEEK, '(Late S. Salek) EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ~ REMOVAL NOTICE. ~ TOURING Building Operations I have REMOVED to Tempor ary Premises, next the Ashbur ton Club and M.S.A. R. J.~GUY, FADDLBB, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. TEBVOBTON] FOR SALE—Lots 40 and 42 containing 1 Rood 2 Perohes, fronting Suffolk Street. Lots 16 and 29 containing 1 Rood 83 Perches, fronting Sudbury Street. Lot 8, containing 34 Perohee, Corner of Leeston and Suffolk Streets. Offers are invited for the purchase of these sections, either separately or as a whole. T. BULLCOF._



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CNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: For Weebport and Greymouth—-Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailinga ace advertise ment m Chriatehurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate 'Thursdays The above are subject to alteration j eference should therefore be made to Ohrlatchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For farther particulars apply do F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashbnrton Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS BCJREETT STREET. Next the Club. TO the Farmers and General Public of Aehbiirton,—We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest m Bicycles, havir just landed a big consignment of first-class jiggers at £14 10s; We are the oldest bicycle firm m Ashburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Rudge-Whit-. worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, eto Repairs by experts. All work guarao teed BICYCLE for Sale, very Cheap-Good second-hand Safety Bicycle, m first claw order.—Apply this office.



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TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON OOUNTY.J lEEO to inform you that I have severed my connection with the Canterbury Mill, whi;h «v»<i under my management for orer sev-n ysTB, and have PURCHASED irom V'r K-lwia I'homas the WAKANUI HOLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which is the property of the Be.ok of New Zealand Assets Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitt & Co , so to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to address all orders to THOMAS ROLLITT, WAKVNUI ROLLER FLOUR ; MILLS, ABHBUBTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased to supply you with firßt-ciass ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I huvo arranged to keep a supply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Fatniera' Association, West Street, where F*rmen>, Shareholders or non-Shareholders, can leave their Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps m exchange. THOMAS ROLLITT, WAX INCI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 265 ASHBURTON. E. W. HANMER. NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING arsbanged premises with the Farmers' Co-operative Association, have much pleasure m stating that m future I shall carry on my business at the offices Bind store' lately ocoupied by the above As eoclafion at the corner of West Streeb and Htvelock street {the Loan and Mercantile old premises* : STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICES, 1 152 E, W. HANMER. WANTED Known—2so Sacks Finest Bine Derwent Potatoes, Is lid per Sack, or 2 Bags for 3s 9J ; further reduc tions iy the toD« Beauty of Hebron, 2-s!bs for Is ; Early Rubies, 20ibs for la, at Flet «Hsjt,BßOs : , Caah Supply Store*, RS R. J; HUGHBS, Certificated Ladies' Nurse, takes ia accouche ment cases at* her residence, Triangle, Ashburtoo. Every care and attention iveu. T (J WANTED Known— "The Corner" is the pkee to buy your Spring Outfit for the Show. Everything new.~-NOBTB'-'; - COTB AJ»D HEFFOB.D.