"NADA, THE LILY,"

lily bloom that she had gathered as sue went to bathe m the river. And this Bhe did, perhaps, because sho was minded here as elsewhere to be known as the Lily, and it ia the Zulu fashion to name people from some such thing Also she had begged of me a cape 1 had, made of the whitest feathers of the ostrich, and this she put about her ' shoulders and it hung down to her mid- ; die. For this had been a custom with I Nada from a child, that she did not love to go about as do other girls, naked ex cept for their girdles, but would always find some rag or skin to lie upon her breast. Perchance it was because her skin was fairer than that of other women, or perchance because she knew that she who hides her beauty oft seems the fairest, or because there was truth m the tale of her white blood and the fashion came to her with the blood. Now I took her by the hand and led her through the sweet morning air to the place of assembly; and ah! she was sweeter than the air and fairer than the dawn, There were many people m the place of assembly, for it was the day of the monthly meeting of the council of the headmen, and there also were all the women of the kraal and at their head Zinita. Now it had got about that the girl whom the Slaughterer went to seek m the caves of the Halakazi had come to the kraal of the People of the Ax, and all eyes watched for her. "Wow!" said the men as she passed smiling, looking neither to the right nor to the left, yet seeing all. "Wow! But this flower is fair. Little wonder that the Halakazi died for her." The women looked also, but they said nothing of the beauty of Nada. They scarcely seemed to see it. Zinita stood looking at Nada from beneath her bent brows, while with one hand she held the little daughter of Umslopogaas, her child, and with the other played with the beads about her neck. Presently we passed her, and Nada, knowing well who this must be, turned her eyes full upon the angry eyes of Zinita and held them there awhile. Now, what there was m the glance of Nada I know not, but 1 know this, that Zinita, who feared few things, found something to fear m it. At the least, it was she who turned hei head away, and the Lily passed on smil ing and greeted Umslopogaas with a little nod. "Hail, Nada," said the Slaughterer. Then he turned to his headmen and spoke. "This is she whom we went tc the caves of the Halakazi to seek for Dingaan. Out the story is known now One told it tip at the kraal Umgugun dhlovu, who shall tell it no more. She prayed me to save her from Dingaan, and so I did, and all would have gone well had it not been for a certain traitor who is done with, for I took another to Dingaan. Look on her now, my friends, and say if I did not well to save her, the Lily flower, such as there is no other m the land, to be the joy of the People of the Ax and a wife to me." With one accord the headmen an swered, "Indeed you did well, Slaughter er," for the glamour of Nada was upon them and they would cherish her as oth ers had cherished her. Only Galazi the Wolf shook his head. Yet he said noth ing, for words do not avail against fate Now, as I found afterward, since Zinita. the head wife of Umslopogaas, had learned of what stock he was, she had known that Nada was no sister to him Yet when she heard him declare that he was about to take her to wife she turned upon him, saying: "How can tliis be, lord?" "Why do you ask, Zinita," he answer ed; "is it not allowed to a man to take another wife if he will?" "Surely, lord," she said, "yet men do not wed their sisters, and I have heard that it was because this Nada was your sister that you saved her from Dingaan and brought the wrath of Dingaan upon the People of the Ax—the wrath that shall destroy them." "So I thought then, Zinita," he an swered; "now I know otherwise. Nada is daughter to Umbova yonder, indeed but he is no father to me, though he has been named so, nor was the mother of Nada my mother. That is so, council ors."

Then Zinita looked on me and nuitter ed, "O fool of a Mouth, not for noth ing did I fear evil at your hands." I heard the words and took no note and she spoke again to Umslopogaas, saying: "Here is a mystery, O lord Buialio. Will it then please you to de clare to us who is your father?" "I have no father," he answered, wax ing wroth. "The heavens above are my father. lam born of blood and fire, and she, the Lily, is born of beauty, to be my mate. Now, woman, be silent." He thought awhile and added, "Nay, if you will know, my father was Indabazimbi the Witchfinder, the Smeller out of the Thing, the son of Arpi." This Umslopo gaas said at a hazard, since having de nied me he must declare a father and might not name the Black One who was gone. But m after years the saying was taken up m the land, and It was told that Umslopogaas was the son of Inda bazimbi the Witchfinder, who had long ago fled the land, nor did he deny it. For when all this game had been played out he would aot have it known that he was the son of T'Chaka, he who no longer sought to be a king, lest he should bring down the wrath or Panda upon him.

When the people heard this they thought that Uinslopogaas mocked Zi nita, and yet m hia anger he spoke truth when he said first that he was born of the heavens above, for so we Zulus name the king, and so the witch doctor Inda bazimbi named T'Chaka on the day of the great smelling out. But they did not take it m this sense. They held that he spoke truth when he said that he was born of Indabazimbi, the witch doctor who had fled the land, whither I do not know.

Then Nada turned to Zinita and spoke to her m a sweet and gentle voice: "If I be not sister to Bulalio, yet I shall soou to be sister to you, who are the Chief's Inkosikaas, Zinita. Shall that not sat isfy you, and will you not greet me kindly and with a kiss of peace, who

hiave come from far to bo your sister?' And she held out her hands toward her. Zinita scowled and jerked at her neck lefc of beads, breaking the string on which they were tln*eaded, so that the beads rolled this way and that. "Keep your kisses for our lord, girl," said Zinita roughly; "as tho beads are scattered, so shall you scatter this People of the Ax."

Now Nada turned away with a little sigh and the people murmured, for they held that Zinita had treated her ill. Then she stretched out her hand again and gave the lily m it to Umslopogaas, Baying: > "Here is a token of our betrothal, lord, for never a head of cattle have my father and I to send, we who are out casts, and indeed the bridegroom must pay the cattle. May I bring you peace and love, my lord." Umslopogaas took the flower and looked somewhat foolish with it, he who was wont to carry the ax and not a flower. And so that talk was ended.

Now on that day Umslopogaas took Nada the Lily to wife, and for awhile there was peace and quiet. But this evil thing came upon Umslopogaas that from the day when he wedded Nada he hated even to look upon Zinita, and not on her alone, but on all his other wives also. Galazi said it was because Nada had be witched him, but I know well that the only witchery she used was the medicine of her eyes, her beauty and her love. Still it came to pass that thenceforward and until she had long been dead the Slaughterer loved her and her alone, and that is a strange sickness to come upon a man.

As may be guessed, my father, Zinita and the other women took this ill. They waited awhile indeed, thinking it would wear away, then they began to murmur both to their husband and m the ears of other folk till at length there were two parties m the town—the party of Zinita and the party of Nada.

The party of Zinita was made up of women and of certain men who loved and feared their wives, but that of Nada was the greatest and it was all of men, with Umslopogaas at the head of them, and from this division came much bitter ness abroad and quarreling m the huts. Yet neither the Lily nor Umslopogaas heeded it greatly, nor indeed anything, so lost and well content were they m each other's love.

Now on a certain morning when they had been wed three full moons Nada came from her husband's hut when the sun was already high and went down through the rock gulley to the river to bathe. On the right of the path to the river lay the mealie fields of the chief, and m them labored Zinita and the other women of Umslopogaas weeding the mealie plants. They looked up and saw Nada pass, then worked on sullenly. After awhile they saw her come again, fresh from the bath, very fair to see and having flowers twined among her hair, and as she walked she sang a song of love. Now Zinita cast down her hoe.

"Is this to be borne, my sisters?" she said. "No!" answered another, "it is not to be borne. What shall we do? Shall we fall upon her and kill her now?" "It? would be more just to kill Bulalio, our lord," answered Zinita. "She is but a woman, and after the fashion of us women takes all that she can gather. But he is a man and a chief and should know wisdom and justice."

"She has bewitched him with her beauty. Let us kill her," said the other women.

"Nay," answered Zinita, "I will speak with her," and she went and stood m the path along which the Lily walked singing, her arms folded across her breast.

Now Nada saw her and ceased singing, stretched out her hand to welcome her, saying, "Greeting sister." But Zinita did not take it. "It is not fitting, sister," ehe said, "that my hand, stained with toil, Bhould defile yours, fresh with the scent of flowers. But I am charged with a message on my own behalf and the behalf of the other wives of our lord, Bulalio. The weeds grow thick m yonder corn and we women are few; now that your love days are over will you not come and help us? If you brought no hoe from your Swazi home surely we will buy you one."

Now Nada saw what was meant, and the blood poured to her head. Yet she answered calmly:

"I would willingly do this, my sister, though I have never labored m the fields, for wherever I have dwelt the men have kept me back from all labor save such as the weaving of flowers or the stringing of beads. But there is this against it: Umslopogaas, my hus band, charged me that I should not la bor with my hands, and I may not dis obey my husband."

"Oar husband charged you co, Nada? Nay, then it is strange. See, now, lam his head wife, his Inkosifcaas. It was 1 who taught him how to win the Ax. Yet he has k%i no command on me that I should not labor m his fields after the fashion of women, I who have borne him children, nor indeed has he laid such command on any of our sisters, his* other wives. Can it then be that Bulalio loves you better than us, Nada?"

Now the Lily was m a trap and she knew it. So she grew bold.

"One must most be loved, Zinita," she said, "as one must be most fair. You have had your hour, leave me mine, per chance it shall be short. Moreover this, Umslopogaas and I loved each other much long years before you or any of his wives looked upon him, and we love each other to the end. There is no more to say."

"Nay, Nada, there is still something to say, there is this to say: Choose one of two things—go and leave us to be happy with our lord or stay and bring death on all."

Now Nada thought awhile and an swered: "Did 1 believe that my love would bring death on him I love it might well chance that 1 would go and leave him, though to do bo would bo to die But, Zinita, I believe it not. Death chiefly loves the weak and if he falls it will be on the flower, not on the slayer of men." And she Slipped past Zinita aad went on, singing no more.

THB ASHBUUTONgOOARDIAN: MONDaY, OCTOBER 23, 1899

Printed and published by Hbnrt Willis o Peter Street, Aehburton, for the Proprle tors, »t their Printing Office, Bnrneb Stratt, Ashbartoni MONDAY, October 23, 1899



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DISSOLUTION OP PARTNERSHIP. fTIHE Partnership hithtrto existing X between Hbnry Babbktt and Hubert Charlies Barrett, carrying on Business as Drapers, Clothiers, ec, at "The Hail," East Street, Ashbarton, has been DIS SOLVED by mutual consent, as from the 20th SEPTEMBKR, 1899, H. C. Barrett will carry on the Business m the same Pre mises, and respectfully requests all accounts owing to the Firm 'o be paid to him there It will be his endeavour by careful attention to the requirements of customers, to keep up the reputation of the late firm, and merit a continuance of the favors they have received m the past, and for which they tender sincere thanks. Ssaned — HENRY BARRETT. HUBERT CHARLES BARRETT. Aehbttrto , October 4, 1899.



THOMAS ROLLITT, WAKINUI ROLLER FLOUR MfLLS, 9 285 ASH BURTON. MRS R. J: HUGHES, Certificated Ladies' Nurse, takes m accouche ment cases ab her residence, Triangle, Ashburtou. Every care and attention iven. 8 I



TO ALL MY OLD CLTENTf FARMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF ASH BURTON COUNTY. I BEG to inform you that I have eevere<i my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was amht my management for over seven ye-»re, and hnvs PURCHASED frfim \'r K.I win Thomas the WAKAXU[ ROLLKR FLOUR MILLS. Th*> C»n erbnry Mill, which is the property .»f >bn Bank of New Zealand Assets Koud, h still trading under the name of Rollitt & Co , so to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask you to addrejs all orders to THOMAS ROLUTT, WAK.VKUI ROLLER FLOUR : MI LS, ABHBURTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased bo supply yon with first-class ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL,BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR THE CONVF.NIENOE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour, Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N-Z. Fanners* AssooiaMon, West Street, where Farmer?, Shareholders or non-Sh^reholdere, Ciii ibave their Wheat and get; Flour, Bran, and Sharp? m exchange.



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