Part 16 (1/2)
”Ha!” we cried, aer should thus describe Masuka's _reatly pleased at that saying, and the white man made a friend of the old Mosutu, who saw at once--as what did he not see?--that here was no rival claireater than hi froer ell said, for since Masuka had been ic, few indeed of our people had been suilty of evil-doing, as in the case of the conspirators of Ncwelo's pool, whereas, for for ”witch-findings,” ever hungry as vultures for the flesh of men; wherefore, our nation loved the old Mosutu, and ho heard were glad because there was not to be another set up in his place
”I see that the heart of the King is good towards me, and I rejoice,”
said the white man before he withdrew ”For I would fain sow the seed of the Word of Life a this people before I travel South Then there are those who shall return, and water and tend it, before a long tione by”
We saw a look steal over Umzilikazi's face at these words, and it was a look we knew
”So it is thy purpose to travel to the South,softly and low
”Such is my purpose, Black Elephant,” was the answer
”Ha! the journey to the southward is long, and not over-safe,” went on the King ”There are bad peoples and tribes ill do thee hurt, my father”
”That I must brave, Great Great One; for the soldiers of Him whom I serve often meet with hurt, and even death, in His service”
”So the seed of the Word of Life a softly, and with a strange look upon his face, as he gazed fixedly at the other
”Nohy should it not be sown a the peoples of the South?”
The face of the white _isanusi_ lighted up for joy at these words He replied:
”Great is the Mighty One ells above; who has put such into the ! Here, then, will I dwell for a while, and the people of the Arees of the Fountain of Life”
But while he thus praised, ho listened, laughed secretly within ourselves, for we knehat thoughts ithin the realAnd these were, that the day when the white _isanusi_ was to start upon his travels for the dwellings of the peoples to the South should arrive never--no, never!
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
”LOST!”
Now, as time went by, this white _isanusi_ still continued to dwell in ourordered that his treatment should be of the best; and, indeed, it was so Froether, as we had first beheld it
Howbeit, he did not ioing in and out a as a friend to all--even a the very lowest of the Aht that there would come a time when they should be free--but the way to such freedoates of death; and this caused the slaves to shake their heads and jeer
Their lives were hard, and they wanted to be free; but if the land of freedoates of death, why, then they preferred to re all was this white _isanusi_ loved, because his words were ever soft and kind; and soon the na the people was that of ”Father” There was one thing, too, which he never failed to bring into his teaching--and this was that, although the King was equally subject to the Great Great One elt above the skies, yet the people were none the less bound to obey the ”word” of the King and the orders of his _indunas_ and captains And, this being so, he retained the favour of Umzilikazi, who had set spies to watch his really were
It happened that a few days after his arrival a, for often would the Great Great One invite hiht listen to wonderful tales of far countries beyond the sea Yet when the _isanusi_ would tell once in to set forth its teachings, U round the talk to other matters It happened, _Nkose_, that on the day I na
”See, now, father of the strange _reat tale?”
We atching the stranger's face saw a troubled look come over it, as he answered that nearly all did