Part 22 (1/2)

Then he walked to the next akona desire to knohich of his sons shall live and which shall die; aye, and which of thereat roar of ”Izwa!” acco of hands, rose from all the outer multitude who heard, for there was no information that the Zulu people desired so earnestly as this at the tiain Panda, who, I saas thoroughly alarorously, whereon the obedient chorus negatived the question in the same fashi+on as before

Zikali sta:

”The people desire to know, but the Great Ones are afraid to learn, and therefore the dust has forgotten who in the days to co and who shall sleep in the bellies of the jackals and the crops of the vultures after they have 'gone beyond' by the bridge of spears”

Now, at this awful speech (which, both because of all that it i voice in which it was spoken, that seemed quite different frofro Then, after his fashi+on, he changed hisno heed, went to the third set of marks and studied them

”It would seem,” he said, ”that I am awakened from sleep in my Black House yonder to tell of a very little ht well have been dealt with by any coa born but yesterday Well, I have taken ht that I was brought here to speak of great matters, such as the death of princes and the fortunes of peoples Is it desired that u?”

”Izwa!” said the chorus in a loud voice

Zikali nodded his great head and seeain for an answer

”Good,” he said; ”they are many, and the dust has told thelared around him--”so many that if I spoke theht--”

Here the audience began to show signs of great apprehension

”But,” looking down at the dust and turning his head sideways, ”what do you say, what do you say? Speak row deaf Oh! now I understand The ht Just of one wizard--”

”Izwa!” (loudly)

”--just of a few deaths and some sicknesses”

”Izwa!”

”Just of one death, one principal death”

”Izwa!” (very loudly)

”Ah! So we have it--one death Noas it a man?”

”Izwa!” (very coldly)

”A woman?”

”Izwa!” (still more coldly)

”Then a child? It must be a child, unless indeed it is the death of a spirit But what do you people know of spirits? A child! A child! Ah!

you hear me--a child A male child, I think Do you not say so, O Dust?”

”Izwa!” (emphatically)

”A common child? A bastard? The son of nobody?”