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Show GUNQ THE KING'S PRAISE. I, Little Material to Work On, but Off), i ciar Did His Best. I In a recent published book on tho ' Kaffirs o South Africa thu author tells of tho practice of tho natlvo chlrfs of keeping n court pralsor which might ho translated poot lauro-ato lauro-ato whoso business It Is to go beforo tho chief nnd slug his praises. Sometimes Some-times It happens that this functionary function-ary Is apt to bo embarrassed for lack of matter, ns lirtllo case of tho Swazl king Ilunu. Ono dny ho went out hunting with n hundred warriors, and after n wholo day's effort ho managed to kill only one mlscrnhlo llttlo hare. Yet tho court pralscr ran In front of tho king calling out: "Ilunu, tho king of tho Swazles, tho chief ot chiefs, has killed n hare. Let nil tho people listen. It wat ns big ns nn ox, ns flcrco as n lion nnd as swift as n buck. Tho bravo King Burnt killed tho hnro all nlono. Ho killed It w a his nsscgal. Listen, jo people. Dunn tho king hns killed a hare, Without any help tho king has killed n hnro. It was as terrlblo as a tiger, ns largo as nn elephant; Its ojos wero flames of firo; nnd yet Ilunu the grent king hns killed thu hare." This long rlgn-marolo rlgn-marolo was repeated over and over whllo tho king followed behind with grent grntlty. |
