Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-25
Chaplin XIV.

lSnnlent Tor wlche,tIs,SS, SAID John aloud.
CHAPTH XIV.
MEANWHILE.
John, it will be RENE nlberetl, left Mooifon-
TEN for Pretoria toward tie end Of Decem
Der and with him went oil the life and light
of the place
Dear me, P.qsic." sail old Silas Croft on
tie evening atter he had s;arted, the Pace.
seems very dun without Joan," reInark Ia
which Leslie, who was -eTe.ly weeping in
the corner, leIrrily concurrcd.
Then, a !vw days afterward came the new )
q; he investment Of Pretoria. but no news Of
John. They asreriaincd tina. he had passed
|aiiderton il sii-iy, but beyond that nU.l-
:-ig could he heard OF him Day after day
passed but no nows. and at last, one evening,
Bessie broke out i'll = passion of historical
t5ars.
What did you send him for.' she asked of
Ler uncle. at was ridlculous-I knew it WAS
ridiculous. He could not help jess or get her
back; the most that could happen was that
they both would he shut up together. And
now he is dead-1 know that those Beers have
shot him-and it is all your fault. And if lie
is dead will never speak to you again"
The old man retreated. somewhat dis
mayed at this outburst, which was not at all
in Bessie's style.
"Ah, WELL he said to himself, that is the
way OF women; they turn into tigers about q
| manw
There may have been truth in this reflec-
ton, but tiger is not a pleasant domestic
pet, as poor Silas found out during the next
two months. The more Bessie thought about
the matter the more incensed she grew at his
| lax,, 1..,,
little while she quite forgot that she had her
self acquiesced i'll his going. In short, her
temper completely gave way under the strain,
that at last her uncle scarcely dared to men
| ton Johns name
Meanwhile things had been going as ill
without as within. First Of all-that was the
day after Johns departure-two or three
| loyal Beers and an English storckeeper from
Lake Christie, in New Scotland, outspanned
on the place and came and implored Siias
Croft to fly for his life into Natal while there
was yet time They said that the Beers
would certainly shoot any Englishmen who
might be sufficiently defenseless But the old
man would not listen.
Il am an Englishman-civis Romanus
sum" he said, in his sturdy fashion, land
do not believe that they will touch me, who
have lived among them for twenty years
/
AT any rate, am not going to run away and
| leave my place at the mercy of a pack of
thieves. If they shoot me they will have to
reckon with England for the deed, so l ex-
| pect that they will leave me alone Bessie
can go il she likes, but shall stop here and
see the row through, and there's an end of it. +"
| Wherein, Bessie having fatty declined to
bulge an inch, the loyalists departed in q
| uulry, ne'aPnorieaAy wfihgihg thelr hands
| and ;rsrlor MD. Th;s EEL 49,, NAa'..N',
| - ,;...s, ooo r GU
os uli'e, 'nne' anu aiOer oinher olo oiios
p.t's $3.50. ~ nu,, ueAAnce a' us Ioes IN an
| t,adroo,,, Lo.t, eupoiu IA us
| TIn;o,, Ill I'D .,,.ou,'.1. .,.' ia.e
| 70 ~, 49,, 60. .,.. ! "U .,' VIII ~
t,,or =. 80 - wv VI 'no ol1nsc
| ' y. '"o ,iouse' "ne'e nagstau
| r' P'1"':u' AZ, uleu y. very tah young
o'ue gum, AZ sucn poS''lon tna' II couId oe
'oe" ~, nuies AROUND. On TINS nagstait 1t
was oio oiias naoit 10 moist the Union Jack
ou .ne queens oirtnday' CHRISTMAS day and
o'ner S'atc occasions.
NOW, 'ant]e' ne SAID, when he had bent
Oh inc nag run her up, and III cheer.' and,
accviulnsly' Us lne Droad nag noated OUT on
..e oIce1e' ne LOOK on us nat and waved IT,
anu gave sucn q mp. mp, hurrah" in his
scsn'o'.an ZONES that bessie came running
DOWN from the house to SEQ what was the
n mat!er' nor was ne satisfied with this, but,
~a'ms "otaineu 'aader. ne placed 1t against
the post and sent Jantje up it, instructing
nm 70 Iasten tho rope on which the flag was
zen. vsut auous ni1een ieet from the ground SO
'n s. Iooout snouio gee al IL 10 maui IL down.
A.. .nel' ne saad, I've nailed my coiors to
'uo 1las.. inuc Will sno" tness gentry that
al 1."s i'Snn'a" lives nere.
"Confound their politics,
Ees their knavish tricks
s.'e '"e queen
amen, sald Bessie. but she had her doubts
aIous .ue "suoM ., mat UNION JACK winch,
w;u;h,e sas' .no VIM WIN ulew, streamed OUT .
-. - ny NHeu'~'<" W soo'"e 'no
.r0ee" ,wo c.vS nr,a- ,... -.
three Boers srvinc the ors;o,, ,vh;,. ~.
lone w.v Of r.ue .sllo,,;n~ - T., ho. -.
tn -. vh.t +, mean, S;,.s ~ 49, os .sss'
inc and taxing hi. ia =, ~. ,..as o.
and stool hareet,, th. s,s,, g. -,;oh ~ Ia
an almost s,nerSt;t;o,. v.,,.-.t;o,, rs.,;.. .
u,re that thov x,o,,i, ,oI -. -. .ssS
either with him or II
1Wb.t ;s The ,,,a.,;r .. 49,. ~. cu--r
askesl the lender Of th. ,sr.. ,,,.,' ;.,. IN =.
whom be was nerf.ctlv .co,,.;r.a, "A ~
vsoh,
am Was the onsw.r NV" "e'''
aaaul the d;rtv rso ao~r ..;a ..
| ~ r;l, ... -, go s.T .''.
Silas. 'epA'e" o'1
Tbersunon III. Roar ,,;.,,,,,,..s
for TIA fsrsts,Y on,v - ga y1,..,. . C.as.
| rife in . d;rect linz ;y;th ~. -. 1870 ~''
| avon will have 70 shoot ~. e. rp.
| said end tho,,o,, 80 80, e
| .h.., 80 .:-, ol.e' so1'e eonsu''a1ion'
' IT, ~. 80. n.n' ol'u went away:
h.. .a' vas WIS .na'' notw.Instanding that
..,s s al Ins Isnn'1n' oiias Crois was very
trp... W.. WIN .uo noers, most OF whom had
A'1A ''noo '"ey "ess cnildrei. anu .
member OF whose volksraad be had twice
oeen' IL was TO this personal popularity that
ne owed the fact that he was not turned out
OF MS mouse and forced to choose between
serving against his countrymen or being i'm
prisoned and otherwise maltreated at the
very commencement OF the rebellion.
TOT aiortnlgnt or more after this nag episode
mourning OF any Importance happened, and
snen came tne news OF the crushing defeat al
Aangs Mex. AT nrst Silas Croft would moi
oeiieve the news. NO general could hav4
oosn SO mad, ne said; but soon the report
was amply confirmed from native sources.
Another week passed. and with 1t came the
news OK the British defeat at lngogo The
rs' tney nearo OF IL was on the morning o.
reo' Q, ~neh 'ant1e Drought Aaiir up TO
tue sefa.ida at breakfast Tune. ihis Aafir
salu .na. ne nao oeen waecning tne nght from
u"uD,.i"' 'oas tne nnghsn were cohipieteiy
uoI.llco M enu nsnune "en' Dus tnas -tneh
III, III. "e'e uIsu' ."a 'nns 'ney "ouio al ~