Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-25

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ana struck north 70 }o,n Moslnkaaye.
n AAager up, Cares! Aaaeer up ior
I your lives, anu one Oh you Jump On !"
morse ana orIve IN 'ne ca'''e.
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..rhts Y~.va your w,oons here.
4,,,,,, ~, that horss and ,et ns tvo rim
for n a. bard M wc can no, Tho Zulus
WON'T Scllov =. thev will be looking IL
Tor ~. noer.
"I wont leave the other white rpen.~
| snid. nit would be the act OF a coward.
ri die. die" F N
ayerv well. Macumazabn. then stay
/ and be Killed. he answered. taking a
ninch Of snuff. "Come. let MS see about
tbe wapons.n and we walked towards
the lager.
Here eyerythiup was in confusion.
uoyever I cot hold ~ Hans Botba and
mt II 10 him 10 A would not lse hest IN
! desrrt the wagons and make n run for
| life. "
..How can we do it?" ho answered;
5"two of the women are too fat to 20 n
mile, ono is sick In childbed, and we
| have only six horses among us. Besides,
| IL we did we should starve in the desert
No, Heer Allan, we must fight II out
with the sayaees, and God help Us"
"God help us, indeed. Think of the
children, Hapsi"
81 can't bear to think" he answered.
| in n broken voice, looking Mt his own
little girl. a sweet, curly haired, blue
| eyed child of @, named Tota, whom
| had often nursed as a baby. "Oh, Heer
| Allan. your father. the Predicant, al
ways warned me against trek king north,
| and never would listen TO him because
| / thought him a cursed Englishman;
now l see my folly. Heer, Allan, il you
can, try TO save my child from those
black devils; il you live longer than ]
| do. or IL YOU can't save her. kill her, "
and he clasped my hand.
| 'It hasn't come 10 that vet. Hans" /
said.
! Then we set TO work ON the laager.
The wagons. of which. including my
| two. there were ten, were drawn
| into the form of n square, and the
disselboom of each securely Iasbed
with reins 10 the underworks of
that In front of IL. The wheels also
were locked. and the space between the
ground and the bed planks of the wag-
| ons was stuffed with branches of tho
..wait n bit" thorn that fortunately grew
near In considerable quantities. In this
| way n barrier was formed of no mean
| strength MS against foe unprovided
| with firearms. places being left for the
| men to fire from. In little over an
| hour everything was done that could be
| done. and n discussion arose as to the
| disposal of the cattle. which had been
| driven m close TO the camp. Some of
the Beers were anxious to get them into
the laager. small as IL was. or at least ms
many of them as ID would hold.
areued strongly AGAINST this. poipt-
ing out that tho brutes would probably
be seized with panic as soon as the fir
| ing began. and trample the defenders of
| the laager under foot. AS an alternative
/ plan / suggested that some of the native
servants should drive tho herd along the
valley of the river till they reached a
friendly tribe or some other place OF
safety, or course, If the Zulus saw them
they would be taken, but the nature ol
| the ground was favorable, and IL was
| possible that they might escape II they
started at once. The proposition was al
once agreed TO, and, what is more. it was
settled that one Dutchman and such of
the women and children as could travel
should 90 with them. In half an hour's
time twelve of them started with the ma
tives, the Boer in charge. and the cattle
Three of nv own men went with tb,
latter, the three otbersand Indaba.zimb
stopped with me in tho lager.
I ! The parting was a heart breaking scene
| upon which do not care TO dwell. The
women wept, the men groaned, and the
children looked on with scared white
faces. At length they were gone, and
for one was thankful of it. There re
mained in the lager seventeen whit,
men, four natives, the two Boer frau.
who were two stout TO travel, the woman
In childbed and her baby, and Hans
Botha's little daughter Tota, whom h,