The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
REST In A BOER VILLAGE.
NOT DIsTURBED nj THE Tucked
or THE AMBITIOUS.

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A Day and n Might In Observation-Disclosures
In the Tra..vnni Rerue''e-Ihe Dmteh
Doctor AND His Modest Acnv,ty-n ito
pie Th"' DESIRES n'Se
To 90 on the Wallahy-al expression used
in South Africa and Australia alike-means
TO tramp. Most OF the adventures VINO went
TO Africa before the railroads were quilt up
country-the line from Cape Town 10 'ohth'
nesburg was COMPLETED only 90 recentiy as
1898 ana were the modest pion'erso is
prosperity, the unsung discoNerers Oh us
wealth. went on The wallabS as a matter o
course. for. without the expenditure OF more
money than they could spare. walking wa
their only means OF progression. Inc boer
OF the Transvaal nowadays suspects the M
tention OF every approaching waliaoer. ohco
the farmers ana villagers gave MN sreet'hs'
shelter. anc food. Or recent years. however,
the unemployed riu-ran OF the Roiu he'os
there. already. n social problem over
howed johannesburg dribDlitg into the couh-
try. and had become II dreaded nuisance. Ge-
having In n manner which tue rur"l peoplc Vi
America are well accustomed IN MT inc hanus
OF their own hopoes. a Bocr' once uece''eu.
ana once seeing his dLck pond ana sore OF
pumpkins ravaged, reverts to his innate su'ieh-
ness. ana picks UP his gun when next n "aiiaOer
stops AT he farm.
Aware OF this, ana doIefully cons sous 'nat
my appearance was not.in my favor l limped
toward the village OF HartebeesttohteIn one
afternoon with doubts about my reception
wnich were not all Imaginary rive DAYS uo-
fore. burdened bv blanket and billy ana armed
with q ST mt STICK. l had lett NryourP1 m hrit-
ish bechuanaldnd. alone, on my road across
country TO the Witwatersrand- about -'o
miles. Hartebeestfonteih Is about half way
ana IL NOT In the direct line OF travel, tho Ola
Kimberley stage road. ! LETT that rcni 10 ana
the town. because l had slept every hiSht rs
yet on the open Ne!dt, my blanket soaked
with the night Jews OF the dry anu cIoua'eSs
season.; my profehier had some 10 I'm emu
that morning, ana my !cet we're ihmeu oy
making too much Ia To tho hrst TWO daVs'
NO town or settlement lies between 'rSburg
ana hsrtebeestfon'ein. ASIDE from a rev
rude taverns. called canteens. there Is no ac-
conmodatIon Tor the wnyfarer save the doubt
fui welcome OF the widely scattered iar1'-
houses. lying, aiter the manner OF boer tarms'
IA far from the road and as secluded ms possl-
lie. At these l had not sought shelter. con-
tent with my nre. MY bilions, and coffee mT
blanket, and the stars. but now my feet impcr'
atiHeIy demanded rest ana COOLING "ihtihents
10" their throbOing wounds. therefore, j cut
across the veldt By narrow paths ana sought
a bed and n days rest In Hartebeestfohtein
Nheh you inquire OF Eoer now TAR u may
be IN your destination. ms answer Is never
given In mile'. but hours. These he calcu-
lates by the time II takes him to ride the dis
lance. The Boer hardly ever WALKS. You
must then figure Tor yourself by mentally ap-
plying the rule OF proportion 10 the problem.
''lth the horses legs anc your iegs rs nrst ana
secoha TERMS no" long IL is going 10 tnke 'r
you to arrive. On that afternoon my solutions
| we're ALI wrong. / hg0 hODad 10 reach the Wiz
lag" by I o'c'"ck. l WAS vcrv much later. The
way had been monotonous. long. and dreary,
veldt. veldt, veldt. 10 each side e'ernaIly'
sparsely wooded, starred with ant hills. TIC
right and to left. miles away. stretched noun
ain ranges, ana from these. although the sight
OF them was a Hiooiny'and depressing one. !
could not keep my eyes. Darhly suilen. even
In the midday sun, rising risld!y IN rocky prec.
ipices broken by black and r~cpellnnt gorges,
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"o'e" " ""' s'op'ns mt" '" """nureeo
r ,hor so,OinO,o% ~. .' Sor s,S1 S d. ANY ot,sr Sar
Grim sen,Jne,. On ,,p,rd -ovcr what thu,
S was what , troubled the imagination and
brought back TO the memory wierd tales of un,
,o,r ,raasrros ava n.or,os aocrrssd ., coI
ho'Y treasures ana peoples aceurseo OF oou
and demons abandoned TO their own devices
NIL hidden away in these inaccessible hills. IN,
Hl n'u." S%", A"''' III
Thc.time OF sunset was at hand when at last
tho weary road mounted a pass, and rom III,
49," 49, '
head OF TIE "I""' "a" iarteue'st'oh'eih.
forgot. at once, the stretching miles behint
mo with ,bcir fcy,r aud heat md thirst
dropped py INC sue OF the pain anu iooHe'
down uron the valley beneath and sang a 81
Ian, SON, ~, chant. Tlc .lo,, a., ,ro,, -, ~,
:,
drooped gehtN MO n broad wooded PARK
Trees shaGowed the green OF the swelling hill
,ho, o -, ,,o,.c,oJ ,ho ,,,o So,
""' ~ w. ave. '"s 90 80
storm, ana, beneath them. 'ht Win the ricl
grass, cattle lowed and hrowsef, slowly NOV
inc yularcvord. IL. sur.ly driven by how
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whose laughter ana ecLolNg cries came cheer
fully TO my ear from the distance where the
80, ohor, ,,,,,os al posido ma, ,r,,,
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rocky spring, icc-coId water dubbed IN AN
paused "a little while In a grec.- brimmed basin
b.fo,., 4, rushcd dovn a., buI could ,r,c
$500 81. ~ '"' 80; o"'N ~.
us course wlhuihE lhr"usn the thfk. uhui
Joined oy sistcr streams. ~ ecrnme q eohsiIei
aole orook. hhere nv the fiIlase at me lui
tncF enu. IN tnhs tlcur AIR IL fccUlcu close u