The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-09

brows were raised and-'Worth $50" said
one, and then the farmer came back
by the time we were through supper
and the Boer had taken US to a barn
where a couple Of straw mattresses lay, 1
had forgotten all about the diamonds. My
feet were sore from long walking, and |
was dead tired. so that l unstrapped my
blanket and lay down at once. So did my
companions lighting their pipes, and they
began to talk to each other l thought il
funny they should speak in taal, which
was scarcely polite to me, but then knew
they were the kind of men who were likely
70 have things to talk of not for casual
ears. One seemed 90 be arguing his chum
into his view of some matter and the other
to be not very willing to see it, whatever
il was, in the same light. They were
still talking when l dropped off to sleep.
l knew absolutely nothing more until some
hours later, when l was awakened by the
door opening-the Beers, in these lonller
farmsteads seldom lock up their houses
and somebody coming in through the dark
and closing the door hastily behind him.
Whoever Il was was noiseless after closing
the door, and / sang out to the other fell
lows 10 know il il was one of them. |
only heard for answer the kind of gentle
snore which might or might not be as
sumed.
noise of excited voices outside and the
farmer, with lantern, and two big Kafiirs
with another Boer and a boy of IA or Is,
rushed into the room and fell upon us. In
the half-awakened condition ] was in |
could form no notion of what was wrong,
but fought them off pretty furiously The
other fellows, however, seemed to have
their wits, and did not fight, but began to
eXpostuate in a mild and surprised sort
with hide thongs, and were rough about il,
too. seeming terribly excited and angry.
Then the Kaffirs lifted Ills up and bore us
in to the sitting room where we had
supped. You can imagine l jumped when
! saw there on the floor, propped in the
arms of a woman, a big Zulu, bleeding
from a great cash in the chest. We were
hauled in front of the man and the farmer
bent over him and seemed entreating and
commanding him to look al us, to recog-
nize us, but nothing could be understood
from the poor wretchs wandering looks
He gasped once or twice and fell back
dead, ana then the Kaffirs gave a howl
and seemed ready to make short work of
us. The farmer and the other Boer Or
dered them back, and the Dutchmen be-
gan to jabber away at a terrible rate. |
asked my companions what the matter
was, but they simply shrugged their Shout
ders and remained silent. l was getting
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drew ore fro,,, .1,a 49,. 80 80 -,
apart from them.
",rba Peers beean or,os,io,ine nc I'm,
always speaking taal, so that / was kept
in impatient ignorance of the subject mat
Ala nIt soan, ~ ,,,aSaret,,,S 1, 10 ~
me in English He asked mo WIZ ,,as
ana how, iono haa l,n.lu,,, ~ IT.
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nockathools for nanors shou,i9o Nh
was Thaf mattered nothing t,, 49, erst
n1aca douht if he no,,.1 49, Erroiiah
tbo1,ob he snol,a 4, fairl, LII "a - ~
sno7d 70 ia - ~ ~ ol., - .e
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rome tbav wo,,ld ba,,a r,,ea,t ro,t,ino y,
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n,ioht hava haan raero ,,iDie ~
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a. soen,ed ,ha farr,ar "a 100 1917 $50 ~
HE sIeen In anothar sha,,ah., 80 'i0.,i
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tba Fact thet thosa t,ya diauoo,,d. va va
noticed ar ennns, U,ere ,,,ss,,,rr ~, .sN
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ITitIanders - ,u,ar,,, 49,, e., 80 o 'oeuy
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~ IA farroor ba,,i,,r, ,a,s 'iat
chonce thougbt Iittlo - ~, 70 20 :. ~
or1v been tboet ,,o ,va,,a - = -. -
tho affofr world have hao,, ,Iieet,,,. VIZ, r
there was murder done. and. as The Boers
told us again and again. eve for owe
tooth for tooth. and life for life, was
the law.
"They searched MS and found M d,a-
monds. and. save nv own clasnlsnife
clean. save for tobacco stains no wea,
non. I remembered that ono Of NV con,
nanions had used a big-bladed Lnifo ot
our meal on the veldt but said nothing
Then thew consulted together ana then
they kneeled down and the old mar nrav,