The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13

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my pocketbbcocE Tor papers pc sboyins who / was
d %ShsS I II Ss SOa nSth rSsdi H e IhIsh nf fsopPS iaS'hf h
spoke i fairly well, and. In the second; 4 99SSSs
s sSSR .SGrv1S, ssS. wi WI P aSr 3 i iESR " Wou IA
a lad %i Ssa a01 gosSs. gISio ,I H. %!s6i
and. perhaps not unreasonably so. Hoyever
he told me what the matter vas; NO q 9 pRs
farmer had been roased from biz sIOgP n an ?:
other chan Der by q Sry n the pssr Az and M snSac Re
Ieasns. N F f. ,S onTS e sRs ssssr o S0 what had ecSsrrod
was the fact that those two diamonds bad
hon Sds e tS sTp ne E EsGf R hsS seen t som Sr sne sP.
Rsster' sI prcpe Z You may think I strange
cares for land, Gold and dlSP9nds are 70
sreeG Gp' Git 3iaSddslye TO p lSsa@ upon Sn'i Bis V p%saseiui
old farmer; having procured th SsS by 6yi chance ssn
theft we were charged with the affair would
have been different, but there was murder
eye fol, eye. tooth for tooth, and life for hie.'
wasthe law.
and. save my own ciaspknlfe. clean, save iior
tobacco stains, no weapon l remembered that
one, Of my companlons had used a big-9laded
then they kneeled down and the old man
again, and said that II was,a moral certainty
that one Of us had done, this thing. and that
s sss lS'e sSa, keeU only Sf wanted II; nc one s' lie. T snd
begged the two innocent ones to give
" ss the guilty 10 y,I Pnrty' ,b ! tp 9bns p Thiti had Gh eo
before whom I could 6aye made for myseita
SSSSSdS s ssss; nut ON %af the ss' spot. FHffn I had fS di Known MI I
should most quickly have pointed out the muir
SSsf m. but nh l had dt 10 more pTo proof rsI, thar .,Is1 the , nimosE
apathetlc, Once l caught an angry. reproaeh.
ful lock from one man at his chum. but that
than Al d fee evidence 1 had tha'they knew more
Atlast they prayed again, and after more r
should all three, be shot In the morning. les.
the guilty one should escape. At that / found
esrnss.' n 1o1cI 4 Is v gSHd q m,n s sST ina MAN. 4 f sSch
murder, than they did. and, solemnly de;
s sSSaS q shI Insmf I pissd "a %%TIt for my l fi,s for |
felt sure they would do what they said. SO sim
that they had a perfect right to execute Justice:
My words had weight and they wavered. and
S SnSS % %STs tss sHnssdIts 81 nis aad pF TSss 0 dawn
in English what they had decided to do. / was
other two. who had remained sftoiid' ali might.
now that the thing was settled broke into
and. foamed. but the Beers were quite calm.
Said the Boer, In effect: Revenge is the Lords
&Rd Justice e His !ls, He will see that II !, ts , done.
the one and in His '6ands be IT,. Fanatics.
were survivals Of the middle, ages, They
we're going to give US the trial by ordeal-no
They made their unique preparations. A
stretch OF plain. spread for five, or six hundred
yards from the farm house to q downward slope.
tary big bush. n kind of scrub oak. The Boer
made US dray straws. The longest straw holder
would be ared on. and Il he were. unhit. By the
time he reached the slope which would hide
o erd: sc SO f the thiEF S nj II W tRe ~ a PsaG We're 81 i liz f' or
the second. the Lord. so they solemnly claimed.
had pointed out the murderer. and the others.
Seiiore. Tor we ali knew what dead shots these
n @IS5' a aff' We Sst ta shs Sa ussfsssly nao m"ao up MS
Ihe pey was brought out ana a rine was
Elvs1 1a to hI% and a ~ ab 1ssnsE e sbofi asd t that the he
hand ofthe Lord would be more clearly shown
by DIRECTING, straightly, so unskilled a marks
doubted II my legs would carry me to. the
t Rush lcnF T str.y yoq I sEs s 81 %xd 'o% re ofhsr d tSo
never ceased now to reyile the Beers. who not
s SpSs Sef fS% L6 t@sS; Th and % e. bs ssf e. b HIle tHs If
produce, poured out on such an occasion from
fess5 lSs Il ' I s. Ra %at %S VET sits "a devl never fe't Do
mof T 8 "s sna T re 1 TiysP, trs It E S!sa 'vl Rf'1at .%l
drops in the first spnbesms, The black mys-
;Sn6ns shiy IssIns ro shafts sas & iiF SS. s os,t ths sun sur
struggling Oh to feed. The ducks s"S we're " er9
wSbbiing to the pond. It was a queer
'' sTh to man an sniiasip 70 the tree. turning every
few nSx. yards to shake Ia .sI his thsn at his jIdges and
f hsxnf the fSssS tree p he rf began en to run aT and az yAfE uii
s sPeTf sR 1Ht iasFs 81 IA. ir Ss v light d bt to ls msI Il
be boy yi fried f again Roy the fse man rh ran m On. IN boz bo, i heS
once more, and the man. with q cheer. disap-
II think that escape gave M courage. though
you would have felt the same-I should have
1s'f the seS oSd Es,i'', !! ran snG slowly %Sf n % t ts'r tree e9 and daE feis
myself suddenly At to run like q deer-despera-
ten to- of 1 hs1P gefIow AZ. ! a1 yls sense eTnSS s4g.w to do .nd IKE
time the boy fired at me. or. indeed. IL he Aired
blur. There was no sign OF the first runner;
he had evidently decided to keep on and make
sure, As for me. | collapsed in tho grass and
II heard more firing. but never saw the
other man come over the BLUM. After q time l
neeped back and saw hafiirs with spades dig
Bone months afterward ! was in Johannes
looking tougher than ever, but I had to
speak to him. l told him how his chum had
"'WeIl.' he said. with q half laugh. I fancy
they got the right one. Honest. / know no more
than you. how 1t was. but after we lay down
that night, when we was speaking taal SOS you
couldn't twiR. he wanted me, "a, jine him In o
too much. / went to sleep. and / suppose
he kept thinkin, L oyer until he tried It him
self. was caught by the Kafir. killed the beg
clustered he ran back 70 us. But they got the
light one. | know. Queer. now. blasted queer,
more,n once, and it was queer. blasted queer