The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
be a SEQ, GU, here. Ihavs only me, one Irishman.

be a Scot gu, here Ihave only met one Irishman.
| and he was unhappy.
-But for the erotesquc side Of refugee unhap-
| plness. one should see the native train which
| comes down every night from Newcastle way,
| and disappears toward Maritzburg and safety.
| Native workers Of every kind-scrvants, labor
| ers, miners-aro throwing up their places and
| rushing toward the sea The few who can
speak English say. Too plenty bom-bomr as
sufflcicnt explanation Of their panic. The Gov
eminent has now fitted the open trucks with cross
seats and side bars for their convenience. and So
hardly visible In tho darkness, tho black crowd
rolls up 70 tho platform. Instantly black hands
with pinkish palms are thrust through all the bars
as in a monkey house. Black heads iabbcr and
click with excitement white teeth suddenly
appear from nowhere. II is for bread and tin
meats they clamor, and they arc willing to pay.
But q loaf costs a shilling. Everything costs
a shilling here. unless IL costs halfa-crown; and
Natal grows fat war. A shilling for a bit Of
brcadi What In the good Of Christianity So
tho dusky hands are withdrawn. and tho poor
Zulu with untutored NAV goes starving on. But
II any still doubt primitive ancestry. let them
hear that Zulus outeries Of pain or watch tho
fortunate man who has really got loaf. and grip
ping II with both hands gnaws II in his corner
turning his eyes 70 hight and left with fear
BY Oct 10 tho Beers had been for q week
making their invasion Of Natal. slim Pict"
Joubert has been doing well. He has given tho
Beers an appearance Of triumph. writes the cor
respondent not knowing then that this appear
anoe" was backed by stern reality. Still II Is &C
knowledged that their flag waves where the
English flag waved before. The effect ON the
native mind. and the spirits OF his Is greater
than people in England probably think" says
the correspondent, Before the war the young
Boers said they would be In Durham in a month.
and the Kaflrs half believed it Well, they have
got nearly third Of the way in week"
And now the attack on Ladysmith was ex-
pccted any moment Then the camp has to
be broken up. II was found to be Incapable Of
defence Artillery could command It from half
a dozen hills. Whoever placed II there was neither
stratcgist nor humanitarian. II Is like the bot
tom Of frying pan with low rim. Tho fire IL |
hot, and sand In frying. utindecd the whole |
of Ladysmith Is like that The lat.toppcd hills |
standround II rejecting the heat and ia the mid
die We are now all frying together. with sand |
for seasoning"
Communication with Dundee is cut OF by now. |
and people in LadysmAh. unable to forescc the |
forced march after the fruitlcss victory" on |
Smiths Hill, congratulate themselves on the fact
that the camp there IL "in stronger position and
not mixed up with the town" But both places
are besicged and the English correspondent seems
10 base his hopes on the ability Of the British
TO stand STILL which the Beers cannot do He
has suspicion Of what may happen. as he writes
For the moment II seems lust possible that the
great force. which we vaguely hear Is comirg out
from England tall English news is hopclessly
Vague), will have 10 send the bulk Of its troops
10 fight up Natal for our relief"