Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-07
"A TALE OF LIFE IN THE
BOER REPUBLIC.

folded under the tails Of his coat and
his eyes fixed on the sunset sky.
The German dropped the saddle on
the ground.
"Bish, Dish, Dish! What may this
be?" he said and walked toward the
house. Every strangey"
The girls followed him, En- still
weeping. Lyndall with her face rather
white and her eyes wide open.
+ "And l have the heart of a devil, did
you say? You could run me through
with a knife, could your cried the
Dutchwoman. 81 could not drive the
Kaffir maid away because was afraid
of you, was I? oh, you miserable ragi
1 loved you, did I? would have liked
to marry you, would l, would 1, would
II" cried the Boer woman. .You cats
tail, you dogs paw! Be near my house
tomorrow morning when the sun
rises" she gasped, 'my Katlirs will
drag you through the sand. They
would do it gladly, any of them, for
bit of tobacco, for all your prayings
with them"
an " !" l an peM iiueieu'
euni Tue 'eiinan' s.unuins before her
and raising his hand to his forehead.
I'll do not understand"
ASK him, ask him" cried Tant' San
ME, pointing to Bonaparte. "He knows.
You thought he could not make me
uiiuefstanu' put ne ald, ne ald' you old
looi! l KNOW enough Engilsh TOT that.
LOU pe mere shouted the Dutchwo-
man, Wnen inc morning star rises,
anu VIII let my hanrs take you out
anu ui'ls YOU .,il tiere Is not one pone
ieit III your old Dody that is not Dro-
Ken as me as popootle meat you oid
neesar! An your rags are not worth
Ina. tney shouiu De thrown out on 70
Tue ash neap' cried theEboer woman,
s..put ! VIII nave them FOR my sheep!
ny ny one rotteli moor OF your oid mare mare
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{, az, al Ior my sneep tnat you nave
jios., you godiess thing
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ha -.
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