The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-30

Adventures o. Lady Sarah Wilson
as a Boer Prisoner.
REPORTED FIGHT WITH KAFFIRs.
The Beers, AFTER sharp Contest
Capture the snvngcs' Position--rhe
Bocr shell Firc Very Damaging TO
Lndysmith-BuIIer' Next Move.


Observation-Disclosures Next Move.
London, Dee. 30.-A press corre-
spondent recently interviewed Lady
Sarah Wilson in a bomb proof shelter
Of her own construction at Mafeking
IL was under the residence of Mr.. Well
There she is enabled to exist with some
degree of comfort, and If she chooses to
spend a part OF the time in the house
her shelter is close enough to enable
her to take cover between the ring OF
the warning bell and the arrival of the
projectile.
The correspondent was struck with
the fact, on entering her bomb proof
refuge, that Lady Sarah is unquestion-
ably an Old campaigner Even in this
noisome, dark hole, dug under the
ground, she manages to make herself
comfortah e. she has whisky and
soda. as Well as cigarettes, to offer
visitors
Lady Sarah's adventures we're ex-
citing, sometimes amusing and often
spiced with considerable danger II
was on a Thursday that she left Mafe-
king She arrived at Setlagol hotel
that night Before morning she was
aroused by the rattle of musketry
and the boom of guns. II was Captain
Nesbtt, of the Mashohaland mounted
police, now prisoner in the hands OF
the Beers, who was fighting desperate
ly, unable to get back or to go forward,
but holding the wrecked armOred train
until the last As soon as daylight
would allow Lady Sarah pluckily rode
to the scene of action and photograph
ed the wreck
Finding that her presence at Setla-
goli exposed her to insults, the Beers
moved her to Mosuti where she enjoy
ed the hospitality OF a colonial farmer
BY means of heavy bribes she persuad
ed natives to carry information to and
fro. Extraordinary stories regarding
her were circulated among the Beers.
One was that she was the wife of an
English general, another that she was
a granddaughter of the queen and had
come to spy upon the doings of the
Beers. and a third that she was the
only female survivor of Mafeking hav-
ing escaped in the guise of a woman
Lady Sarah visited Vryburg. She
was driven there by a young Boer, who
passed her off as his sister. She found
loyalists, who gave her official dis
patches and news. She stayed in the
hotel all day and stole out at night to
do shopping On visiting the hospital
she found that orders had been issued
that no one should leave the town
The gallant Boer had to answer some
curious questions put by the landrost
before he could get permission for him
self and his sister" to leave. They set
out at o'clock i'll the morning, in fear
Of being recognized, and got away
safely
After the Beers discovered that she
had been mixed up in dispatch run
ming she went to Commandant Sny-
mans camp with a view of getting
back to Mafeking, but Snyman refused
10 let her 90 TO Mafeking or even to
Setlagoli. He proposed sending her to
Zeerust as prisoner of war, or as an
alternative, to release her If Vilioeu
were given IN by the British
At first she refused to ask Colonel
Baden Powell to do this, but finally she
changed her mind. Lady Sarah gath
cred from her varied experiences
among the Beers that they are hearth
ly sick of the war.
A dispatch from Pretoria by way of
Lorenzo Marques, Dec rs, says: Com
mandant Swart reports from the
laager at Aluwyns Kop, near Zeerust,
that he bad an engagement on Friday,
Dec. 22, with kaffirs in the neighbor-
hood of Derdorpoort. The kafIirs oc-
cupied a strongly fortified ridge and
were well prepared for emergencies.
After heavy fighting the burghers cap
tured the KafIir position, losing three
killed and Eve wounded
A Ladysmith dispatch of Dec. "a
says General White has had slight
attack of fever, but he is now con
valescent. The Boer she'll fire has been
very damaging recently. On Friday
one shell killed six men and wounded
nine. The same missile killed IA
horses. Another lust missed the Fifth