The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-11-18

that occasions He showed me the groove
along his temple where the bullet had
grazed him. The rooibatjes nearly did it
for me, mynheer,' he said, but Allemach
ter, paid them out. I sat upon a stone
and shot them as they ran down the hill.
rolling them over, net as die bockes
Gust like buck 'het vas allie locker
ut was very nfce). That same man said
to me, But bear no malice; I'M future,
II an Englishman touches his hat to me
shall acknowledge. It,. After that
came to the conclusion that the Trans
wall border was no place for Eng1ishment
''The natives Mr.. Haggard thinks,
.'probably will attack their ancient enc
mics the Beers, unless we can prevent
them. They hate the Beers, and with good
reason. It was their hatred of the Boers,,
for instance, that cost us the Zulu warts
and remember, at the time the. difficulty
that Sir Melmoth Osborn had in prevent
ing them from attacking the Dutch in the.
course of the 1881 rebellion. -
white must stand gainst black. The
Beers and ourselves are of common
stock-that is the sad part Of this strug-
gle. We cannot see their. wives and chill
dren put to the assegai. 1t, seems pos
sible that the end of all this miserable
business will be that we shall have to
fight native races, SUCH as our old friends
and allies, the Swazis, who, contrary to
our solemn promise as defined by the
convention, we have abandoned to the
Beers, in order->to- prevent them from
fighting our enemies. a. r. 81 .. = -. .
E'tIf we are to stay In South Africa, we
must rule in South Africa: 1t is a case Of
govern or go. And If we 60 then goodby
to the prestige of Great Britain through
out the world.'' s. =. : - ...
| The Boers and the 0utlander storekeeper
are two shrewd partiesfto sharp bargain
as rule. The Boer Iannexes from the
storekeeper, but the latter often plays It
| low down or: the BOer. The story OF how
one Of the prominent English South :Afri
can millionaires made his first step ON
| the ladder to fortune shows this: In the
| days when stores were just the beginning
of fortunes being made at the newly dis
Ecovered dtAInond: mines at Kimberley he
had store in a little ''dorp" of less than
stories Of big fortunes quickly made fired
hir1 withisdesire to. emulate
H. iWEeifNthe Roers next brought in for
sale their usual bales Of wool, instead of
lasettling5with them at once, as customary,
he put them off on the plea that he had
| not yet received the, current market
prices. Having got the wool safely away
to the coast, he dispatched an accomplice
on curious Grand The accomplice
would ride over to- a. farm. and. after dis
cusstng. with the old, BOer the condition OF
| his: weld, cattle, etc., for an hour or two,
would, in the usual Dutch fashion, then
approach the real object Of his visit by
casually remarking: That's a bad bust
ness about Mr.. Johnson going wrong
why, what's that you say.?" the Boer
would reply. stOh, haven't you heard 2
They say Johnson's affairs are in very
| any time "Allemachter!'' -gasps the
J Boer, "why, he's got batch Of my wool
not paid for!'' IF that is So" says the
| accomplish, eff I were you I would go
and see about 1t at once" So in the,
course of a few days Boer after Boer
| turned up at Johnson's store, where their
fears We're confirmed but each vas told
confdentially by Johnson: "Well,. you,
know, I shouldn't like you, at any rate, to-
suffer, SO just take anything you like.
| from the store in settlement" 1t was a.
grand ruse, and the last Boer who cleared
| out with a wagon load Of pocket handler
chiefs went away thankful that he had, at
any rate, got something. And the shrewd
and immoral "Outlander" Departed for
| Kimberley with the proceeds Of the most
successful selling off" on record.
Ladysmith, which has been brought
! into such prominence since the outbreak,
of the Boer war, was named after the
wife of Gen. Sir Harry Smith His mar
! riage was a romance of the Napoleon!c.
wars When the British under Sir Arthur
Wellesley afterward- Duke of Wellington
were driving the French out of SPAIN.
Henry Smith was captain IN the British
| army. One night he and another, young
| officer in Spanish town which the Brit
ish had just occupied were visited by
two beautiful Spanish girls Of high rank,
who begged their protection in the alarm
ing circumstances in which they. were
placed. The protection was. Of course.
given, and Capt. Smith fell desperately ,eE
| sequently married her. 1,r -,
AfterWard he became Gen. Sir Harry
| and she Lady Smith, Sir Harry was en-
ployed in South Africa after it became
a British possession. and his name IS
| lust across the Orange Free State border
from Natal.
Sir James Sivewright now tells this,
story of the last Boer war. In 1881 he
| was chief of the Cape Telegraph depart
ment, and lived at Newlands, pretty
suburb Of Cape Town, and here on Sun,
days he frequently had as guest the
military secretary to the commander-in-
chief, Sir Leicester Smythe. This mill
tary secretary was Maj. Redvers Butler,
and on one particular Sunday, the major
was most melancholy. He said that the
reason was his anxiety about the war
in Natal. which the Beers had Invaded.
Colley know this African ground as, we.
know It? He may be tempted to go up,
one OF those internal hills. Very well,
he III, climb one of them, but not really
get to the top; or, II he does get there
he won't understand that the tops no
use unless you know which ridge to
guard. And, SO again, / ask you, does
he know our African hills
Sir James tried in vain to reassure his
guest. and took him to the Office in Cape
Town and got the wires connected with
the base. The news was reassunng. Sir.
George Colley had moved out in force
the day before and was now, it was
understood, in command of the Boer posi-
ton. The Beers probably were retreat
ing.
Butler. and he became more melancholy
than before. You See" he said, fits,
the very thing told you. Coliey has.
rome up some mount He'll think
commands the Boer position, but he
won't. It takes an African to do that"
"A few hours later came the news Of
the disaster sat Majuba HILL and Maj
Butler. with friend, drove Immediately
into Cape Town. They went straight for
the generals quarters and demanded to-,
see him. The military secretary briefly
told his chief what had happened .Andf
now, tsir, !" said the masterful man. taking.
the reins into his hand, .'TlI tell you.
what we must do.
You must leave with me for Natal
tonight to take over the command. YOU
are senior office In this country, and-its.
your right. We must catch the Beers on.
the hop. Here Is Mr.. Sivewright He'll
90 to the Union company and get you a
small steamer, and we'll start tonight
at Just take your kit and yourself
and So-and-So.''
The old gentleman demonstrated. He