Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-04-12

noGdlng his head in a manner that
would have made any other man dizzy.
Il wish he would not come back to-
night" said En-. her face wet with
tears.
1T will be just the same if he comes
back tomorrow said Lyndall
The two girls sat on the step of the
cabin waiting for the Germans re-
turn. I.yndall shaded her eyes with
her hand from the sunset light
There he comes she said, "whis-
Ting 'Ach Jerusalem du schone? so
loud | can hear him here
Perhaps he has found the sheep"
Found them said LyndaIl. HE
would whistle just so if he knew he
had to die tonight"
You look at the sunset ell, chick
ens?" the German said as he came up
at smart canter. "Ah. yes, that is
beautiful he added as he dismount-
ell pausinG for n moment with his
hand on the saddle to look at the even
ing sky. where the sun shot up long
flaming streaks. between which and
the eye thin yellow clouds foated. Ell,
YOU. wcep?" said the German as the
girls ran up to him.
Before they had time to reply the
voice of Tant' Sannie was heard.
you child Of the child of the child
Of n KafIir's dog, come here.'
The German looked up. He thought
the Dutchwoman. come out to cool her
! self in the yard, called to some misbe-
| having servant. The old man looked
round to see who it might be.
You old yagabond of a praying Ger
| man. are you dcafT"
Tant' Sannie stood before the steps
If the kitchen. Upon them sat the
lean Hottentot Upon the highest
stood Bonaparte Blenkins, both hands
folded under the tails of his coat and
his eyes fixed on the sunset sky.
The German dropped the saddle on
the ground.
'Bish. bish, bish! What may this
be?" he said and walked toward the
house. Every stranger
The girls followed him, En- still
weeping. Lyndall with her face rather
white and her eyes wide open.
"And- lave the heart of devil, did
vou say? You could run me through
with n knife. could you" cried the
Dutch,yoman. Il could not drive the
Kaffft. maid away because | was afraid
Of yo, vas I? oh. you miserable rag
l loved you, did |? | would have liked
to marry you, would |, would l, would
Il" cried the Boer woman. You cat
tail, you dogs paw! BE near my house
tomorrow morning when the sur
rises" she gasped, my Kaftirs will
drag YOU through the sand. Ihey
would do it gladly, any of them, for
bit of tobacco, for all your praying'
with them"
Il am bewildered, l am bewildered,'
said the German, standing before heI
and raising his hand TO his forehead
III do not understand
"Ask him. ask himw cried Tant San
ME, pointing to Bonaparte. HE knows
You thought he could not make M
understand, but he did, he did, you OLE
fool! | know enough English for that
You be here" shouted the Dutchwo
man. "when the morning star rises
and | will let my Kafiirs take you on
and drag you till there is not one bon
left in your old body that is not bro
ken as fine rs bebootie meat, you ol'
begear! All your rags are not wort
that they should be thrown out on {
the ash heap" cried the Boer woman
''but | will have them for my sheep
, Not one rotten hoof of your oh mar
do you take with you. will have he
, all, all for my sheep that you nav
lost. you goddess thing"
, The Boer woman wiped the moistur
from her mouth with the palm of he
hand.
The German turned to Bonapart'
who still stood on the step absorbed !
the beauty of the sunset.
do not address me, DO not approac
me. lost man." said Bonaparte, nc
moving his eye nor lowering his chiI
"There is a crime from which all n;
ture revolts; there is crime who's
name is loathsome to the human ca
That crime is yours; that crime Is II
, | gratitude. This woman has been yor
benefactress. On her farm you haY
lived, after her sheep you have looke'
, into her house you have been allowe
to enter and hold Divine service, a
honor of which you were never worth.
! | and how have you rewarded hel
Basely, basely, basely''
> But it is all false. lies and falls
q hoods. | must, will speak" said Il
, German, suddenly looking round, b
! wildered. "Do | dream? Are yc
+ mad? What may it bcf'
, "Go, dogr cried the Dutchwoma
; 81 would have been n rich woman tn
n day if it had not been for your la1
|, ness, praying with the Kafiirs behir
= the kraal walls. Go. you KafIir dog!
! "But what then is the matter? VIII
, may have happened since | leftT' sa
the German. turning to the Hottent
woman who sat upon the step.
p She was his friend she would t.
;. him kindly the truth. The woman n
!, swered by loud, ringing laugh.
"Give It him, old missls! Give
4 himr'
r 1t was so nice to see the white IN;
y who had been master hunted dow
G The colored woman laughed and thre
a dozen mealie grains into her mou
O to chew.
n All anger and excitement faded fro
4 the old mans face. He turned slow
!, away and walked down the little pa
Il to his cabin. with his shoulders bel
o 1t was all dark before him. He stu
= bled over the threshold Of his own w
o known door.
O En-, sobblng bitterly, would ha
p followed him, but the Bocr woman pl
II vented her by a flood of speech viii
G cOnvulsed the Hottentot so low we
u its images.
D.. "Come, EN-" said Lyndall, lifti
@ her small proud head, "let us go
d We win not stay to hear such IL
q guage."
She looked into the Boer woman
.e eyes. Tant' Sannie understood
% meaning Of the look if not the wor'
n She waddlcd after them and caue
g En- by the arm. She had struck l.!
r. dali once years before and had ne1
/ done it again, so she took En-.
is 80 you viii defy me, too, will "
1- you Engllshman's ugliness" she crI
" as with one hand she forced the ch
y down and held her head tightly agail
ia her knee With the other she beat
Is first upon one cheek and then upon
n other.
If For one instant Lyndall looked
+ Then she laid her small fingers on
l. BOer woman's arm. With the exert
H.. a.