Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-30

OeSll IL Icti tHS NduI Vi IOOu. ItAllOuS
just enough to keep body and SOU tOgeth-
er. We hear the guns of the relief col
umns daily. sometimes near, next day
farther off. You will now all about these
battles; we get to know nothing. Wife
has been very sick, and I have had to
plead for a fowl at any price.
1t is two weeks since I wrote the last
part of this letter. We are nearly hunger
ed. NV poor wife is crying for food. She
has been plucky all through. but we can
stand the strain much longer. | nus
cave wife and home for the Town Guard,
though the wife is in a critical condition.
Once more we are well, but very hungry.
I am in the fort on duty. Fancy yours
on sentry-go. with rifle and fixed bayonet.
Ha, ha! (Mr. Timby's' little joke rests on
the fact that he is Of very small %stature.)
/ am stationed three miles out of town,
close to the Boer lines. We both COM.
mence firing every morning ABOUT 8
o'clock, but there is no damage on either,
side. -
Matters are coming to a finish!'| The
Beers have got a big gun, and are send
ing in 100 pound shells. Many people have
been killed, and houses have been knock
ed down and burned. We can't stand this
long. Mr.. Rhodes has had a big 81
! FOUNDER made, and we fired the first shot.
AS the artillery cannot see other, Il nave
been put up on a high head-gear with q
leu a " "dt Jul ol4C "AANA - wv
smoke from a Boer gun. Our LongeCecii
is a great success. 4
We have been quiet for two days. Yes
! terday had been half-an-hour home from
the fort. when we had q little daughter
born. Both doing we'll ven out to o
for extra food. n as special favors on
account of the circumstances got one
fowl for 16s, another for 15s and a dozen
egg for los, We had a nurse for ten days
(G5 1Os,) and since have with a
Kaffir girl.
All still we'll. Had to get down the hole
smartly today. The big gun is doing a lot
of harm. Beers sent in word that they
were going to lombard the town. so all
the women and children We're sent down
the mine. News just arrived that General
French is marching toward Kimberley
Off to the fort. Good night.
Good news at last! Between five and
six yesterday afternoon General French
arrived o the outskirts of the town with
$500 men. The night before our men de-
ployed on the open veldt and made ready
for a rush at daybreak. All the night they
crept toward the Boer lines. They were
surprised to find the Beers and guns gone
but only to mass in front of us. We
found them. inc charged, and what was
left of the Beers cleared out The Hus-
sars vent for them, and when they cried
for mercy told them it was too late to Cry
for mercy because they had been fighting
women and children. We "a afford tc
smile now. Everybody is smiling. Thank
God for bringing us safely through this
great trial and danger. Instead OF horse
meat we got a bit of bullock today, and
tomorrow we shall be on civilized food
again.
February ~27th.-Cronje has surrender
ed with 5000 men, and they will be
brought in here tonight. This will have
broken the heart of the Beers. I have hao
a walk to the Drontie Ridge, where we
had the last Kimberley battle. and saw
the wagons left behind and II Boel
graves I have a few pieces of shell tt
bring home with me. I came across &
dead Boer with only a few big stones or
top of him, one foot out and half hi!
face and whiskers cooking up. I though
of bringing home his big toe as a mem
ento. but could not get his boot off. It's
a treat to be able to sleep once more Will
clothes off. Our baby, four weeks old to
day, is a little champion, but just like u
all-always hungry. y
March 1st.-Today we hear Ladysmitl
:, is relieved. Everything seems so nice
} Horseflesh and Indian meal a thing of tn
, past, and sugar for tea again. Now. w
: must try to pick up again, and after get
: ting a little money we will make track
r for home.