The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

changed his name NOR than olce. W.
| found that in Johannesburg he was
known rs Lewrence, but he left there
suddenly. and we heard that he had come
III this direction.
| 'Lawrence?' said the woman, shaking
her head. II know none of that name.
20, thin, think, think" crieI the wife
rising, in her anxiety, and taking both
hands of her new friends in her own
Think, in little place like Nryburs
you must see everybody WHO'D! o! U!
| In rising she faced the fireplace, and
on the mantlepiece rested pocketbook,
| a neat morocco affair, which, as the
landlady had observed, had been left by
| the new trooper on the piano, in the
hurry Of the raiders preparation to join
DIR. Jameson.
| The lady ran 10 it with a loud scream,
| and opened it, crying:
| at is hist is Roberts. | gave it to
| him myself
In her hurry her trembling fingers
| fumbled over the clasp and the book,
opening suddenly, several papers fell
upon the floor. The lady's loud cry
brought in the landlord and the lawyer 3
| clerk and one other. In their concen-
trated observation of the unwonted
feminine, the hotel people had paid no
attention TO the appearance OF the other
arrival in q carriage from the train. lie
was q solitary traveller, and had not
clamored for attention. Now he stood
coolly at the door, watching the unusual
excitement within the parlor. Nobody
noticed his presence.
Mr.. Brown" cried the lady to the
clerk I'VE have found him. o, how
glad am! See, here is his pocket book
0. tell me, you kind woman, who left
this"
''That?'' said the landlady. why,
that belonged to one of the poor men
who went out with DR.. Jameson. He
had just come and / didn't hear his
name. My, but-but-sure, the boy here
is like him."
Dr.-Jamieson?" the lady
whispered, very white I'VE heard-on
the train--that the raiders were killed
and captured. Was-he-there? AT
Krugersdorp!"
Nobody answered her The man at
the door slipped quietly in and examined
the papers on the floor unobserved. For
moment the lady trembled. then, tax
ny her little bewildered sons hand, she
said. steadily:
''Mr. Brown, will you order a carriage
and horses? / will go there at once"
my lady. where?'
ITO the battlefield
1T is late the day, my lady, and
many miles"
She bit her lips.
''please order the Horses at once" she
said. NO doubt we can find fresh ones
somewhere if these fail us on the road
He looked at her, and opened his lips
to protest. but looked at her again and
obeyed The good woman of the house
pitied but had sufficient instructive taos
not to press the feverishly agitated wife
to remain. The landlord hustled about
and himself saw to the guides and
horses.
In the meantime the lone traveller
took one glass OF beer and sandwich
at the bar. and, grabbing mis- valise,
made haste to catch southbound train
for Kimberley, after consulting for a
moment the time tables which explained
how one should quickest reach Pretoria
in the Transvaal.
Wrapped in cloakS. the lawyers clerk
and the tired clllld slept Nt1ulIy through
the night, as four horses ratified them
over the wide and lonely veldt. But
the wife was sleepiess, staring with
anxious eyes into the continual shad-
ows. Shapeless shadows to the driver
and guide, shadows of no meaning, they
were animate for her-forms and faces
Of long ago leapng to fantastic lfe
forms and faces even more fantastic, OF
a future doubtful and dreaded. Once
or twice her fatigue overcame her anx-
iety and she slept a little The last time
she woke UP with cry for help. In
her dream she had seen a tail ladder,
resting in unseen depths of blackness,
yet whose top was in unight. Her nus
band was falling. falling to the ladder
foot, 10 dreadful darkness, but she and
an old man were locking down at him
from above.
30, dear Cod she sobbed, \shudder-
ing. Whatever he is--whatever he has
done, blame not him, but me. I pushed
him down. Ny God, l pushed him
down."