The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-05

nnsiss,,ised contempt ! passed MN one
day When he had momentariIy Iol IS5!;tish
himself and was ho1n m lleSS,,h+ nv eve
messroom song When ne caugn s,a ny I'D
he stoned abruptly, turned scarlet anu
walked away -, - Sba foreign
mercenarieS among the ol La.s N the
Colonel Shiels who had peeh II ~ IL
Austrian engineer corps. Shlels was tlie
fellow who. as YOU may have read SSIll.
near escaping by digging IuilnSi NiAJ L.
came aboard rugged out IN superb st go
and Snan uniform, all made IN LoI I;
and il was easy to see that ne CoIIe-0i -
himself better than his cemEdIaeegLtS GO =
expected some special consideration as S1;s q
cosnnonoIifsn officer and gent emah- hIs
manner was naughty ana supeIOi55iO- -
on our second day out ne stOPP C,o,a -,
rather familiarly and salu ~ IL ~ . n
,-an7ast beckoned to the interpreter;
A Scertain what this gentleman MlSl .H.s
I aid and inform him pOSltlVeiy tIias
he can communicate W1lI ,, ny S+1t5
+bro,Ieb Won Shiels was bollhS VIZ
rage Int he told the Interpreter, pretty
grIIffiy and still in English, tn0 ne
wanted a separate bath room IL -.
blamed that he did not care 10 ILaAe sii
toiIette with those Beers Irallsl9e7
What he saws l ordered, and the IN
ternreter graveIy repeated the TequeoI.
TELL the gentleman, SAID 1. thaN " Lo+tor
see why he should receive any - -
g
NOT suited he may go aft, with the pIlNa .lt's
GOIdiers ShieIs did not wait 10 nave my
repIv translated but rusneq on, lC,i - c9
That put a stop to any further oFeI'Hi @
from him. x,-t4
went on. Il was rather nOnDluSSed 70
know what to do for the old SSh(tteL4lialI11 >
diversion He and his wife would slI sl Ie--lt
side by, side, lor nouLS, he would
read a uITIe in the Bible; DuI was dilA-
ions to brighten him up DlU L-uchlIy
hapDened 10 think OF a graphophohe Iidu
purchased during my last EIS h; " MI in
orleans l rugged il up my caplIl, P I5 Al
A Sausa's band cylinder playing the res
idenss March, and then sent an HlNLta-
ton TO General and Mrs CrOhJe anu one
of the Boer officers who was also &C
conpanied by his wife. They came ~
and. while making a preteAI % eAIilolC =
ing some photographs, stAIleo tIe nc &c
chime to going. AT the 4rsI notes S SliS
whole party looked intensely amazed, Dul
of course they soon located the source OF
the sound. I heard you had a IdihlnS pQA
that talked like a man, Sald SFOHJe'
through the interpreter; IS that II e. 81,
general | replied, and when the cynnqer
stopped | shipped on another containing
Moody and Sankey's hymn, Ine Ninety
and Nine which l had been lolu the4
sang in their own language Inc e4L t.CI
was startling. They recognized the tune
ar once ana Mrs. CTOnJe burst suddenly
into tears while the other women llIted d
0uayering voice and began 10 sing the
words in Boer Dutch. Her husband turned
avyav and wiped his eyes, ana L could see
bv the spaSmOGlc claSplnS ana uncldSpIHS
OF his hands that General CronJe hILiseL
was deeply affected. To relieve Ih6 ten
sion | put in a record with llFeiy ,pdIlJO
SOIO and in a moment the old gentleman
began to smile and beat time Win MS 4eeI
and head, his gray beard WagglIlg 10 10, tHe
melody II was funny 10 see MN. hen
the music had ceased, a black hanr 10y >
a bO6v servant, who had followed me
party IN, said. aWeSOmely, that theFe vas
a devil IN the box. CrOn1e troWned DOWN
the suggestion, but asked whether II
wasn't done by some trick, ike NeHtIllO-
ouism. making an expressive gesture 10
his lids To satisfy hlm TOOK the Lld-
chine apart and explained the IAScild .; IN
in detail. He grasped the prlnclPIe qulCIh-
" and seemed deeply interested 1 leAC THO
instrument at St Helena
zone thing that impressed me parucu-
Iarly'' said Captain Webster IN response
to a question, was the chlIdlhe lSAVI { aIlce
of the rank and nile OF the OF me boef
prisoners Hardly any OF them hdu ever
seen the ocean before, and 1t was d CON
slant wonder and mystery 10 tnenl- 1HSy
had no idea OF relative distances, anu I CLIS
science OF navigation was enLlfely DeS o-1C
their conception. On the Veldt they WouId
travel entirely by landmarks, ana theg
were continually asking me now We cOu4u
steer the ship when there was no nh III OF
tree in sight as a gulQe point 440J
were also amazed that we could keep al d
uniform distance Of half a mile from the
man-o-war that acted as our consort.
After a few attempts l gave up eXplana-
ton as a bad job. Those poor people nave
been told some prepOsterOuS yarns Dy the
leaders. who are trying TO keep up war en-
thusiasm. For example, just before we
arrived at St. Helena, very lntellgent
young cornet took me aside ana SAID:
4 Captain, / have private queSuon
would like greatly to ask you All right,
NV boy. what is ito said 1. Has the
tN-roptan war started yet2 he asked In a
whisper What European war; 1 IN