The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-04
DOM PAUL's TEMPER.

President Kruger when aroused has
a temper not easily subdued. The fol-
lowing incident occurred at MachadO-
dorp last June:
A prominent burgher named De We're
came up to Machadodorp to seek an
extra horse, which he wanted to make
use of for pack purposes as he wished
to visit his family, some fifty miles dis
tant The commissariat officials told
| him they could not possibly oblige him,
as they found it difficult to supply the
men who were at that time waiting |
for horses, in order to return to the
| fighting lines.
But" said he, Il must have one,
my horse cannot carry me and my
pack and I tell you l am going to
have one or I'll know the reason why.
But my friend, we cannot give you
a horse even If the President order 1t
So" the officials replied.
WELL" said De We're, I'm make the
President give me an order, then I'll
lust see how smart you people are, III
lust show you loafers what I'm MADE
of. l tell you right now I'll get a
horse, or some one will hear from me-"
He left them, and went about the
place roaring that he'd have horse
or he would make things hum.
Arriving at the Presidents private
car and stating his business he was
at once admitted. The President babe
him good day and asked what ne couIo
do for him.
mr. President" he said. II want an
order from you for an extra horse to
carry my pack, as 1 wish to go horne
for a week.
The President has been sorely pest
iered with this sort of thing for some
time and naturally his patience was
labout exhausted.
Don't you know, De Vere," he said,
that we are hard pressed for horses
and cannot even supply the men who
want to return to the front?"
We'll, President, / don't know any
thing about other men, all 1 want is
your order, and I'll get the horse" he
replied.
Il cannot give you an order" said
Paul you have one horse, and If YOU
want to go home very badly why leave
your pack behind.
President" said De We're, 4 must
: have a horse. and you must see that
get one
Go out of my presence" said Oom
you ask for more than 1 can give. be-
sides l am worried enough"
President, will you give me the
Before De We're could count one, Dom
Paul had risen and clutched him by
the throat, saying, go out, go out, OF
you'll drive me mad"
So strong was this old lion fighter
that it taxed three mems united efforts
Il to pull him off De We're, who was by
le this time almost blue in the face He
20 was promptly elected. Needless to add
TO that De We're went home without his
&c horse, nor was he heard from again
At least, he didn't make anything hum
q; didn't murder any of the officials but
instead, took a quiet sneak by moon
light.
SERGEANT MALONE, THE
OWL"
great and mighty man was Ser
geant Malone, 1.-The divil," as he wa
he termed by the members of the Irist
o Brigade. A more bloodthirsty solde
n; would be hard to find. He was placin,
j. some twelve men on guard one nigh
last December in very tight corne
outside Ladysmith: he had orders {
warn them about their retreat if the,
found 1t necessary to do so, but go
mixed up somehow, and failed to Civ
his men such warning. When one O
the guard happened to ask him wher
they should make for in case they ha
to retreat, he answered, "Phwat'
that? Talking about retrate? Is it re
trate yez want? Begorra, an yez ;
not retrate at all, so yez won't; moin
that now, We dirty lot iv towards Sur
an Ohm ashamed iv yez"
Malone's capers were most amusin
at times. During an engagement wit
-. the enemy, he happened to walk dow
the hillside for some purpose or othe
and to his surprise saw about tw
hundred cavalry coming up toward
. the point where he stood. This we
too much for Malone, to think of tt
audacity of two hundred Lancers con
ing so close.
"Oh, begorra, bhoys," he yelle
here comes the Lancers. Come dow
here, five or six iv yez, an We'll hes
thin off"
The Lancers were, luckily for Malon
% headed off by a few timely shots fro
the Boer pom POM as the Beers ter
the Maxim Nordenfeldt.
NEATLY DONE.
At the beginning of the war the wo
surround became quite a by-wor
owing to the fact that the British we
getting fairly we'll surrounded at
points. 1t happened that a stalwa
young Boer, who was stationed on
small kopJe near Helpmakar in Nat:
espied three British scouts making f
the kopje Looking back and seeil
some of his comrades in the distant
also coming his way, he resolved
try to trap the English scouts. !
managed to secrete himself where
could observe the movements of t
enemy. One of the enemy made d
tour OF the kopje, and as everythi1
seemed clear and safe they unsaddle
knee-haltered their horses, and ma
preparations to have some lunch IT
sun being a little too strong for the
they fell back towards a shady spot
ms act on their part practical
gave the young Boer a chance to g
the drop on them, as he was now =
tween them. and their accoutremen
he gently raised his head to ascerta
ms comrades were still coming q
hnoing they were, he acted on the SD
OF the moment. Firing two or thr
ROUNDS quickly from his reyoIv,
which he dropped, he then levelled ,
rlhe, STOOD up and ordered the thr
scouts to hold up their hands =
comrades took the prisoners arms a
II horses, and allowed the young Boer I
honor of escorting the trio into can
When he turned his prisoners over
the commandment, this worthy ask