The suburban citizen., 1900-02-10

these in his luxuriant hair, which was
bound up with n copper ring on tou
of his head. On these journeys be.
tween Moehudi and Ma'eking he ran
almost as much chance Of being shot
by the British as by the Boer sen.
tries.
At this time large number of the
Beers were withdrawn from Mafekinn
to aid in making the siege of Kimber.
ley more severe. Commandant Cronie
himself went to Kimberley and left his
subordinate commandant, Snyman, ai
Mafeking.
CAUGHT IN vRYBURG.
Lady Sarah then became filed with
a desire to visit Vryburg, an important
point on the railroad from Mafekinq
to Kimberley 1t was particularly in.
teresting just then because the Beers
were passing through it on their way
to the latter place.
The dauntless English woman per-
shaded the young Boer farmer to take
her to Vryburg. He inspanned his
great wagon with four oxen and they
started out on the long journey to-
gether.
At Vryburg Lady Sarah found many
things OF interest. She visited the
hospital, where she found number
OF wounded English prisoners, whom
she consoled as well as she could.
She bought some delicacies for these
prisoners, and also some comforts
which she needed herself.
Then she was panied to learn that
the Boer authorities had given orders
that she should not be allowed to
leave the town. One more she made
use of the young Boer farmer.
She made him go with her before
the Landdrost, or Magistrate, who
had been put in charge of the town
by the Beers, and swear that Lady
Sarah was his sister. He had to an
swer many embarrassing questions put
to him by the Magistrate concerning
his lack of family resemblance to his
"sister," her English accent, her
clothes so different from those worn
by Boer women, and many other
matters.
The young Boer explained that his
sister had been educated in England,
which is the case with a number of
Beers. Fortunately, there was no
one at hand who knew the exact
facts about Lady Sarah, and the
Landdrost, apparently kindly man,
let her go. In order to run no further
risks she left Vryburg at 4 o'clock in
the morning with her Boer friend.
When she got back to Mochudi an
other calamity awaited her. Com
mandant Snyman had discovered that
she had been sending dispatches into
Mafeking. Up to that time he had
been in some doubt as to how to treat
her. Now he had no more doubt.
He held her strictly prisoner,
locked her up and put an armed
guard over her. Then Colonel Baden
Powell demanded Lady Sarah's re-
lease as a noncombatant Com
mandant Snyman replied that she
was a spy, and that he was behaving
with leniency when he consented to
exchange her for an important Boer
officer held by the British. He inti-
mated that he had a perfect right to
shoot poor Lady Sarah as a spy.
The gallant Colonel Baden-Powell
could not bear the thought of leaving
a woman--and such a woman--in so
distressing a position. He therefore
exchanged his Boer prisoner for her,
and she was returned to her husband
and the garrison of Mafeking.
In o recent sortie from Mateking
her husband was wounded, and so
she has him to nurse in addition to
her other occupations.
Lady Sarah Wilson is the tenth
child of a former Duke of Marl-
borough, and is about the same age
as her nephew, the present Duke.
She is the youngest sister of the late
Duke who married Mrs. Ham
ersley, of New York-and of the late
Lord Randolph Churchill.
In 1891 she married Captain Gordon
Chesney Wilson, son OF Sir Samuel
Wilson, an Australian millionaire.
She is a tall, handsome woman,
with an Unsuitable fondness for out
door sports and for foreign travel and
adventure.