The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-02

riting from, Gpring South Africa.
on August corresponding IA tho
first Canadian continge nt gives the fol-
lowing romantic history of tie failure
OF g Boer plot to recapture Johannes-.
burg which had q prospect Of being sue
ScessfuI, says thesNew York Sun, until
the love- Of q Beer maid len for q BritonS
q'veercame her pat otism and saved the
British garrison: s.s..
y couple Of weeks ago the Beers.
within and without 81 Johannesburg ar
ranged for q rising there 81 md king all
our officers prisoners, and then BY Mt
stacking the sold who, It was ex-
pected would be demoralized and SUR
render; Meetings were held by the
5Boer leaders at the Grand National ho-
tel and all arrangements were made
once more to place johannesburg in
the hands Of the burg hers. On Satur-
day afternoon, July II, ! gymkhana
had been arranged for the officers, to
be held on the race-track, under the
patronage Of the military governor
and major general commanding, for.
charitable purposes. Ii was expected
that almost all the officers Of the gar
rison would be there. t.7 :.@, 81. ia
The Beers purposed attending this
meeting armed with reyolvers, and hav-
ing q large number OF confederates,
armed likewise with Mausers,, hiding
in buildings in the immediate vicinity
OF the racetrack, ready tosact upon the
given signal. It was planned that when
the officers had been made prisoners
other Beers in the city would concen-:
trate at point fixed upon and attack
the British soldiers. s.7., 4,
while this was going on large.
number OF Beers from the>sf outside
would rush into the town and assist
their .conntrymen. It was anticipated.
that the soldiers would be utterly de-.
smoralized by the absence. Of their off,.
GERS, and with no one to direct them.
would easily be overcome and made
prisoners. The whole plan was cares
fully and secretly concocted, SO that the.
military authorities were in entire ig-.
norance Of the plot on the morning Of
the day for putting it into execution
The total miscarriage of the Beers
bold attempt was brought about by @
woman in . very simple and yet inter-
'estings tale OF love. $50
,As''It appears that a pretty Boer maid
ensin Johannesburg had two lovers, one
an sEnglishman and the other burgh-
er. They were both very pressing for
the hand of this young girl. On the
morning of the. gymkhanaA day the
Boer lover visited her and urged an i'm
mediate marriage that very morning,
and for reason Of such urgency, he
sunfolded the Boer plot TO seize Johan-
nesburg. As he. was to take part in the
stirring event Of the day, he was afraid
that possibly he would be killed or
wounded, and consequently wished to
make the young woman his. wife. The
girl asked for two hours to consider the
proposal, at the expiration OF q which
time he was to return to her Tor his
answer. as&fsas st.ts:aa@@$ eszzs.s5,s esa
-"':As, soon as the Boer lover was we'll
out Of sight the girl rushed to the mil
itary governor and gave him all the in
formation she had just received. 1T
can readily be understood how such a
tale would startle that officer, and he
at once took action. On the young
woman's return home she was accom-.
panied BY some offthe military police,
who followed q short distance behind,
and when the Boer lover returned for
his answer he was at once arrested and
taken before the military governor. On
the prisoner; discriminating papers and
letters were found which bore out all
that the young woman had told and a
great deal more. A list of leaders was
discovered among the. papers secured,
and other important information.
"The governor acted promptly. can
celled the gymkhana, and had ell the
Beers whose names appeared on the
lists arrested and at once sent to Cape
Town. More than 500 Beers were made
prisoners. "A general search for arms
was ordered andvhundreds. of Mausers
We're found hidden under mattresses
and in other places. There is little
doubt but for the information given
the military governor by the Boer
maiden the Beers would have been
successful in retaking johannes
burg'.f3 It is only a fair presumption
that the young maiden's tastes were
for her English lover, who will, no
doubt, now run a winning race for the
possession of her hand, as his Compel
itor is out Of it efectually.'''
+sats staEs 80 80 !. - - $3.50;
The Pioneer shirt-Waist Man. ~
+ II do be raydin' dealin the paypers
these days aboot IT, shurrt-wayste
man., said Dan Keegan to his partner,
as they Strengthened themselves up
from the ditch where, tthcy were at
work tosstare atTaparty Of golfers COM
ing down the lane. "These wimmen
arc maxim altogether TOO much az. n.
fuss ABBOTT it. Here's you and me been
wurrkin' all day long, all summer long,
iver sence we were strong enoug6to.
throw durrt, and niver vance did Ne
wear coat, barrin' av Sundays, from from