Washington sentinel., 1900-11-10
WHAT Will BE HIS GIFT TO THE AMERICAN PEoPLE7

so as to dispel doubts. I therefore sud
denly rose up, holding my rifle above
my head in horizontal position. This
was our signal, though it was not always
acted on, and though Il did not always
serve, found that the troop was body
Of Beers led by some artillerists, whose
uniform and braced manner OF riding
made them rest mble the English.
On another occasion near the same
place we had furious chase one dark
night after the foe. Next day we found
we had been worrying party OF Italian
scouts. In the early gray of the morning
two Of them we're found up a palm tree,
and when we approached they yelled
madlY. "Italianos Italanosp
once dropped in for little shooting
myself inadvertently II was also near
Elandslaagte, where on the previous
day we had dislodgei an advance guard
of the English, They were shifting
camp, and I was watching their retire
ment with my field glasses. Suddenly
the bullets began to sing about. turned
to an aide de camp of General Botha
who was sitting behind rock. "Where
is that firing coming trom?' inquired.
81 don't know" he replied, where
they are firing from, out know what
they are firing at
"Ah?"
"Yes," he concluded with a grin,
"they are firing at you"
h. I,,gE r.
| dropped behind a rock before making
further observations,
Some OF the sayings Of my men were
curious. ! had famous prize6ghter Ia
my brigade, lightweight, finely built
young fellow, and as brave as one can
find them. He said he would follow me
like a star" He did till he met his
death ne ar Johannesburg. One day.
however, he was very respondent. 1t
was the day Of our retreat from the
Blggarsberg, He did not like to retreat.
Colonel" he said, we've backed
loser"
That certainly summed up the sllua-
ton. He continued by saying that he
once saw a man beat another In the ring,
but "he wouldn't 90 in and finish him.
Now, that's what we've done. When
we had them going we ought to have
given them the Knockout But now
they've cot their second wind, and they
are going to lick us. Blow itr'
had also an ex bandit. He was
fine fellow, half Irish and half French,
but a thorough Alrikander, He had
sprung into fame by robbing a mail
coach and getting away with some some.
thing like $4,000. He was caught
soon alter, owing to the We akness OF an
accOmplice, and received a sentence Of
twenty years Imprisonment Turning
to the judge, t cried out, "Say
Judge, will you make it double or quitsP,
This sally made his fortune, for he
was very we'll treated in prison and was
soon a'terward released. This happened
not long before the war, and T
joined my brigade. He was a first rate
trooper. and 1 subsequently, made him
sergeant. He was dI5tiuguIshed tor his
courage, his untiring energy, his power
oiinAuenciug the men and dishonesty.
Now and again the bandit came to
the fore. as when he wanted ME to pro-
pose to General Botha a dash on Lady
smith. This was subsequent to the
relief OF that town, and was surprised
that T should still think that possible
"If we could get in" he said, 1--WE
ought to 60 for the bank at oucew
AT johannesburg also he wanted me
to burn the CITY down and go in for a
colossal sacking Of the place. There
would be fortune in II for ALL he said.
At the same time he would not take a
glass of milk without paying for It, even
al a time when food was scanty and his
money nearly run out. But T----'s last
"word" was a good one. | ought to
explain that with the Beers there was a
certain dignity attached to the labor Of
a white man, and the white man was
remarkably we'll paid. A miner received
on the average SII3 a month The
Kathrs did the hard, brutal toll in the
mines, but the white man interviewed IN
order to explode the dynamite charge.
T, who was aS philosopher in his
way, beheld in his prophetic vision this
regime disappearing and an era Of
grinding capitalism coming in, when the
| white man would be but a tool IN the
great Iuggernaut machine OF the syndi
| Gates. We were making our way to
/ Pretoria, when r turned round in
his saddle TO take a farewell look az the
| city he knew so well, and he summed
up the situation sadly: "Now KaffiT
can fire a charge"