The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-20
PONJE At
|. ST, HELENA
NJ He Lives in His
Cottage Prison.
RI LIFE Of THE DOER
hs EngIish Well But Refuses
% 30 so While in
Captivity.


,,oy June IA correspondent
listed the Beers In 81. Helena
.s.,, iot 10 be- very comfortable.
III bl. wife and three members
- are I'm Kent cottage. porched
pftmlt lust such a cottage a.
...s on the outskirts u many
...a,b village Imagine an UMPIRE
l,so.st. rcd dwelling with slate
IA y.ilow wash a walls, sttuding
.,,,v nom a background of green
r The window frames and shut
[ Ar pointed the same shade OF
I. mai you may see any day at a
T. nmhouse In the Paarl district
T.. c,w Colony In front runs a
|. - Ard there Is a slightly raised
/. There ls also some pretence at
\. Garden. but II IL sadly neglect
I'M, GARDEN Ia enclosed by a black
l,s p,l.ng. and stiil further In from.
\ unls more cultivated land with
H.. and a Few other trees. The
l. i simplicity Itself but for the
,,st In the right hand front corner
Il, arden. and the steady tramp OF
l.lead sontrics. east. west. north
H. lbe tocp and beneath the veran-
fs ine best part of the day sits
l.al cronip. dark Of visage, some
|, oeu. boarded, and with nair turn
Irag It's eyes are deep-set. dark
|iT,l.lke. and bis demoanor IL one
I,urpmn reserve. Piet Cronje car
III English almost as well as any
k'Uaalor VI Dutch eNtraCtlo- Out
| ray ply him In vain with questions
Ignrsh. Ne positively refuses TO
\ s4ythlrg but Ills native taal. and
tbas his replies are little more
monoayllablos lie has little TO
slout anything. and is difiiCult to
Of course he feels his position.
MAJ see that written large upon
fer b. contrary TO what 40 many
y, think. be appears 10 BE- very
mi Cor any kindness that Is shown
and fully appreciates the euorts
tfo made to secure his comfort.
uad Jhls he is gs the sphinx.
IA a strange character. that 81
nnla. Charges of terrible craelty
been mid az nts door, aud some
WhOn you carefully regal bis
yaa focl sure that the man Is
~ uf violating the terms OF IA
kaca or nrlng ON the women and
irns Ha~tr Yet there are SONS
smug features. as. for example.
lho Gre ot patriotism lights his
and more particularly IN the hom-
J pi 90 his wife. Al day long Mrs
D. ln rusty black dress and blacs
upplu. IN the defeated Generals
companion. Others who are hood
hons may emerge from the house
umaln Tor a brief while beneath
unnda. but there II about them
Nriessness and impctuosity OF ths
nEer nour when under restraint
~. iur Instance. I was az Kent Cot
NNAN NNtAtN Within ~ MANAANh WV
B yards just outside the Gordon oI
We two young subalterns will
kasses and snapshot cameras
cowse they were inqulsitive. ans
bra and his wife were screened ~
Closed end % the veranda. but /
ngrr relative vas extremely annoy
w was a fne. tall young fellow. II
''seeyes aud the Inevitable sioucl
AZ he caught sight of the officer
fss,loulatcd v,oiently, hung his arm
" and muttored In Dutch. Then N
fedly entered the house. but onl.
merge a moment later. n anything
y RESTLESS than ever. Cronjc. how
and hts wife have acquired the ar
sitting Htlll Ills attachment 90 he
sfr great, Talk Co him on any sub
and no VIII Immediately make ref
Pc 10 her views and acts. Cronje
hvoted husband. and Cronjc o
,hsts'room, Of MefckinE and o
herieyi You come away feellnI
we conjunction IN incongruoua.
yaita a different man IL Command
ShleL Here you have one who ha
std training In European milltar
pa There IL much OF the soidie
','une about him. but there II nue.
superficial and insincere. Whe0
~ saw Commandment Schiel he was
20 on board Her Maiesty's shf
aeIope az slmon's Town. Today n
steoQ'ered from his wound and occu
tent standing alone and With
ny "a ne house In which Napoleo
- anG died iut u IL the same schis
enut Town the sight OF ladies
"a approaching the prison ship SCI
INTO an ecstaCy o. delight. aud h
W. chatter away with fervor abot
aeM ladies' Almost as soon as
pp,u ashore az ~. Helena there wa
~ IN NY hands "a photograph ,
-' being driven along the mai
,,s' on his way TO DoadWood cam
eyes were raised. and You fnllo'
sN ultection 90 an open window ON a
seor, 80 which sat two girls. Ne
aousht u the same Schiel Talk
mM beadw}od and there A. tho sou
-umptlon-it is not rcal-of a., -
,sn.may.oarg. spirit
ssst time hght. he says. a, sha
Sa the side u the British But y,
ns,''inctlvdy that N he ever feh
mi ~ WI ~ on the side that pa,
Wv the VAR W,d not last long
Feu. Tat IL. u one thlng b,'
,a.u yo' beat the Beers We'll
49, 'ad 81 WI an be over I'm thr
.., men he WI change his time r.
so.s s,u sa'ety passes away. ana ,
~, "eadilEiy he will tell you tbs,
A. No.. nv well treated. and thai
IAN wy" zoe application To DO allowsd
Inc me we Hand on parole. Yet an I,
u'lncere creature kno,ys a,
rses , zee guilty of more aftemn,s
'rbs IVY n any other % the prlsons
fssist ~. prls0ners are bsIng =,
NJ res,,, 7 IN ! know as n faet ana
efyailos,. y y. Personal inquiries and ,
hsrs ' .'',, ln The spot nut =, Wv" a",,,
Ssrr,u some oblectors scht.,
asr, !, olares that the prit,sh =,
M a., leturla are permi,taS :. ~
IN m,s ,ssls and 40 forth. ana 49, w.
N no. 'mparlsons. Otber . a',i',
u,nt ~ speak well OF tbstr 80 -
Z lhss, nv 7 20 know NJ N "a, ~ ~
'ash mss, J, et,er led and got M
'uns,,,,n their guards ~ ="
y, aSo. una " sickness had hro,
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