The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
4 SOUTH AFRICAN PASTORAL.


- tctrr had inst fallen ,,pon the yeIdt.
! rrhe abort d,,sk had suddenly deep-
ened in,o heavy. thick obscurity,
,rnne,etrahie Tor a space until there
- - rose the rim of a fun moon over The
.sun -, ,ho n,aIn which showed hard and
.teo - IT,. ~, 80, d,ak The ant
,,r -. -, ,ra,1a ,ha ,,onotonous nat
- a., tr,arr,trabie tntv shadows az
n.en, ,s - ,,,a.a atoct,gc in its fierce
,,,t.,,.t,,, rhore out ievei across the plains,
TN ganss ~ IoneIIness. OF utter isolation,
~. a,,aru,bslyn,up. The heavens sown with
a. sear,ed 90 remote. and the bare earth.
'asn.e,,,as a.,sy t,,,o .be aim. starry dis
- se ar,ntv ana ltmitIess. 1t might
49,. h.an ne roo, NJ some dead world
~ a. ad.a ~ the marsh a transport
-, "A n,,,anarnod for the night and
,.,tt,. NC o,rcle az freight. where moon
a. .r,,,,.,,ad for tfe mastery. loons-
80 - u, 1890 o,,,,;nos ~ the trek oxen
ca the "ayeiing ou9, ,, % IA ,ou and
tetnerea 10 W 49, Fv'
again me hsu'e ~ ,,-..
The only SOUNDS were ,ie ctaSn"e 1870
Of the bullfross In the Wei anu .ne Noiess s
OF two men VINO SAT leaning Vach $500 49,
the kaross OF meer-kat skins nung over o"e
OF the wagon wheels.
NO. repeated the elder man, the trans
port rider ana owner OF the wagon-reisihs
his voice with they shall not conc
either she or the brat"
But look. Jakob." persisted the other;
.yt d now three weeks four weeks. that We
are on the trek, and she has followed all
the time. and carried the child too How
ne moor virI lives do not know. Take only
,hs rbus Jatob.
How arc we 20 eat7 How Is the vrouw
a. aa,,. aeran6ed the Roer oueruIousiy
aare there not enough mouths to All al
~a.a,ye Ara rsoa knows how much further
.saoy H"u W. ~ ,.,,,bo,,t water ip mis- ao-
~. ep"a - ,,,a., NO eno,vh N min
cmseu eo.m' 49,. s,a,,,a 7 ,aad the w,fc
- -. ~ . - ~, !. na,,v, 80, "a zoo,
81" on"o y. 49, 49,, xyardo,n,a swa,4,
enoukh 70 WIN 'ne 49, ~, a.
kopl ana ne spa. ansry INV ."a
But the child, persisted fiet' ,nat
II small and eats but little not quarter
~ much az DOG. BESIDES, hiaus may
run away " tine girl iaiis SICK, anu ne
alone knows the road ana TINS urii'S
across the river
There was momen, PAUSE Wen
then, the brat, IN. God name. snapped
the other. the gui can Walk ms she nus
walked these tnree weeks ne aonea,
and rolled himseif In MS rug 10 aVoiu
further surrsnder
Pet rose SHINY 10 ms rect, tne hsht
breeze was growing chill he knocked
the ashes out OF his pipe, kicked some
went around to the other side or the
wagon, where the tnree basu'o boys
were lying 80.
hsus' ne caaico nere ~ monncn'I
srunt from one OF the oiahke,s ans
wercd MIN
baas Jakon says tne papy may fiue
with the vrouW IN .he wasoh' "u' the
girl must sun Walk. -
rhere was suuooh "o.e"e". a. n's
Zee, anu oa'~. "s"s 'oie" ""' VI '"e
"sanHe' -. .,. IRA. 49,,
70 pos w. ...,.,, Ia. DE-, 49,,
Wa oe'nk oose.e" w" 1880 - y,
W shsrpiy AWAY, anu, 'ane a sup ).
p''ons i'",n n's 49," -, w -
me pnSu.o .,s !.
ne'P io' w. 81, "s a.. ..,.' IL.
ne ens"eic" 'eosn's, GU w Us - w
se' ~ ~."' ~ ,,u, ~
~, ny '.pn s.,,s a. ~. transnor, r,aer
$3.50, -, s,ha~ go mos
49, ,.',,,s E,ans ,ay .tu
ns...'.. a...,t,,, ,ha ,,ac. a, ,ara
- 49,, 49,, ny AZ o,,,,, ,,nnsr -,
ss,,ns .ai,,,s ~ ,,.,,, sh,,,.,,ny from,
~, ,,.nIa, "a ,,.rt sio,y,v out on 70
~ .,,n,,, va,a, q, ~. airsct,on from
,.n,.h ~. wa~o, hsd come n. n. had
80. 80, 70 u.,ar tar tha s,yraI
-, ia n,,r p.,,a ,y,s tna,a .mony IN.
n, h,n. Than ha rnuia chasr hsr IN
20 -, h.v,as h.r whi,e sbe ate som. ~
49, 80. - ,s.,,,- ,,,n,.yn' ,n.v xara nor
,as 60 49, a,,a m. ch,,d
rs.,. 80. ~, n. xn.w ,,.,
ns.'s ,s,n., 100 axsr ana
40" -, go ,acl nar axav ,s,,h
drift across the krei three years ago She
mad baen with him eyer since. and now
when the trek began. Haas Jakoh would
mi let her ride in the wagon or even
"ome near n.
CLAUS yrasnei the kerrie dangling from
~. halt n, Tho recollcction on The cut
'D'yoss ~. month maj the drunken trans.
mort r,arr had gty.n MIN with his siam
hoh whom he h,a asked his permlssion
uas,a.s there was IN, haay and he could
not NAV. let, both OF them behind so Car
rro,n m. kraat ara her own people but
mas InLoh Was a hard man, ne aid not
understand SUCH things
v.,n, IT,. ,n,, n.t ,.,t puvgh.rxao,,
,as,, .'s.k. 49,, sna haa yx.il "a ! r,ar
~. -, s,,,n., =, har h,cL. a.,
$3.50 -. .,.s 49, s,est,s ,,,cr. an, ths