The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-27

l himself and seeing that they had been ! properly attended to. The day after 1 the Moselikatze Nel affair l had a
 wounded Lincoln in my ambulance. He
 had been taken early in the day and
 handed over to me. De la Rey saw him,
 and spoke to him, asking him whether
 he was being we'll attended to, and was
 satisfied on his replying yes De la I Key said few kind words to him, and 1 hoped he would soon recover He then pulled his tobacco pouch out, and after giving the man handful of tobacco walked away. When he was some dis I tance off the man-whose name,
 think, was Broadley-said, Who's that | old Johnnie?" I replied, That's Coos | De la Key" What De la Rey?" said Broadley. De la Key from Llchten- burg" I replied "Oh, he's a parson, I
 suppose?" next asked the man. "A
 parson!' I exclaimed Certainly not
 That's General De la Rey.'' Good
 Gawd' said Broadley, lis that the great De la Rey?" I replied Well, I don't know about him
 being the great De la Key;
 but he's the General" My word,"
 said Broadley, "If I'd only known he
 was a general I'd have given him sa- salute if l had to crawl on my hands and knees to do it." I. told him De Ia Key would have thought nothing of his salute; that, having thanked him for the attention he had received De la Key
 neither expected nor wished for any
 thing ore. That night, when sitting around the camp fires, I told loom
 Cnpcp al 1, ,ia anIla6 ttha rra
 De la Key" He smiled, and, in his
 quiet, gentle manner. said: Well, 1t
 is something to be called great by
 ones enemy; but it is something
 greater to be acknowledged good by
 them" And this Is what we should strive fora subject upon which he en-
 larged in such manner that we who heard him could not help feeling what
 an earnest thorough Christian gentle man he is. Let me again ask: DO you think Mr. Editor that such man
 would countenance the shooting of wounded men?"
 The day after Moselikatze Nek, De la Key came to me and said Take as many boys as you require, and let them dig a grave and bury the poor fellows who have fallen" He added: You had better superintend it yourself; you are the only one who knows anything of the English burial service" l re- piled: "Im not much of a parson, and don't know much about the English service" De la Key looked at me with a pained expression and said: Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself. I trust, however, you know enough to be able to say few words that would be a comfort to their relations to hear if they were present, and that 1t will be a satisfaction to them to know of later on; also to beseech the Heavenly Father of those dead heroes to forgive | them their trespasses." He turned on | his heel and left me feeling anything | but comofrtable But I carried out his | wishes, even to the few words"
 I remember once a party of us sitting | In De la Rey's tent discussing Lord | Roberts. One of the fellowss was say ng his lordship had done very well out | If the war-got an Earldom, a hundred | thousand pounds. the highest position l II the British army. and a worldwide l name, De la Rev listened quietly for l long time. and then said: You gem .lemen all speak of what Lord Roberts las gained, and seem to envy him, but 10 you ever think of what he has lost? None of you have lost q son in this var. but Lord Roberts and have, and