The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

correspondent OF the London Morning
Post during the first B0er contest IN
South Africa IN 1859. Here she came 10
know thar fine old savage. Cetexayo.
king OF Zuiuland. and admired him
When. ali broken and defeated his
country tributary Of the British. Cete-
wayo was brought 70 England. Lady
Florence Dixie interceded with the gov
eminent and never let up til she had
the royal captive released and sent
back free man 20 his own land Eso~
Gaent as wen as persistent is Lady
Florence
one Of her noolest traits IS that-rars
among women-of having sympathy
with everything that lives. So soon as
she found time after returning from
Africa she studied the Irish question
and became an ardent advocate OF
home rule. When convinced OF the
righteousness OF any measure. she acts
and acts swiftly. regardless OF conse-
quencss.
In her early hunting days Lady Flor
ence killed all kinds of game that was
lawful prey in Great Britain Thee she
turned 20 the rest OF the world. stiu
killing things. She shot elephants IN
India lions and gazelles ia Africa.
bears in the Rocky mountains and ex-
cry variety of game in Australia. But
during the later years OF her hunting
career something had been working on
her mind. In Patagonia she went os-
trich hunting. In those DAYS ostrichss
were caught by throwing a loaded lariat
at them. which wound around a birds
neck and brought il to the ground. TIA
lariat had stone or piece OF lead AZ
each end Lady Florence sighted her
ostrich. whirlsd her lariat around
hurled II and hit q native guide upon
the head and killed him. II il true shs
gave his widow Immediately S50O. which
that bereaved woman valued mora
highly than her lost husband. since Il
enabled her az once 10 get another ons
whom she liked better.
But Lady Florence could not forge.
The incident stayed with her A.
length the old fiery craze Tor kiIIgn.
things died cut in her breast. shs
hung 10 her rife and fowling piece for
ever
What she thought IN the DAYS when
her heart was changing is shown ii this
that she wrote.
Once 1 left a scene OF warmth ana
light and went forth into the wintrv
night. The snow was trampied down
was generally tinged with blood. A for
crept across the road. a pheasant Ia his
mouth-no doubt one OF the unpicked
up victims Of the days sport. As
stood looking around my dog went TO
the edge OF the lake. He found some
thing in the rushes and returned with
that something IN his mouth. I took IL
from him, a poor. half frozen hen
pheasant with two broken wings. vet
still alive. IL had been there all
through those cold hours waiting for
kindly death 10 come and still its sur
ferings. That act OF mercy I now did
for it,
The sportswoman that had been naaa
her flop" and she made Il thoroughly
and for keeps. as she does everything
else. Thenceforward she who had been
the foremost woman hunter ~ her Tina
set all the force Of her strong soul
against killing dumb creatures for rners
sport" She wrote a poem called '.Ths
Massacre OF the InnOcents" on thu
slaughtering q sea gulls. and King Ed
ward approved g. She has also written
two hooks. called THE Merciiessness OF
Sport" and The Horrors Of sport" In
her repentance she has even turned
vegetarian.
such is the lady who asks President
Roosevelt TO put down "child slavery.
in the United States.
MARILLA WEAVER i.