Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-18
A SOPHISTICATED GUERRILLA

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IN the direction Of agriculture, nor does
he pay any particular observance TO me
customs of his fathers. He used to live
at ordinary times IN Pretoria, where nc
inhabts set Of rooms that would make
his unsophisticated family gasp at the
irrcligious luxury OF the fittings. His nv
ing, and in> Eat living it was, was de-
rived from Il queer trade which he cal Ell
brokerage" and it had good deal to
do with concessions and the byways OF
the gold law. In person he was horid
and afTabIe, in the early prime of life,
aud habiied for the most part IN purple
and fine linen.
Quite recently ] met Jan in Durham.
lie was no less aifahle than before, If
trihe less horid. His general appearance
had lost none Of its previous prosperity,
and his lips embraced n plump cigar.
why, Jan" | remarked, as he took
my hand and beamed, where have you
been all these mOnthsP
Jan grinneG diahoiicalIy. "My friend.
he said. "the rast is an e1isode; the pres.
emf is the matter in hand. Come ar
have Il drink"
II will net" l protested.
Then we will take ricksha. where
we can talk in comfort while patronizing
native lab0:."
This accordingly we did; and as the
hoy" moved at fOX-trOt down West
street | resumed my examination.
Were you captured. JAM!
Am / an Imperial yeoman| he re-
piled.
Then yon surrendered"
mot surrendered" he submitted. Say
recognized proved facts Formerly /
fought you English; now | fight Rnjus;
aspersions Both are easy foes
but when did -patronize our
hospitality, Jan?'
Just a month ago. or it may ne five
weeks | was wrought TO it. My dear
friend endured the hardships of I'M
tented field so long as the soap lasted.
Then, to choose an, apt metaphor, i
threw up the sponge
"And how did bushrangins suit you:"
| asked.
He grinncd again at had it's com
pensations,' he renhed. - have quite
get over my dyspepsia. though | acquired
Il tas;e for SybaritiC luxury that a coast
hotel hardly answers. Have you ever
eaten raw. potatoesE'
Never
"rhcn let me advise You; don't. l had
sooner eat a dead frog
But how did you manage for sup
plies2"
"Oh, as a general rule. we did not man.
age. We Jumped it, as the saying Is
or course, there we're cattle: and il
there weren't. they could be obtained
are few things more uninyiting than
bloody beef. freshly killed and badly
killed And tnen the kaflirs assisted
us a good deal with chickens and
"Yoluntarily?"
well Il kafnr is so easy to coerce
that it is hard to say. Anyway, we got
the stuff and very comforting II was"
Were there no other, no white.
sources Of supply?'
My friend said ian, with a portcn-
touS wink, FOR the purposes of your
nalism ! most solcmnly affirm there were
none. But, speaking in strict confidence,
which know you will not abuse. there
were. The elastic conscicnces Of our
sympathetic e0mpatriots enabled them to
assist us to a very marked degree"
"As hOwT
"Thus. am 0urgher. Early after
the fall of Pretoria | surrender. | re-
turn to my farm. | have cattle, horses.
chickens, pcrchance pigs, certainly sheep
fruit. vegetables flour, sugar, coffee and
such like commodities. There is com
mand0 III the neighb0rh0Od. Ii Is no
more than matter OF accommodation"
Tell me some more about your brig.
andagl," | continued.
"oh. yes In strict confidence. Which
I dare You to diFulge. Well we fought
and we ran away and we stole all mt,
successfully. You see, our object was
10 remain Ut large, and give us much
Trouble rs possible: and since We invari-
ably cIErlcd out our purpose, ii may be
with truth maintained that WE had the
best 0f IL "
Didn't yony ammunition run cut?"
mot at aH. We had heaps. and big
stores from which 10 refuruish 0ul ban
dohcrs. Honestly. l cannot tell YOU any
thing about those stores; they were
cached here and there, and only few
men knew Of thCm And il MauSer cart
s5 ftgepl
had only tn capture q CONVOY and revert
To Lee MetfordS. Quite simple, Won see"
on didn't get IS many conveys rs all
that" ! rc'orted.
we sol more" he said TRAINS rs
well, and ou,posts and police posts too.
Then there were native scouts and iudi-
yidual prisoners
by the way, Jan, what set you to
shooting uatiycS|'
Upon my word" said Jan. Il saw
nothing of thar. II is nm innovation Of
kritznger's. You know what ruillan
krit2nger is. And anyhow. what's a
KaGlr?"
."oh, most lame aud impotcnt conclu-
sion" | quoted.
''Well." resumed Jan. "thcre was a Ger,
tain pleasure in roaming at largo. aud
breaking everything that ever was . law;
hut during the greater part Of the time
my waist was too small for me 80 alpr2-
eiate the beauties of nature. And hen
horrible things happened. toe.
Listen he continued. This wa ong
Of the things / experienced. Our Hanger
was attacked enc night and after a tim,
we drove the enemy of, Several of on,
men were hit, baJ there was also a wom
an. the wife Of hurGher. who was with
us. that was shot through the chest. Sh.
lay all night under wagon moaning
while ! walked t. and fro little dis
lance of. | could not go away: nay
friend, the horror Of ii held me as though
by chain | cannot tell YOU how thoe,
hours passed, apl how all through tn,
grim eternity Of tl;tl night life ana BEN.
were attuncl to hose persistent. uncan
scious m0ans Oh the dying woman H.
husband watched by her and dozra rroa
time 10 time; you know how II is with ON
people; and the rest of the !aager >pn
MS though there had not nean in thli,
midst a s)rl lighting out its freedom
through the thr0cS of a woman's body
God she lay still in the darkness below
the wagon. and her face showed in tn,
shadow like isory, and her means came
like the slow ticking Of big clock.
''In the morning she died, with a harsh
rattle " Ecr throat. a tossing OF har arm.