The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1902-03-28

might mistake him for a Yale gradu-
ate. Yet withal he is modest and un-
assuming.
1t was at the end OF long talk that
he spoke Of his wounds. "Only twice."
he said, was / much hurt. Once was
when l got that bullet in my foot and
was caught. The other time well.
that was funny. now / come to think
Of 1t. l suppose | lost the first blood
that was shed in the war. You see,
we Beers were all prepared for the
thing when 1t came. Our plans were
all laid. The first thing we did, you
remember, was to ship all Englishmen
out of johannesburg. We began the
very day war was declared.
MY folks lived In a suburb Of Jo-
hannesburg. AS soon as | heard that
the war was on | took my rifle and
went into the city. | had no more than
reached there when | met an English
man. He had an old muSket with bay
Onet fixed. | stopped him. and he STOP
ped me.
"'YOu just hand over that gun.
young fellow says he
Not much says. You come with
me to the railroad station. We're 60
Ing 10 send you all packing
with that we had Scuffle OF
course | might have shot him or he
me, but you must remember that up to
that time not blow had been struck.
1t would have seemed like murder TO
me. suppose he looked at it the
same way So we just scuifled In
the miXup he stuck his bayonct into
the calf OF my leg Then | hit him be
tween the eyes and laid him out |
took away his Old muskct. What do
you suppose he did then? Why, he
gave me his shoulder rs we walked
down To the station and carried the
guns. Every few minutes he would
say: Sorry jabbed you. young fellow
Does it hurt much" We hadn't got
used to killing each other then"
This was his story of an incident
which might well find place in history
the first blood spilled in war which
has made Ire world Shuddcr.
when | went home that night"
says young De Wet, my old mother
made an awful fuss. She put me To
bed and bathed and banda-Cd NY lc1
crying all the tine until | felt like Il
baby. The hole healed I,n in IL. course.
of Il week or so. and wien | started f.
join .JUubcrt'S cuE!manIo she mace an.
other fuss. NJ father Only SAT-. Let
the young WhClp 20. He'll have L.
learn il snnnpr mr. I,t,r a., ~,
AdoInh'
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with = I.ronm
".Nhy are Won NOT tirhtinn VIII the
other mem, She asked G,I4,.r- g-,.f
STAY uurn Won h,ve driven The r,.irrI.,
int,. the sao
"Thut v,s the dry of ali nnr ,,,.,,e.r.
after tbry had heard how fine Trfti,h
were burniu. houscs and harms .nr.1c
the rIIiuckS into the sea- they told lis
We'll. we tried ANYWAY"
Then nv Young Eacr friend tnla u.
why thr f.,f,liitrS rr,ur.r lice I,~.i--
otiiccrs b.yc bnrn So much I;,r..cr H..
amnr. the Eri,iSh uriyitcs. II v:is e..
cou>a tL,. officers did moi rr>r,,.t To.
waIp,uh,od .'Th3t x why" lee ,.,,
setting L'S i10- suu3rcIy ..Xyr wnuII J.,
q dozen soldirrS DosS and vu;, for
chance To nick on an officer"
OF T,r,,uy Atkins y,uu.- De "a
smoke in almost friendly terms vii
hardly - tr,.,, of an;mosi,v "II,.s
good fellow. rs = rui, and nine rim.
or of ten he's half ashamed of mn
self for fighting lis. We had some fl!.
ny experiences with lie soldiers. CT.
night 4 small courmardo If lis WAS o-i
the fly from ore rance of hills lo a..
other About m.dnfcEt we ran acr,.
a camn. one of our men ,rawl,I ahc;r
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