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Aloe wns roil linlriil slender anil wiry
nnil iibout six iiiontliN my senior I
wan tlio best lighter In Whitby i viii
Jtnn Asqnlth tin Hiiulnt Iviil butchers
amy said so anil I bail a reputation to
lose Alee wan a neweoiner to tlie town
nnil bail none
Come on carrntty lienill I erleil
stung at hint Into action by lie Jeers
which 1 alTcctcil to despise They tell
inc you a iv n good lighter let ih see
which of us two Is to be cock
Hut the stranger kept his hands In
Jils pockets
Why should I light he asked
gravely 1 havent iiuarreleil with
you
Afraid said I contemptuously
Bight Kay 1 can beat you and you
Mhnut have your thrashing
No he replied steadily I am not
nfrulii of you but I dont choose to
Sight for nothing
Thats all bras 1 said as I edged
ip to lilm Youve either got to light
or acknowledge youre afraid and I
jguvo lilm a shove with my Hhoulder
All right then Ill light
And without more words we stripped
and Hot to
For an hour and a half by the church
vlock the tight went on each of us dog
gedly determined to come up to the
mark so long as his trembling knees
would support lilm
At last the end came and It was Ire
Bund who eventually struck the knock
out blow How many rounds we fought
B do not know but at last 1 felt that
unless I could Ilnlsh lilm off quickly
I Mhould not be able to toe the mark
ibo next time the umpire called time
fio summoning up all of my falling
energies for one last slashing blow
rlhat would make me the victor and
blm Insensible 1 rushed at lilm like u
snad cart horse lie did not tllneli but
fitood his mound waiting for me
Stodging my blow he seized my left
frmnd with his right ducked bis head
wudor my arm whipped his other hand
Between my logs and before any one
could tell exactly what had happened
I had llown over his head and was
Hying on the ground with all the wlml
knocked out of me like corn out of a
Smrst bag It was all done In less
tShnn a couple of seconds and as I had
fallen on my head 1 lay quiet enough
Alec Ireland I said when I had re
covered 1 own you have given me a
thorough drubbing Will you shake
bands
No no he said Von had the best
of It but for the last fall and if It
Stfidnt been for that south country
Crick by which 1 lifted you over my
shoulder 1 should have had to knuckle
under to you
Such was the beginning of my friend
ship with Alexander Ireland On that
verv night we took together the sol
emn Bailors oath by which we became
tnvoru shipmates for life and to this
day Ave have neither of us broken It
My new friend and I quickly found
that we had a great deal in common
The perils anil ploaMires of the aeu
had always had an enthralling fascina
tion for me and when 1 discovered that
Alec shared my passion for Milt water
nqy previously vague longings became
-suddenly crystallized into a dellulto
jjurposo I would be a sailor toiiKe
quently it soon became the greatest
enjoyment of my leisure time to sit in
rtbe dark Utile parlor of the Angel and
listen to the talei of the old seamen
who frequented It tales of the great
captains they had known and sailed
under who caring as little for the
violence of the tropical hurricane as
for the Ice grip of the cold north bad
braved the storms of unknown oceans
In their stout little ships and had
Sirougbt back from every clime Its
holoest treasures to lay them at the
STeatof our sovereign lady good Queen
Xless
There was however one thing and
that no small one over which Alec ami
vry nearly quarreled And what
should that be if not a woman For It
Is womans bright smile and coyly
drooping eye which shatter half the
friendships of man with man even
jvhen the longed for down has hardly
yet appeared on the upper lip and the
rasrar Is still a joy to be gloated over In
secret
Inez was her name and she was the
daughter of Don Miguel a Spanish
gentleman who had for a reason which
X did not then know taken up Ills resl
aence lu Whitby I bad known her
since she was a child of 10 and had
mver thought of her more than of any
other girl In Whitby until one day I
chanced to see her in the street with a
mew gown on It was a wonderful
wswn the skirt of It was slashed and
puffed out to the felze of a 40 gallon
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lTo ho John Inpp Mild the boys
Von darent tackle lilm IIiiUh what
st is Tin stranger can I brash juu
nnil you Uiiihv II
Now I know nothing of the sort nnil
in fact rather rimt liMl Unit I could
thrush Alexander Ireland iim easily as
1 luul every oilier hoy In Whitby but
tlic others were Jealous ol my prowess
mid therefore egged inn on tn tackle
tlii Mt rJiiiK I the l that In- might
jirovo too Munrt lor inc For thus their
broken noses anil lout teeth would he
vcngcd
I wns at Hint tlini a bull necked
Hqunrely built young lout of lft anil
ami as 1 limited anil mnrwlcil It
suddenly slriiik me that the laughing
face above It was the most bewitch
big I had cer seen Perhaps it was
the Due iIivmh that tllil II ami perhaps
It was the pieily mouth that smiled
mid wished me a good day I am mil
quite sure whlili It was but the net
time 1 mcl her In the hiue near her
fathers house I asked her to be my
sweetheart After a few blushes mid
a few kisses she said she would and 1
was the pioudest lad In Whitby
Alec however was not pleased at
my success ami very soon he told me
NO
lack he said I didnt think my
sworn shipmate would proven traitor
A traitor I exclaimed itn a
hard word and I dont know what I
have done to deserve It How am 1 a
traitor
She Is a Spaniard Jack The Span
lards are the queens eneinlcH and you
ami 1 have said we meant to light for
the queen
Inez Is no ones enemy
Itul her father Hon Miguel Is a
Spaniard
Yes l suppose he la Is that all
you have to accuse him of 1 asked
somewhat nettled at his persistence
Isnt It enough 1 tell you that ev
ery Spaniard Is an enemy to Kngland
ami jueen Itess and since my father
Captain Harry Ireland was murdered
by the Spaniards every Spaniard Is an
enemy to mo
And shall be to me too 1 said as I
gripped his hand Hut I dont see
that the rule applies to the daughters
Spanish daughters become Spanish
mothers lack
Not when they marry Englishmen
Do you mean to marry Inez then
he said looking at me earnestly
Yes when I am old enough If flho
will have me
No fear of her refusing n stout Eng
lishman Well If that Is so 1 will say
no more although I admit I dont like
It
Hut although Alec agreed to let me
have my way I could see that he was
displeased at what 1 was doing and
his displeasure at llrst angered and
then grieved me
Alec I said to lilm one day Im
going to see Inez tonight Will you
come with me
Do you really want me to go
Yes Alec 1 do
Will her father bo there
No We never see lilm In the even
ing
Then If you are sure of that I will
go Hut have you never guessed lack
why It Is that you never see Don
Miguel In the evening
Hecause he Is busy In his work
shop
At what sort of work
How should 1 know 1 never asked
him
1 will tell you lie Is an alchem
ist
What I cried Are you sure of
that Alee Alchemy Why Its the
devils own trade
So they say Hut to me It seems
that If the devil had any favor for the
Work alchemists would be richer than
they are Its an 111 trade though at
best mid not the one 1 should choose
for my comrades father-in-law
This news of Alecs troubled me for
though he declared that the devil could
have no share lu such profitless toll
1 lens hcjirouibjit hid in Wlilthy
yet I had always been told that every
alchemist had sold himself to satau
n ml I more than half believed it Still
1 argued that Inez was not to be blam
ed for her fathers sins and lu the end
Alec agreed with me
After that night 1 never had any
more disagreement with him on the
subject of my loveinaklng Inez fairly
laughed and sang herself Into his good
graces She had the sweetest voice I
ever heard anil as she sat lu a corner
by the tire and snug us quaint little
sea songs that her nurse Ami Garrat
had taught her 1 woudered whether
the uiermaldcutj that the old sailors of
the Angel spoke of were one half so
sweet and pretty as my own little
Spanish sweetheart
Why lack said Alec as we walked
home from her house she Is hardly a
Spaniard at all except for her black
hair and eyes No Whitby girl could
have sung those English sea songs
with a prettier accent tlinn she did
No Whitby girl could have sung
them half so well I answered warm
ly and as for her being English her
nurse has eeu to that Dame Garrat
hutes Spain almost as much as you do
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nud she wont allow Inez to speak a
word of spiuili In Iht hearing
I Well Mirs ii nwiit girl hi k mid
Im glnil of It fm niir sake Its a
pity tlinngli that her In I her Is a
laiil
I said nothing lu reply to this for to
tell tin truth I was not uitit h more lu
hue wllli the surly Don Miguel than
was Alec Ily nud by as we walked
j Alec begun to luliii a tune anil after a
iiihoit time he fimg the words too 11
was the last song Inez had sung to us
nnil 1 lemoiiiber the chorus went like
this
Tlfii nli tut tlic rrtirl frNilnu vrn
Willi tlilf tliy mill lip n prayi
lint hi fur tlir inirrr itanrtntf min
11ml ullli Hip minlirains JiLiyl
Take iiue Alec I said with n
laugh Youll be falling lu love with
Inez yourself
No no lack 1 like her It Is true
but Ill never be a rival to my sworn
shipmate
Nevertheless when I said Jnol
night to him and turned In at my fa
liters gate I heaid him go singing
down the road and the words that
came limiting up the breeze to me
sounded suspiciously familiar It seem
ed to tne tint what he sang was
III tor the merry ilmidnK wauul
And the tune at any rale was the
same
To Im Contliuicil Nnxt WouW
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Tuan is Only Banished and Lan
Merely Dismissed
ORDERED TO JOIN COURT
Iliillriitlnu Tlml iiliiinn Itojiilty Is to
niovn In tlm Ilovlnco tit Sn Iliiimi
Antl ClirlHlliui ltloli lluvo Aiiln Htoki n
Out In rrinliiiu uf Kill Hi Si
London Nov JO Dr Morrison wir
ing to the Times from Peking says
In communicating the punishment
edict dated Shin Fu Nov lti to the
foreign envoys Ll Hung Chang sub
mits It as the tlnal punishment the
court Is able to Inlllct und repeats the
stereotyped plea of all Chinese pleni
potentiaries namely that the emperor
threatens himself and Prince Cuing
with severe punishment If they fall
to Induce the representatives of the
powers to accept the compromise
The mildness of the sentences excites
ridicule and strengthens the ministers
In their determination to demand the
death penalty The punishments lire
Illusory Prince Tuan Is merely ban
ished to his own home and others un
dergo a merely nominal lowering of
rank Perpetual imprisonment means
a life of honored retirement Large
numbers of southern Chinese now re
siding In Peking fearing further retri
bution during the winter are preparing
to leave for the south
According to the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Times It is asserted
on good authority In Tien Tsin that
there are still some missionaries sur
viving at Tal Yuen Kit under the pro
tection of the mandarins
ANTI CHRISTIAN RIOTS
Vlcoroy Attiiiiiitu ti Siittlo Trmtblii
Iliiolii il Up y lrtiuli Giiulitmt
Canton Nov JO Ueiugees who have
arrived here report that anti Christian
riots have broken out In the province
of Klang SI The non Christians are
wearing badges and all persons not so
decorated are tn danger of death The
viceroy of the province has appointed
a deputy to settle the disturbances
and Krench gunboats will accompany
the latter with a view of enforcing
his orders
London Nov JO The French con
sul here reports says the Changhai cor
respondent of the Dally News that se
vere persecutions of Catholic converts
continue In the province of Klang Si
Mr Goodnow United States consul
hears that the Protestants In the prov
ince of Che Klnng are similarly perse
cuted The governors of both prov
inces are Maiichus and violently antl
forelgn
Timn MiTi ly IImiIkIiimI
London Nov JO The Morning
Posts Peking correspondent says
The edict Indicting punishment Is
milder than the llrst reports suggested
Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang are
only banished and not Imprisoned
Duke Lan is merely dismissed The
foreign envoys cannot accept the edict
owing to the Inadequacy of the punish
mnts Count von Waldersee officially
announces that be had stopped looting
and restored peace in the province of
Chi Li
Ontrrril to lulu I lid Court
Shanghai Nov JO The governor
general of the province of Sze Chuen
has been ordered to join the court
This causes excitement In provincial
otllclaldom as it is regarded as a fur
ther Indication that the imperial fam
ily Is going to Sze Chuen
Olilutmo Doitrrty Hnllronil
St- Petersburg Nov JO Dispatches
from Vladlvostock say the Chinese
have destroyed 500 versts of tlio south
ern section of the Manchurlan railway
All the stations were burned and much
rolling stock was destroyed The dam
age Is estimated at 10000000 roubles
Ilvu Men Wiulieil Overbonnt
Newberry Mich Nov 20 Word has
been received here by D N McLeod
lumberman that one of his scows was
caught in a storm on Lake Superior
otT Deer park nud Ave of the six men
on board wero washed overboard and
drowned The dead Joseph II Cas
cailen Joseph Hillings Ileruiuu Win
zel and Haron NIzel
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A Transvaal
i Love Story
Mi the kitchen of a Hoer farm at Ilar
rlsmlth two brothers Paul ami Ilen
drlck lloopstad sat lu earnest conver
sation
Will you come liendrlck
I cannol leave Paul There Is Eng
lish In our veins and besides to Join
the commamlo against the Hrltlsh
would be taking up arms against the
woman 1 love
The woman we love liendrlck for
God knows 1 think of her every min
ute of my life You and 1 have been all
In all to each other ever since we were
born but this mutual love for Nancy
Martin seems likely to divide us Even
supposing we put our chances to the
test If 1 win her you will hnte me and
If you were successful my thoughts
would turn to you In anger Let us
then take our rltlus Join the comman
do and for the time forget her and per
haps when the war Is over one of us
may gain by death what the other
could not give In life
I will uot fight against the English
Paul
Think well liendrlck Nancy Mar
tin has been lu England for the last
four years Is It not possible thnt she
may have an English lover
We are being enticed and threaten
ed Into a foolhardy war by those who
have their own ends to serve I will
take my rltle and light but It will be
with the English
Then liendrlck we must part
though we part in all affection God
bless you my brother and the woman
we love
Knrewell Paul and God grant that
we may not meet on the battlolleld
Paul turned his horse toward New
castle while liendrlck rode in the op
posite direction with the Intention of
making his way to John Martins farm
which lay on the banks of the Cnlabon
river between Hasutol and Natal
liendrlck lloopstnds love for Nancy
the only daughter of John Martin of
the Caladon farm was the one thought
that engrossed his in bid He loved her
and was willing to lay down his life
for her without thought of reward It
might be as Paul had suggested that
Nancy had an English lover Well
time would show and whatever hap
pened he would always strive to be
worthy of her and lie willing to serve
her in any way In his power
In about three hours he had sighted
John Martins farm Down the hill
liendrlck let the reins drop on his
horses neck and proceeded at a walk
ing pace It was a calm still evening
and the horses hoofs made no sound
lu the soft sand
Reaching the orchard the sound of
voices fell upon his ear and almost me
chanically he stopped the horse and
listcued It was the voice of Nancy he
heard and standing in Ids stirrups he
looked over the brush growth Yes
Paul was right she was standing be
neath the shade of a spreading tree and
a tall man dressed lu the Hrltlsh khaki
uniform held her In his nrms her head
upon his shoulder nud her lips upturn
ed to his
The time was so long Dick 1
thought you would never come
Did you darling Well I have
come at last though I could wish a
more peaceful time for visiting my
beautiful sweetheart But when this
wnr Is over I will make you my wife
My love for you Dick can never
change Since I left you It has lived
on the memory of those sweet hours of
delirious happiness when we used to
sit together In the sunshine nnd plan
the Joyful future when we two shall
be always together
The man on tlio horse heard the
words that pierced his heart like the
stab of a dagger For some moments
he sat like n statue his face grim nnd
set and his eyes staring into blank
ness The steed moved forward of its
own accord and wandered on upward
of an hour while Its rider sat wres
tling with himself Then with a sigh
and a sob that almost choked lilm he
gathered up the reins and once more
turned toward John Martins farm
Here John Martin met lilm with an
old fashioned English welcome nnd
liendrlck was ushered into the sitting
room where sat Nancy and her lover
Nancy greeted lilm heartily if some
what shyly
I am glad to see you liendrlck
let mo Introduce you to Mr Harvey
Dick this Is our friend liendrlck
lloopstad
1 am very glad to know you wo
cant have too many friends these trou
blous times You look like a lighting
mnu I hope you nro with us
I cannot light ngalust Miss Martins
countrymen and the blood lu my veins
is more English than Dutch 1 am on
my way now to volunteer
Then we nro well met I am enroll
ing a body of volunteers to net as
scouts 1 saddlo lu a few hours so If
you are wllllug we go together
I ask nothing better But what of
Miss Martin surely she must not stay
here
I am glad you add your entreaties
to mine I ntu trying to persuade Mr
Martin and Nancy to retire to the coast
until danger Is past
Thats all right Dick answered
Mr Martin I should like to per
titindo Nancy to go but Im going to
htlck to the farm
You run great risk Mr Martin
said liendrlck If you stay here you
will he commanded to join the Hoer
Jinny
I am mi Englishman and my farm
Is lu Nanil that I take it Is out of
their Juiisiiictloii
Possibly but I hardly think they
will draw o Hue a line
Well ii i way I stay here nnd It
wont In alUiy for the connnanilo
that hid i es with me
Then if you are so determined 1
must ask you to be equally determined
In Insist iir upon Miss Nancy going to
Durban My married sister lives there
and she would be quite safe
After much discussion It was derid
ed that Nancy should depart for Dur
ban Immediately with liendrlck for
an escort Dick Harvey would accom
pany them as far as Moot river where
lie would have to leave them and lien
drlck was to rejoin Dick as soon as
Nancy was safe at the coast liendrlck
knew now that Nancy could never be
to lilm more than a friend and In that
friendship lie determined thnt no sac
rltlce should be too great for him
The three rode together until Dick
had to leave them then with a tender
nnd almost heartrending farewell he
passed her Into the care of liendrlck
and departed They reached Durban
without mishap and liendrlck having
consigned Nancy to the care of his sis
ter prepared to return
I thank you liendrlck for your
enre of me
I wish for no thnnks To be of
service to you Is the aim and end of
my life
She looked at lilm curiously nnd
seemed to penetrate his secret
I urn going to the war he contin
ued slowly fixing his gaze upon the
ground to tight for your countrymen
nnd you It may be that I shall not
survive and 1 should like you to think
kindly of me You nrc the only Eng
lish woman I have been privileged to
know with any degree of friendship
and the days have passed happily with
me A hope full of vanity was born
within me that perhaps the caprice of
fate might turn your heart toward me
in love Forgive me for snylng this
I am only n foolish man but I thought
I would like you to know
Poor liendrlck
I have seen the innn you love and
my vanity is dead Goodby 1 should
like may I er I should like to kiss
your hand to seal my vow that hence
forth my life is consecrated to serving
you nnd yours to the death
The tears rolled down her cheeks ns
she gave him her hand The strong
man kissed it passionately and depart
ed
liendrlck made Ids way bnck to
Dick Harvey and was formally en
rolled as a volunteer News came soon
after that the Boers had crossed the
border and were lnvndlng Natal and
Captain Harvey began to have fears
for the snfety of John Martin He
consulted nendrlel on the subject
What do you think of It lloop
stad
Had very bad John Martin will
hnve to join a commando or be shot
So 1 fear and 1 want you to start
tonight and make your wny to the
Caladon farm If you llnd John Mar
tin there persuade him to come back
with you But If our worst fears are
realized and ho has disappeared find
out what has become of him
1 will start In an hour and 1 thank
you for giving mo the opportunity
Good luck go with you
In an hour liendrlck took the road
for John Martins farm Numerous
parties of Boers were about and ex
treme caution was necessary This
meant slow progress and it was not
until the second evening that he reach j
eu tne nomesieau uismounuug ne
rapped on the door but elicited no re
sponse and it was soon evident that
John Martin was absent Upon looking
around Hcndrick discovered the fright
ened face of a Kaillr boy peeping nt
him over a fence
Hello Cabbage Where is your mas
ter
Baas Im dung one way
Where to
Baas Shiel Mm dun took Mm way
Shlel
Sarten Im ride up big many took
Bass Martn tied urn hands an dun
goru wny
Which way did they ride
Cabbage um follow Baas Glencoe
then um come back hero an wait fo
Baas
And then liendrlck realized thnt the
worst had conic to pass and John Mar
tin was a prisoner lu the hands of
Commander Shlel
I will not returu with such monger
news ho said to himself 1 will
push on toward Glencoe and learn
more even if 1 hnve to penetrate Into
their camp
He accordingly made his way toward
Glencoe and found his progress more
difllcult every mile Time after time
he wns stopped by bands of Boors but
nlwnys got away by saying that ho
was riding to join Slilels commamlo
As he had taken the precaution to wear
his own clothes this explanation was
accepted as satisfactory
Nearlng tlio heights of Glencoe lien
drlck thought It prudent to remaiu In
hiding until evening Tethering his
horse In a smnll wood ho concealed
himself In some bushes nnd endeav
ored to get some sleep Ho wns awak
ened some hours later by the sound of
voices and peering from his place of
concealment he discerned a party of
Boers on horseback about 12 yards
away
Do you think they will attack to
night
Either tonight or tomorrow morn
ing Vllljoen brought word
Well ho Is a scoundrel
A good spy Well If the cursed
roolncks storm Glencoe they will llnd
our guns inanned by their own country
men
Aye manned by roolncks with
their hands tied behind their backs
11a ha a good plan of Slilels to trus
those who refuse to light nnd mako
them targets for their friends Im
sorry for John Martin though lie
was a good friend
They moved away nnd llendrlrk
realized from their conversation that
Shlel had tied those who had refused
to join his coininanilo behind the Hoer
guns so that there wns every possibil
ity of their being killed should the
English make an assault
Carefully picking his way he led
his horse to within two miles of tlio
Hoer position After milking the ani
mal secure he proceeded on foot Ho
advanced at llrst without any attempt
ul concealment answering when chal
lenged thnt he was on his way to Shlel
with news of the enemy
The audacity of this proceeding wns
justltlctl by Its success nnd liendrlck
found himself well Inside the Boer po
sition almost without question On
the rhlge where the guns were posted
some JO men were lying liendrlck
walked among them unsuspected
They could not tell whether he had
Just Joined the commando or hnd been
with them for weeks New arrivals
were pouring In daily
Passing along the ridge liendrlck
came to the guns nud there with his
hands tied behind him and secured to
the gun cnrrlage lay John Martlu
Mr Martin
The enptlve looked at him wenrlly
1 am liendrlck sstmnke no noise
do not speak Miss Nancy Is safe at
Durban The English storm tills po
sition tomorrow I will cut your bonds
but It Is till I can do for you If you
can escape you will find my horse in
the brush two miles nlong the road to
the right Should you see Nancy again
say I did my best to keep my promise
He hnstlly severed the captives
bonds and bidding Mnrtiu hold his
hands as If still tied he left him the
knife nnd passed along the ridge He
proceeded down the mountain and was
just congratulating himself on his
lucky escape when lie was confronted
by a band of armed men
They challenged lilm nnd he gave
his usual reply that he was on his
way to Commander Shlel The band
opened out and liendrlck was faced
by a tall man on horseback
I am Commander Shiel Who are
you nud what do you want
Kor a moment liendrlck was silent
nnd before lie could speak a light was
Hashed on his face
I know him It is Hendilck lloop
stad cried a voice
lloopstad the man who refused to
obey the call of the government and en
listed as a volunteer with the English
You see we tire well Informed my
brave spy Bring him nlong men we
will show the reward we reserve for
traitors
liendrlck was seized by rough and
willing bauds and hurried to the Boer
camp Without any delay he was sen
tenced to be shot at break of day and
as he was being taken from Shiels
presence he heard a messenger an
nounce the news that John Martlu had
made his escape and could not be
traced
Thank God he exclaimed aloud
1 do not die in vain
The day broke at last and the guards
entered the tent and cut the bonds
that bound the prisoners legs The
upper part of his face was enveloped
in a thick woolen niufller and thus
blindfolded he was led out to die
His grave was already dug and they
stood him beside It The llrlug party
consisted of four men Three of the
ritles held blank cartridges and the
fourth was to deal the deathblow but
none of the men knew who held the
deadly weapon
The tiring party were in charge of an
ofilccr who held a revolver in his hand
Should the prisoner be nllve after the
party had fired It was the ofllcers duty
to execute the sentence himself
Present Fire
The rllles rang out and liendrlck
stood by Ids grave unhurt Without a
word the olllcer advanced to within
three paces of the doomed man raised
his revolver and a bullet crashed
through Ilendricks brain He fell for
ward and then rolled on his back the
bandage slipped from his eyes and
the face of the dead man lay upturned
to heaven His executioner took a
step forward and then a cry of agony
startled the morning air
liendrlck liendrlck My God My
God liendrlck My brother And I
hnve killed lilm O God forgive for
give
Pnul lloopstad placed his revolver to
bis forehead and fell across the corpse
of tils brother They loved each other
in life and together they joined the
great unknown
Thnt morning the English nra
Btormed the heights of Glencoe and
the Boers were defeated with heavy
slaughter and side by side with Cap
tain Dick Harvey rode John Mnrtln
In the engagement Captain Harvey
was wounded nnd sent to Durbnn
where Nnncy nursed her soldier lover
back to health Ho told her the story
of Ilendricks death as ho had heard
It from one of the Boer prlsouers
lie loved me she snld ns the tears
rnn down her cheeks lie said lie
would serve me to the death and In
rescuing my father ho lost his life
Philadelphia Times
He Got the Clinuiee
Rnstus you are southern bred eh
Yes sub
Then what is your idea of a perfect
gentleman
A puffek genImnn sub doesnt sny
nuflln else to do waiter sides hla
ohdah sub ceppln Yo brack scoun
drel keep de change Washington
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