t - - 1 u r v A FALSE STEP Sweet thou hart trod en heart 1 rami There a world full of mm And women u fair aa thou art Muat do rich thlnga now anj then Thou onlj haat atepped unaware Malice not one can Impute And why ahould a heart have been the In tlie way erf a fair womana foolt It waj not a ttone that could trip Tior waa It a thorn that could raid Put up thj proud underllpl Twm merely th heart of a friend And yet peradventure one day Thou pitting alone at the glara Remarking the bloom gone away Where the amile In IU dlmplcment waj And seeking around thee In tain From hundreds who flattered before Bueh wod aa Oh not In the main Do I bold thee leu precious but more Thou wilt ilRh my like cm thy part Of all 1 have known or can know I wiah I had only that heart 1 trod upon agea ajrol Klttabeth Barrett Browning lAnVAAUIILUl I Boer women have very often fought alongside of tbclr husbnndB and fa therB and brothers In the wars of the republics of South Africa Some of them ore capital mnrkswomen nnd nearly all have the fanatical courage Which Is noticeable In religious en thusiasts of all climes The women who today are fighting In the trenches against the British are doing no new thing Their mothers nnd grandmoth ers assisted in the defense of many a laager against the rush of Zulu lmpls Far from detracting from their wo manly fascinations the young men of the Transvaal look upon such mnscu llno prowess as greatly enhancing them Rifle skill and amazonlan dash In time of war on the part of the maids compel the admiration of the young men as witness the recent case of Marie Dutoit Marie was a little Cinderella of the veldt Not all the glamour of falrydom could however have persuaded a prince that little Marie was pretty She was Indeed quite homely The child was an orphan and lived with the VnnPeltsher uncle and aunt and her elder cousins Hendrick a young man and Greta nnd Anna who may be said to have taken the place of Cinderellas 111 conditioned sisters These latter were belles of Boerland and well por tioned but Marie had been left a skin ny babe without a penny Tbi with her homeliness lessened her chance of ever being nicely married for the shrewd Boer has a careful eye on a girls dowry An old maid or a lor Is a byword and a thing of abhor rence In the Transvaal So Maries lot was sad Oom Kris Van Pelt was not n bad man by any means He was n typical farmer and hunter of the Transvaal n tall broad bearded grave religious patriot When Maries parents died he gave the child a home more from duty than affection or pity and after that paid little heed to her Tiinte Anne his wife was another matter She would never have turned away the little Marie partly from a souse that such conduct would scarcely have been Scriptural but chiefly from a fear of what her neighbors would say But she did not conceal her opinion that the Dutoits had sinned greatly in dying without leaving a provision for their child In the hard years when the mealie crop was burned by the sun nnd the oxen perished from lack of water Tante Anne made things unpleasant for little Marie for she was a feverish complaining woman Another such year she would cry and we will be ruined The good Lord knows best but there are so many mouths to feed so many mouths Such outcries were absurd for the iVan Pelts were better off than many burghers Her neighbors knew this and smiled at the worrying old woman but Marie took It very seriously and redoubled her labors From babyhood she worked until her handB were hard as a boys and her face was darkly tanned A hard childhood was that of Marie Dutoit whose older cousins were In nowise distressed to see how she slaved There Is only one career open to the average Boer girl and that Is marriage Marie was plain Mario was poor Greta and Anna compla cently and leisurely looked forward to taking their choice of suitors but Ma rie could only sigh and be resigned and secretly dream of some Impossible day when the prince would ride over the veldt and sound his bugle horn She always roused herself sharply from such extremely foolish dreams and dashed more reluctantly than ever at tho drudgery of the farm Yet one great delight was hers and that was when Hendrick her big si lent cousin took her out on the broad plain when he was shooting at the tar gets nnd taught her to handle a rifle Sometimes he even took her on a hunt and so keen were her eyes and so Arm her grip and so steady her open air trained nerves that Marie Dutoit when 10 years old was nigh as good a shot as Hendrick himself When she was JO tho troubled days began and the Transvaal declared war against Great Britain Veldt Cornet Ilausmann brought tho news but It was not altogether news AH night the beacon fires had been burning on tho higher kops All night Kaffir runners had been scouring the country with messages from the com mandants to tho burghers All night la many farmhouses tho women had been at work preparing the rations of biltong and cleaning the arms of tho patriots All night throughout tbs length and breadth of tho land prayers had gone up and the veldt had echoed the deep voiced songs of David Tho cornet was a close friend of Hendrick Vnn Pelt A rich man was he and Influential Insomuch that ho was even In the councils of Paul Kru ger himself Very popular nlso was nick Hnus maun and so well looking that even without his wealth the maldem woulit have been gracious to him It may be Imagined that In the course of the little Maries day dreams the prince who galloped bo cavollerly over tlio veldt was not altogether unlike the young cornet Its war ho said gravely as ho sat down In the fnruiliouse 1 have come for Oom Kris and Hendrick If they arc ready we will Join the commando together Ytvs thank you Greta thank you Anna I will take coffee Marie had made the coffee but her coURlns served tho cornet Tante Anne nnd they hovered about him and cho rused denunciations of the roolucks and eulogies of the Boer patriots Then first Hick Hausmnnn smiled on Greta and again he was cordial to Anna When Greta smiled Anna frowned and when Annn beamed Greta tossed her handsome head and sniffed Hut Marie made coffee nnd hid her homely face nnd looked not nt all at the prince of tho veldt When the Vnn Pelts were ready the women hung about their horses delaying them to mako suro that nothing was forgotten the bil tong the coffee the sugar the home grown tobacco Tante Anne In tears caressed her spouse nnd son but tho dnughters were more solicitous about the rich and handsome veldt cornet They were quite cheery They had no doubts of the outcome of the war Slay them as the Philistines were slain they cried to Rick Drive the ultlnnders Into the sen Oh how I wish I was a man to go and fight them I Oh yen to be a man cried Greta to be brave and strong To be such a horseman I cried An na cutting out Greta We will make much of you when you come back victorious they cried together And reward me I hope said the handsome cornet but he looked nt both and smiled nt both bo that the girls when they had smiled back at him frowned on each other Goodby Marie said Hendrick Goodby cousin said Marie I wish I was going with you Then they rode off to join the com mando and Rick only waved his hand to Marie and all tho veldt for her grew chill and gray The prince was gal loping over the veldt but no glad bugle horn had hounded Its call for her Tante wasw more peevish than ever The girls wefcTsulky Mario youve let the coffee get cold Tante Anne screeched Marie was nt the open door staring after tho horsemen and did not hear nor answer Come In and attend to your work her aunt cried What are you about Do you think the cornet will kiss his hand to you 7 The sisters laughed shrilly but Ma rie hung her head No she thought he will never wave his hand to me I am too ugly and too poor but I should like to take n rifle and be beside him and light the Englishmen nnd and watch over him The fight had begun In a series of skirmishes but when morning came the Boers and British were In pitched battle The speaking of the great guns could be heard at the farm Sometime i even the rattle of the rlllc fire reaclict across the plain The women folk were terribly excited War was now very close to their doors and It was not so easy a thing to sneer at the courage of the roolneks Aunt Anno rocked In her great chair tho girls were white and unnerved Marie was restless with great bright eyes All night long spider carts and wagons and Utters had been jolting across the veldt with burdens of dead and crippled men who were being carried by native servants and friends to nearby homes for burial or for nursing Suddenly before the glaring sun had yet reached Its noontide height a rag ged Knfllr came running and leaping from the dlstnnt kopjes where tho bat tle raged and roared His eyes were protruding with fright and his dark face was now gray It 1b MPangwel Mario cried as ho came and they all went out to meet Oom Kris servant who had followed his master to tho war as In olden tlmos the henchmen followed the knights and squires The Knfllr ran up weary and exhausted A dirty rag bound his arm where a bullet had pierced the flesh Why have you left your baas the women cried nnd Tnnte Anne shook her flst at tho trembling boy You coward dog If you have run away I will use the sjambok on you myself 1 Nl cried tho Bervant No run Baas Hendrick him dead In trench Big baas him fight and shoot shoot shoot Big baas him sny to MTangwe Get cart take Baas Hendrick to Tanto Anne Mo come run all way There was a walling then In the farmhouse and terrible cries for vengc nnce but the Vnn Pelts were too sor row stricken to obey the poor stern fathers will On Marie fell tho task as on Maria usually fell tho harder tasks She had loved Hendrick but she was dry eyed Her face was still nnd stern Is Oom Kris hurt she asked tho boy and he told her tho old man was safe as yet as they harnessed the horse Her back was turned to him Did you see the Veldt Cornet Ilaus mann V she asked lie shoot shoot shoot with big baas Mild tho boy When the cart was ready Marie went Inside and filled a great canteen with coffee She took some biltong and bread also Then she got Hondrlcks old rifle which she had often ufacd nuil THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY JULY 1U 1001 went Into the house for a belt of am munition Tante Anne she said I am going to the trenches with MPangwe He says the battle Is hard The command not must need every good shot he can find nnd I am n good shot BesldeB they have killed Hendrick nnd 1 loved him Tante Anne screeched again I need yon here she screamed What can my girls nnd I do broken down as wo are Who will help In the house Greta nnd Annn must do that un less they will come wltli me At that the glrlB cried out The trenches are no place for girls they said Oh said Marie Dutoit hotly there are women there already helping the men A woman also hils a right to tie fend the fatherland My mother fought the Zulus with my father In laager nnd Tante Anno herself when she was rounger could hit n deer She drove off with the Knfllr sorrow ing much for Hendrick her childhoods friend but hot with hitter anger nnd vengeful wrntli against the English Also there was n dread In her heart that arriving she should And yet an othcr lying dead In the trenches on the hillside No doubt this would seem unmnlden ly conduct In tho eyes of seminary girls but you see Marie had never been to school She could only with difficulty spell out her Bible wns quite uncultured nnd a very simple nnd natu ral product of tho veldt possessed with nil the primitive passions of love nnd hnto and Jealousy and revenge The trenches were reached from the rear of the army with only the rocky tllfllcultles of the kopje to overcome When however they enme near to them the Knfllr shook with fear as the great shells came shrieking from the British guns to plunge Into the earthen brenstworks or burst near by scatter ing horror He cowered In the enrt but Marie wit erect although her face was white and her lips Indrawn They halted some distance away In the shel ter of n great rock and Oom Kris him self carried his dead boy to tho cart Poor old patriot he was weeping but he could not leave his place to nccom pnny Hondrlcks remains noxious though he was that they should be burled at home near the old farm and not In the dreadful trenches perhaps by British hands He dispatched the Kaffirs cart and expressed no sur prise when Mario followed him on hands and knees creeping to Ilen drlcks place Tho old man Hko every old Boer had been used In other days to see his women folk by his side de fending the wagons of the trek ngalnst savage foes It Is right little Marie he said simply He loved you my Hendrick Say a prayer arid aim carefully On the Boer girls other side lay tho field cornet He nodded to Marie nnd smiled approval Who should conquer us ho said when our girls are ready to die to de fend the land Why did not Greta and Anna come They are fair shots and Hendrick was their brother Marie said nothing but color came bnck to her cheeks for It was tho first time the prince of the veldt had spoken to her so cordially Then she listened to him as lie pointed out to her peep ing over the breastworks the position of the English and directed her lire She grew warm with the fierce excite ment of the thing but her aim wns steady and her bullets sped truly Rick was earnest In his encouragement I did no know he said enthusi astically that you were such a brave girl and canltal shot You were al ways so quiet Then Marie even In the middle of horrors wns almost happy AH the afternoon the shells ennic shrieking All tho afternoon cries and groans nnd hoarse commands filled her ears with the ceaseless crash of the rifles and th thunder of the big guns Other sounds there were also when now from the right nnd again from the left some ood fearing patriot would begin to sing Then nlong the line of tho trench the deep voices would rlFC to heaven now In tho heart stirring melody of a volkslled now chanting the solemn measures of the psalm Marie sang too Her voice and those of a few other women and boys with the commando rose high above the mens Never before wns seen so strange n congregation praising the Lord At last when the day was far spent the enemy tried new tactics since their artillery arild not disperse the Boers In the trenches From far In front a body of kilted hlghlnnders moved for ward with a grent cheer nnd the shells came plunging down In n more furious storm than ever One of these burr near Marie A piece tore past her face and hit old Oom Kris The fine old mans rifle fell from his hands He gave one short sharp cry and fell back He had followed his dear son So hot wns tho fight bo urgent It wns that now If ever the Boers should net slncfen their fire that little Mar1 could only murmur a prayer but dared not cense firing Uick Hausmnnn found time to touch her hand and whisper In sympathy It was for God and country said he It Is well with him Tears were In Maries eyes as she looked at him gratefully For God nnd country sho repented nnd turned steadily to the approaching rush of hltfhlandcrs They were com ing on with tremendous dash not cheering now for every breath wns needed as they faced tho steep hill With fixed bayouets they came on and on and on The lire of the Hoers wis furious a continual roar of volleying rllles The Scotchmen suffered eruellv Here there llkewands in wind men wavered and dropped but the re came on and on and on and tho ghast ly looking bayonets were thrusting fo ward nearer nnd uearer At sight of the cold Rteel glnnclng In the sun Marie began to quake Not she alone the Itoers nil round were paling Drop ping still from the line of kilted war riors before the tempest of bullets men Iny scattered on the hillside nomu writhing some very still the highbind ers came closer fitul closer Cornet Ilausmann Mario cried quivering I must go 1 must fly l cannot stand nnd face those things I Hnusinnnn looked up to spenk and then another shell burst ruul he fell with n broken leg At tho same In stant many Itoers unaccustomed to face surh n wenpon began to fall back leave the trench and retreat Hnus manu saw them nnd In spite of his agony ordered nnd Implored them to stay Stand firm I he cried They are exhausted Stand flrm contluuc fir ing and well drive them back yet Oh cowards will you tly7 Mnrle sjiow them an example You are no coward Steady Marie Keep on tiring You wont desert me will you Maries strength was renewed Even her awful dread vanished at the princes entreaty Sho htood besldo hlni as lie reached up to her hand No sho said I forgot for one mo ment No I will not desert you Now the Scots were within 100 yards They came on but they were stngger Ing and gasping Klrml Stand firm cried the wound ed Hour chief to the Boers who hud not fled Hush them lads roared the tall British otlleer They came Marie covered that offi cer steadily He fell as she fired but his men came on and on Their bay onets were within 50 yards nnd the Boers without nny such wenpon to meet them broke at last and scattered Marie looked down at the cornet Ho had fainted from pain With a great effort she lifted him up for she was Strong from much outdoor work nnd staggered with hlni from the lost trenches to the shelter of the grent rock which had previously hid the cart Her soul was full of bitterness because tho trencli wns taken but yet her henrt was glad when tho prlnco opened his eyes and smiled on her At lenst she had saved 111 in from the frenJ 7led demons with the bayonets The Scots however could not hold the position for Itmjj Boer artillery from other kopjes was trained on them They In turn retreated and night fell upon the buttle Behind the rock Mario gave the cor net water nnd eased his agony ns best she could while waiting for the sur geon and ambulance Hnusmnnns eyes were nlwTtys on her face Marie lie siild at last these fel lows would hnve killed me If you had not staid by me You saved my life when you did not desert me like the others Marie little Marie Oom Kris lias gone and Hendrick has gone and you are alone I too am alone Stay with me then never desert mo The prince of the veldt had cnlled on his bugle horn Washington Post Till- Illilid of Simp In one pa t of Washington there Is an exclusive settlement of negroes They have their little shops In which the necessaries of life are kept on sale The prices range from a cent up to a quarter In one of the shanties Is a barber shop It has two chairs of the most primitive style On the wall Is a torn colored picture of a colored fire company In a frame without a glass Underneath this Is a paper on which nre written these rules Shove f cent Fpt chpIi One inlr cut 10 cenlB Spot cash Shamponln Saturday 6 centa Extra Otlur dayn ecit Sunday 2 centa No shnvln Sunday Ilota takes tljiH Shine next door Shut on holidays No credit In the Store Oamhlln barred Kxcept pints on races No politics lowed Same on religion -- Washington Star He Alrnt il IIIkIi President Lincoln once had a slngu lar Interview with a persevering strati ger This was a man who had been noticed hanging about the White House In Washington Asked his busi ness he said he wanted to see Mr Lin coln and was not going away until he had seen him Ultimately the presi dent granted tho visitor an Interview Say Mr Lincoln he began do you wnnt a secretary of war For If you do Im your man Tho president Informed him that i l that moment ho was not In need of 1 such nn article With that the stranger withdrew but ns he was leaving the room he turned and said Say Mr Lincoln have you such a thing ns a pair of old trousers After a hearty laugh Lincoln told his visitor he almost deserved the score tarjBhlp because ho added you aim high Wouldnt Have Altered Itrcrjlt John Simpson this superstitious af fectation of yours about the thirteenth day of the month Is simply nonsense All sorts of great undertaklugs have been begun on the thirteenth Why havent you had the courage to test the matter by starting some veuturo on that date There Is only one I can think of that I might have launched then I might have married you my love on that date And nnd Im willing to confess thnt I really dont think It would hnve made much difference Cleveland Plain Dealer Kxtri iiicN licet The Blond -1 dont feel well this aft ernoon The Brunette Maybe It is something you ate for luncheon I think uot I only hail some dev iled crabs and angel cake Indian apoUs Press ANATOMY IN RHYME An Kutiy Wny ttemnrlae the Met tier of tlir Unity A recent writer In an Australian pa per teaches anatomy In verse The rhymes are not all perfect but they will serve How many hnnea In the human facet Fourteen when they are all In How many Uniea In the human hiatlf Kin M my child aa Ive often ntld How many hone In the human aplnef Twenty tour like a iluMerlnn vine How many tonea In the human cheat Twenty four rlh and two of the rit How many tmca In the ahouhlir hlndt Two In erhj one Iwfore one Uhltii low many hoiita In the human emit In rath arm line two In raih forearm Ilnw many hone In the human wrlalf Illdlt In raih if untie tl mimed How many honea In the palm of I lie handf Five In raih of rtiry onea hand How many hone In the flngera tent Twcnty elitlit and by jotnta they tiend How many bone In the human hlpf One In each like a dlah they dip How many lumen In the human Unlit One In taih and deep they lie tlow man hone In the human kneet 1wo In each we can plainly nee How many bone In the ankle etronftf Seven tn raih but mine la luiifr How many honra In the ball of the foot Five In lacti aa the palm were put How many bonca In half a motet Twenty right and there are no limn- And now if jou rriknn Which on a alate Tliey count in a hod tun bundled and cIkIiI Tbcn we hate In the human mould too Trcth uppn and undir thirty and to And now and thin theres a tione I think That forum nn a Joint or to 111 up a think A aetumoid Imnc or wormalii ue tall And now we may rt for weve told them all Success Ill Time to right When General Grunt was presi dent said u Washington man n cer tain friend of his came out of the west to see him One day Just lifter leaving tho White House this friend fell In with a fellow westerner In the While House grounds and a heated encounter took place which suddenly terminated by the generals friend knocking the other muu down and out The matter was hushed up but the general naturally Indignant called hie friend to account saying John youve treated me and lie office I hold with much discourtesy Why did you do such a thing Well It was this way general re plied the iiow thoroughly penitent one You know there was Imd blood be tween us and he had set all sorts ol stories going about me Just nftci leaving you I ran Into hltn mid he at once uccused me of doing a certain thing As It was a He I only laughed at him Then he accused me of some thing else and that being also a He I Jeered at him again but his third necu tuition was true and by gad sir I couldnt stand that so I knocked 111 id dowu New York Tribune ScnNlrknt am A stewardess after 1C years servlen on one of the transatlantic liners and an opinion mi the subject from u per son In her position Is undoubtedly to be respected- has this to sny about seasickness Almost everybody Is a little sick but a great many more per sons could bo less sick than they are If they would only bo careful for n day or two before hey sail Lot ft of folks going off to Europe eat big din ners nnd luncheons for two or three days before they start and as soon as they get the motion of the waves they hnve really a billons attack Some times when the crossing Is very rough nnd I have been u little careless in mj diet I feel the motion myself lint nev er when I lake proper care At the slightest dizziness or nausea I stop eating anything tit all for eight or ten hours and above all I never touch lea at that time It Is the overeating usunlly before they come on board that makes all tho trouble New York Post niiruiiiiia ITxtMinc P T Barnums propensity for practi cal Joking began enrly to assert Itself Once a iiinn was on trial In a local court for n small misdemeanor Learn ing that he had no money to hire a law yer Barnuin offered to conduct his de fense With great solemnity he inndo a lengthy plea In which he virtually accused his client of being guilty of half tho crimes on the calendar end ing with a recommendation to the mer cy of the court on the ground of un sound mind Tho mnn though escaping with n merely nominal sentenco was furloua at the trick that had been played on him lie wns finally nppeased by Bar numB explanation that he had pre pared a defense for two different cli ents and had In his case delivered the wrong plea Maltland Leroy Osborne In National Magazine Dunicrrona Rv0 A young clerk received Instructions from the proprietor of a produco house In Front street some days ago to put Into a case of eggs a card marked Guaranteed Tho 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