Show BE HANGED boer 1 wo beeley a chance to carry oat ills tl reat abel erasmus the boer leader who recently surrendered to tha british in south africa la a man of great dis unction among his countrymen A good story is told of the old boer and lord wourley then sir garnet wol seley in connection with the part erasmus took in wolseley s campaign in 1879 against the chief of the on the borders ot swaziland after the capture of he was immediately brought before sir garnet wolseley who asked him how he a miserable kaffar living in a cave dared to defy the great queen of england the chief replied that he had been ansti gated to do so by bel erasmus sir garnet in describing the scene at a public dinner given to him at pretoria on his return from the campaign said that he wished there and then to let abel erasmus know that it ever he found that erasmus had been inciting any chief to levy war against eng land and he was able to lay hands on him abel erasmus would hang as high as haman A few days after the dinner sir henry brackenbury sir garnets military secretary was sit ting in his office when a tall braided boer entered and asked permission to speak with him I 1 am abel eras mus he said and I 1 have very am business to do here he ex that he had come to see sir barket wolseley for he had heard that sir garnet had said that it he could lay hold of him 1 e hang liam and so he ha 1 con fo be hanged sic garnet was in the net room and sir henry brackens uy thought hu it ft be to consult him on the subject sir garnet however hap bened to be too busy at the moment to see anybody and sir henry after re persuaded his angry visitor to take his leave and allow the hanging to stand over tor the time |