Show i iA A BRAVE BOER SCOUT I I Dynamite Yn Dick k w Was a Terror to the D British Dynamite Jack referred to b by the correspondents ot of English newspapers ns as the Satanic Agent Arent ot of the Boo Boers has hns Kline come to Chic ago to pend the winter win wintel tel ter 38 the n le l e arrived a 0 month ago allO with the returning memo mem hers of the American hospital corps and h he hat has been living a retired life lite since then There Ther have been reaSons rea Sons why the man who hu hiss the puta lion of oC having killed amore British sol ul diets than any other r one person enon who has been fighting on the side Ilde should seek IHk R a Mallon ot of quiet lUll Ills military carne to a premature close after onE of the most mOlt daring feats III bt the spectacular history of the South Houth African war and lh the English have uttered II a reward of 1600 for his hll head Dynamite Dick ended hi his service by worth of at stores at al Voort last Jut September Attar At Atter tar ter h he had safely HAfely made hi hie escape he discovered that Inn ToOl the famous cannon that thal from for tor weeks week belched lire hire and shell hell upon Ladysmith had not been demolished He returned to fix this great gun so 60 that It would not lIot be ot of nil any service to the enemy and he became b from the Boer Beer Is why he h had to n flee e across the frontier into Inlo Portuguese ter ritorp and finally I na II conic tl to the United States State much against hll hie will When he hc made his way wa to Delagoa Day Bay he was Sons arrested on an complaint or of the Brit BritIsh lei Ish consul at that place who wore swore that no Englishman could feet feel safe Ate In Inthe Inthe the same town with Dynamite Dick The consul had forty police then Inn and aM sixty marin to guard him but nevertheless Dynamite Dick was locked up until the first vessel should sail front from port Then the dan dangerous scout Sas escorted on ship shipboard board with much Pomp and ceremony There was II a company ot of Infantry at athIs athis hIs right n a cavalry guard at ids hla left and It a Maxima gun back of him The British consul did not go o down to the wharf to sa say goodby but that took the greatest interest In the de of the man whose name strikes terror to the heart of Tommy Atkins he ma may happen to bo be in III South Africa King with six Americans and too 00 liners was wall detailed to wreck the train carrying a relief expo Rion to In PretorIa A little bridge not tar from wa was selected elected as the place far tor the first big dynamite experiment of I Ithe time the war With forty fort pounds founds of dynamite dyna dynamite mite King laid the trap most cleverly his knowledge ot of engineering aiding him to estimate E the probable damage that au III be done and to minimise the loss loas of life lite The Boers were placed on guard at A good dIstance tram from the bridge and two electric wires were are ar arranged ranged for tor the lime explosion ot of the big charS charge The train lam carne In sight Ight about a u c tn hi the At a signal Ignal t f R afternoon explodes the ina dyna dynamite mite The train WM was wrecked and fit teen persona were killed The rhe rushed from ambush and time till British hoisted a white flag Ilag One hundred and seventy were taken Amon Among them was ton After ACter that day cay 1 King ln seldom heard hll own name lie He was seas Dynamite Dick for all time In South Africa ArricK The tame fame of at his daring deed deel spread everywhere but It was looked upon ulOn b by thE young oung engineer ns as quite nn an ordinary ordinal incident But It was only th the beginning of hili he exploits Time The contemPt fur for danger he shown In WIS his It us r wall 0 It all th American scout rout to whom It was wae entrusted en entrusted trusted lie He passed paned under shower ot of bullets bUllet and e escaped al 1 unharmed Time and amend again he crept past the enem pickets and wandered at wIlL within th the British lines There was AI riot a week that did not RillS add to the wag long lI liet t of t the tbt almost feats he Soon It bt became rumored that he had some m mysterious power of el find hlA out aut the of hi his foe and t the superstitious feared him as AI they would an emissary of oC the evil oneAt one oneAt At th time sentries would bear a sound JOund utter a challenge and Instantly R a aman man would ride by on ont one of the horses laughing In him the face fac of M Tomm Atkins and taunting with his hili marksmanship The e with long curly curl hair that fell on isie hili shoulders was often otten hallese and hla hili boyl h f tc aye no hint of at his In 1 In ins out out the most mOlt terrible In ii th Ih trl business of war I stories were told of him In lad iii his name became n horror Of all Dynamite Dick up l Iq u none was wall more wonderful th than a t the h j I f after II a Pt bI bIThe i iThe The Hoer Boer troops led had I Iene one ene of the young Qun I 4 h his Held glasses ut son the 1111 his wounded comrades lying I f British lines Irom a rise of gr I t this watched t the hp h ho f H Hat at work fork am among nr time th I 1 Ile He noticed that the thO HuPT I 1 attended this Ihl fart t I oJ a Ii ears of Dynamite leek h I I h d t volunteers to forum form n a rest Several t to It 11 e him and at sight six 11 of C Ih these t niu stationed d In It a ditch In order U Uthe t the retreat In ciao th I 1 akinI with hint s e I a noel Boer boy hoy li E years old l u t I mite mill Uok Dek went In search n I wounded men They crept p pain he first without being b d 11 covered Cautiously th they proceeded 11 Ill the they had gone Ione u by the Inside picks such could see se the I English soldiers I lying In their blankets While th thY were across an open stretch of r the moon camp nut from I II In n I cloud and the nearest t iii bet hll I longed them Then hI he tired His HIli shot hot Int wIde ot of the mark and In an In Instant stant there thero was confusion In III the Un I g time the boy to the shelter of oC sumo rocks the scout cout awaited lop The They had been compelled to I IRVe their rifles rl behind them as al It was 1111 to carr carry them white creeping Inn Tong the ground and the they made ready TId I Io defend t with revolvers he noise and shouting confused ed th the pickets who ho ran Into camp to Met meet a general In a moment hero was wal Ii a panic Cries rI that th the Boers cre re tasking a night attack wr wore heard n every able One Otle of the tbt sal 01 In rushing IJ by stepped on th the leg r f young oung o II wh shot him with Ith bl hie r The Th scout put the dead tol 1101 tiers lIers on the boys head had and aDd th the theno no fired red on those who rushed past t hem and the six urea men hidden In th o opened Ore fire In halt an hour houf he camp wu was deet deserted and the th rs tilt slit men to search ch for their wounded soldiers The noise had 1111 aroused arou tod om of hes sad tHad his groans the n su sung ng pert party to hI hie The Th three hR had lain on th the 11 t nIl endl fir r h 0 days I ta 11 I el V me d f th oP unI was IlS AL Ai k I I 1 he h II a n 11 of f n a rr e Frer 11 he k 1 tin tina IJ IJa a bo boy ot of 16 ash h hu ha 11 I Ih sh t I r c the tue head ead Both ft rev v vf f Bred ered but the third died d from his hl In I Juries Jurle Neither the scout nor his hla Ohl pinion was injured and the British abandoned ground for tor the possession of which they had d I 1 ff 11 a The singular coolness of C the th grout Rats t him a peculiar I OH all 1111 sorts of men On on one O then h he was acting as a a spy ht he walked Into a to It that th t was wa within the Ihl British lines Going to one Jill ot of I the he houses h lie demanded dinner The refused the request t It is II Roberts ordera that lie we shall hall not feed t 1 an any finerman woman Ioan or the citizen uhn ho plainly showed bowed that he resented th the Hut But I arm am hungry declared Ih the nr scout I must mut have hao something to lilt cut for I have bave ur of Important Le Ie laughed significantly and th n Balked Into the parlor Beating hm I 1111 rim the best helt chair he began tu to II a hug Slick that he carried In his hll harm He Fie soon had bad a pile of shavings In the mid die of nf the carpet Then hI he struck a match What are you OU going to do the owner ner ot of the house houle Light LIht a lirE fire so 0 that t I Ian can some Ime coffee answered the visitor Make fake your our coffee outdoors said the astonished man But I dont care to eat out or of dour doors when I can ean dine la In a mansion manlon said Dynamite Dick Then you can eat In the replied the householder who began to 10 think he Will was dealing with a madman Dick eats tah only In the dining room If you have a banquet hall that t is I not to good remarked the guest 11 lie was Icon escort fOil to the dining room where he ob to the red tablecloth and corn the maid rnald to bring out the beet t linen You see I appreciate luxuries after aCter camp life he explained to his reluctant ant hot hat who dM did not draw n a long breath for tor halt half an hour after discover Ing hoUt he wu was entertaining Dynamite r Dicks last exploit will cause CAUte his hll name to be inscribed In hoer history When the Boors left Dynamite DIck retreated with his hll comrades but the thought ot of the stores valued at that had to bl be abandoned to the British bothered bothen l him lie saw lAW ane another ther opportunity for forone forone one ot of hIs Independent With three men he be returned to where her for tor one bag or of flour each he hired to go o with him to the railway cars where most of f the stores had been allowed to remain ready read for transportation UsIng t two 0 carloads carload ot of kerosene they found there ther they the saturated everything with oil Then Dynamite DI Dick applied the torch toh While the nut party was WAIl busy bURY at this costly tire fire some Bome British scouts tired on nn the men killing two of tilt the Kathie One of the British scouts was Willi Ink taken prisoner and the tour four Beers rh earl with their captive They fhe had not gone far when the sergeant of the guard said that he had not been able to 10 dispose Of Long Toni Tom All the dynamiters exultation the disappointment ot of hi his toes COlli was wa liA 1111 by this news fie fhe scout had seine sentiment concerning the uc cannon lannon Alone hf he returned t Poor time taking with him some dynamite which h he used uttI with elT rt that long Toni Tom was shattered Into a hundred pieces ples nut But the des dell traction ot of Long Tom put at least a ending to career car r Time The British arm array cut hint him ort off from the Ih retreating Beer army anny and ho had to take refuge on neutral ground 1111 arrest at Dt hay bay followed Ii a few tew days latu |