| Show n n n n n n n n n n n ii H II I 1 I I 1 III I Ii I HIl l ST STORIES D iR j I 1 ii I t I IR hl I I 1 I ii I II I 1 j I I 1 1 1 I AI Ag hales the Australian I ent ni who Wa was captured by the Boeta und released after Ime some da day relate relates eom mp I hitherto untold anecdotes t of Kruger r wl which h be heard durn during hi his enforced stay ty I In the Uti burghers camp le leOn He says On Ona occasion bt 18 out on a alove kv love but found that tbt young 0 man bd bad arle arrived before him himS i S Ile The oth other suitor w was a bit of a aa r go on the veldt veldt says tb the then 1 n KI City He tad a aW showy I hires sad ant a IO gorgeous 1 lIedl caddie and a IW new I suit nit ot of clothe freb fresh from U the hawkers I van md d w when n Paul Pul Kruger ave arrived 0 on hi rb but uRI useful ho horse with IU saddle f satch el the cot clothing homm t to li the tie the other cl chap peeled remarks which caused the lU lust ot of otI r rr caule t I I U N ts te surge urI up 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5 Kt A id than sSt with i C t a t I Dont you remember m me under said the visitor I yoU 1 well 1 w Wa the tart reply Have you yuu I a pk pack of cards I in your our pocket und and do you ou It still I gamble The visitor Ilor said all he be thought the rm recta was Vel very close or bad badly ventilated or something of that kind Ay Anyway there was mor more air Ir outside and I he went out In a bury hurry to get t CS some ot of It it When h he was II In London an English friend to show how hll hINt the sight of oC oCth lD th the modern Iun 0 Paul Pul tell fell In with th the ide and the Briton gathered Ide him 1 In t to sed a blet ballet show bo thinking to Je set eol some fun tun out ul tf of bl his ed feel fHI In lags but bt Om Oom It cat end nd watched tt the whole show wIth interest What do 40 nu aU think of LIt girls rl Il nice aM d fr tresh Int aint IW saW t the Briton unIon with a sly Ir wink at tl the old aId patriot The paints tr fresh enough I dont ont doubt caa came th the reply through a cloud cloudo of smoke y Yd hate the old lh shoes o ot of the 1 n 1 In Africa tb than Id hl has il I flu hI lot got lotIn In England n t the hI lt stage o or oJ oft I It She was a Iod for tor m me when eh Wll wa YOI and nd good 10 enough for me sow 0 I 1 with I it larty nf if hy C t I 1 r In a I III IrlI Ih h 11 II t IN INI te I I 1 li 11 I liv 11 chalice ho the hampers the to food had gone astray Te They wn were all 11 so hun bun rne tat that son of them were ready d to tott tt sat a bor it If need b be pr providing It Wil II nn honl horse One tn money hurr t j I to be bI jl I I Ill apt F t 1 I r I lr II t i l e r Ie i I Ulu m h he said I with a curling lp lip Im I am and always shall b be the quiet Well 11 then theu seeing that th the ravena raen tok took fo food to Elih Elijah In the wilderness why h dot G God rend e sore eom to me by the crow Id Id hive v bep heaps of faith after afterward ward If h hi di thid old mn man Boue Because El Elijah wr W was a prophet with lh a mission In le life You ou a are only IDI a tool fool with an a p tte tite mad It if 00 God senile enc the crows crowl to yo You sir Ir U th wi will roll come to f fled themselves pt not you youAt C S C CAt At on one Um time le he WH very e fond o of Til Id Iding ing On horseback all as nerl nearly al all noer Boors are One Once ilc when out ot for tor a rde ride h he met t tan an old woman hobblIng alo along with a I bunde bundle Ih She loo looked d at th the Itra strappIng n young flow fellow 1 wistfully a as If Mh she I envied hIm his hla comfortable HI seat In til the I acI saddle le He hr her then locking I over hi shoulder noticed that the old dm dam huna I head wearily erlY a as she plodded along behind him le lie reIned up hi jumped down dOn a and without the o old woman bundle and al all bUo lab uie Ib caddIe Then nn taking hi 1 horse b by th bridle led 11 tl the animal carefully ona onward toward hi ow own tar feral Jut Just bf arriving th there thi old woo wo woman mD man said 14 My May 0 God l 1 10 good 1 to yo you for your Il kindness to on one 1 so oW oM and d help I Tre There are nt not my many wh who would ii II 5 YOU 0 ve dune done I It I had been HUI and D comely as I ole once was a I Ia a 41 then It I if you ou ha been young al and I should not nothan have han dared to t do I It Hi said he he with Jut just justa a U of laughter In hi his haHt ey eyes Not dared she said and o whY I should 1 then c hue have eten eaten yr Your Yi YOU might n riot said he he with a chuckle M t t to hi his wife wife wb WI was I standing taJI on the stoop 1 think I she h uld hav have I I I I I I I I I Once when out on a shooting tol tion the Ihl party had gathered around a camp amp fr and the conversation turne turned on literature There were Englishmen Germans and nd Boors present and each ach ot of them had touch much to lY cay con concerning celebrated writers of prose Id and poetry Oem Oom Paul le He smoked lui hi eternal 1011 long stem and held hd hil Ide pec peace The Genn Germans and ld th the English Englishmen men art almost cl cante to blo blows concerning the relative meil merits or of Goethe and nd At lust last the Englishmen turned to the one elet figure at th the amp I saying Lk Look h now Om Gent tar Paul Iau which do yeu U think the greater writer pear of the tv t or Shakes r per Never rod road eithe either of em m growled the brutal even vet then celebrated te mn man wih with Mein Gatt Gotti ejaculated the he here I is a mn man whom the D Doers r CI call f gt great and hi hi has not red read Goethe NeYr Never rd read Wi Will Shakespeare howle howled the indignant Irlon Briton then what the dul dues have yoU tt f Only th this Mi said Om Gem lul pulling a frat frayed and ta tattered tr II ble from hit his pocket and 0 I 1 have not half mastered I it yet et and nd I have hae read It da day and night for foy orty yr Years Wien I hae have exhausted tM the Bible Il Ill perhaps Goethe f dad time for and nd Otle Tel Tell mt ma had either of th these men tre wisdom to teh teach than I 1 cl lern learn from th the bok books o of IrO Proverbs Could ethe either of them write Beh such glorious I line lineas as Kin ICing DAvd David the ancient poet of f tb the Je Jews huts left us In his hll Dok Book Psalms Could ether either Shakespeare or Goethe hae have written the of Sol mon It If I Wt want to red read of huU I nod I it In thy Ihl Bible Dible It if I want to liere In al all the bob booke In th lh Ie love 10 co simply an anI beautifully the It I Ito f I as In Bible 1 to red read of war or ambition nci t I b further than the BIble It If I 1 exam example pit of patience en can I do di than study the Bok Book of Job I If I tempted 1 by woman cn can I F 18 folly ot of Ich such things bUIr bolter than j i turIng hr In and ld hi his eyesight treachery ot of Delilah ue In the of his hie foes fOI fOID D Do I think of the friendship nf o Ft fl for mn man TIll Tell me inc you bok fI where whre In al all th the 1 fl I fd read Ct if anything 8 eo wil well toll love ot of Dvid David for hi his friend Can an any books tec teach u UI ft a bo boto to hi his father beter better thAn ti What bk book or boks books can JI JIa a man In hil hl dut duty to 10 his hll of th the books of at thy tl toay today and nd rive give eh each b boy an a Bible and the next generation Ff e n Ii II and won women woUld be braer braver and tp I more and nd eurl ulI t I charitable and AmI thoughtful more 1 and mote mor content than the men and 1 mn men of toay today N seem to be beTie beThe Tie The German pule pulled hl his head had F hi his hat ad and said laid no more drew a fla Goethe The I iii W Wo fr from a side Ide pocket ket and at of name down his and o tok took an early ly opportunity to X the topic of conversation Into P a Ile tOlle b bearIng the next da days bO 01 while Oom om Paul Jut whre th fIrelight and the flickering shadows read onee more the tale he knit rad Ine morl t by hea heart concerning Boa Boar ad t madA maiden 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