| Show SCOUT SeOUl IN t Major Tolls Telis How Ho H Aided hi lit South Sonth African British Nut 11 He lIe entered the tha th Hoer Boer lines almost ox ex exactly c a n hundred times time and was cap turgid lured once but hilt got away awny In hi three days At U Stolid river ho he spent un an Inside a 11 hut while on a u bench outside were ranged a number numb r ot of Hoei CJ watching the movements of t tile 1116 British In ht the distance The scout with ihl eye atta hole In iii tho the thin mud plas plus tor or wall nn an Inch Illch from tho the head of ot tho the nearest Hoer was likewise watching tho the proceedings proceeding There was only ani one room In tho the hut and when somo some of ot tho the Boer Boern decided to come and sit alt inside the scout hall had to Jump lump for a II pile of ot skins In one ont corner and lie llo motionless underneath one ne of ot them thern for tor two hours hoUtS while ono one of ot the Doers Boers sat flat so JO close that ho he could have touched without rising Asian from fromn his teat seat Tho The Incident Illustrates ono one of ot Major maxims Invisibility ho lie says days Is Immobility but ho hue adds adrIs It ItIs ItIs itis Is not easy to remain motionless you keep an eye on ou the man you OU wish to avoid When Whon you lose love eight of ot him your Imagination Is likely to get the upper hand of ot your judgment and your nerve nerves have hav been In good condi condl condition condition tion then lien At another time ho lay two days daye end nd two wo nights In an hole just big ble enough to keep him hint conceals d from a 0 Jt IA N neighboring lo Ho lio was panted bj by b one cue black toy boy JOy laden lullen with ox ex plosive Um also had hud to use Ugo the sumo same kind of ot shelter The Thu diet filet and this tha hard traveling were too tou much for Cor the black boy who hud had boon heon chosen for tor hits his hl moat great mat and amid So 80 the tho gun lun guncotton guncotton cotton otton with which iU ilIA companion was laden n and amid went on oil while the boy straggled back IlBek to the t lines line When the tho Doers HoerR moved moed on ln blew hie up the railroad h between t een Pretoria and awl Johannesburg enabling the British to capture n in number ot of l and curs cars at nt Johannesburg lie He was twelve days on the theo expedition living tho Iho last four days dare on raw 11 s only Another exploit which nearly cost coat his lifo life was Aas to 10 railroad oust t tot of ot Pretoria and antl pi event the Doers get getting getting getting ting the British h prisoners away by train Hut But when sullen sore somo distance front from the ha tine line he rode ratio Into a n commando who promptly II 10 opened a II ery very Man lire up upon upOn on Oil him Not lot a 11 shot of at tho rho shower of ot bullets that followed him struck him Ii I III but bUI when ho hind had dashed bark back some llama EW yards his horse was shot and Ind fell tell with underneath The Th scout lay IllY several hours Insensible but the Iha night was so 80 dark that thaI the Hoer Doers never novel found him and at daybreak he hc recovered con COli consciousness saw eau that the Boers Joers had none gone dragged himself elC to tn tho the railroad placed his hia guncotton and blew up the cars For two da days s and nights with without without without out food tood and more dead than alive with hl his wounds he lay hid th then n started to 10 crawl to Pretoria on of his hands and knees kneel being unable to stand upright He was wan soon eoon overtaken by a astray 1 astray stray British patrol and carried to Pre toila where ft It I wan found Cound that he had hall I been dangerously d wounded Internally Pearsons Magazine I 0 0 is SHE A T AlN ROBBER e II t tt ar 1 4 1 p a at t r Qs e raF s e Laura Mullion now being belna hold held on for tor forgery at St Louis Mo o Is sui sus suspected peeled of at having taken an nn active part partIn In the tho famous holdup hold up of at the tit Great Northern express at Wagner Mont on July 3 lost The authorities declare that she shu hiss has long lanK chummed with It out outlaws outlaws laws la s and that on the occasion occa lon of or the blur bit train robbery robber she was dressed In man mans clothing The man who was wall arrested with her In the forgery charge chargo ha has hili now been positively Identified as Harry Lon baugh a daring train robber The po police police lice are working hard to prove prova pro the com corn complicity complicity of ot this pair In the Great North Northern ern om affair iN 4 t L L r 1 m lr |
