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Show fil BURNHAMJHE SCOUT. m !a( some of His Thrilling Adventures in South Africa. H I1 rcirson s Msgatlne contains an Inter. Hj f I f ting account of the remarkable ex- H f IfL )il Its of IdaJ 1" n Humham the fa- 'Hj ' '' in ti American scout who l called iB j ( t haata to South Africa In tha early IB Mace of tha Hear war After relating H 4 . the various achievements which have j , A i ado l.umbnm famous the writer gives B J n v detalla of hla adventure In hla 1 t! 1 1 c ampalgn In South Africa !' 11 entered thi Huer lines exactly a . hut li l tlmea anil was ciipturtd once, but f,ot away In thrc da)a H t and River In' spent mi afternoon B h M ii KalTIr hut while on a hem h H euMde wore range I n number of liner H t in wntehlng the mi cements r tin H i i it sii in the dlstonei rin seout nlth B 1 is t vi nt a hnte In the thin mini plaster K w ill an inch from the In ad or the J lit r t liner was likewise wutihlng the faK i i rorceeilngs 1 here waa only one room M v in the hut nnl when some of thi liners IH ilerl led tn iomo nnil alt Inalde the hi out H hn to Jump fin a pile uf eklna In una H )e corner ami Hi motionless underneath H cf one of them for two houra while one of H i an Ihe liners set so ilnsi Hint he mulil havi M , tourheil llurnhiim without lining from H hi scut M ul Tli. inel'lent Illustrates one of MaJ H i Iliirnhniiia maxim Invisibility he H fi) sa-e Is Ininmt lllt hut he nil Is tt H ... Is not as) li leinuln motionless unleaa H ' on keep an is on the man you wlah H "" tn nvoll When cm loae sight of him H Ml soui imagination l likely to not the B ln upiei hind of vour Judgment anl join B f tit n rvi Imva to lie In gnul inmlliliii H I then H i or U iinother time he Ins tn data and M St, two nlKhta In an nnt bear hole just ' I IK enough to keep him concealed from a neighboring lommando lie waa n tompunled hy one blink hoy laden wit 1 expleslvea who alao ha J to use the name kind of aheltcr The dirt and the hard traveling were too much for th black bo who had b en chosen for hli (treat strength and endiiraiue rfo Iluinhiini took the gun cotton with whbh hlH cnmpanlon wna laden and went en nloni while the I) y struggled lank to the Ililtlah Unci When the Hoeia moved on Hurnhnm hi. w up tin mill on between I'rrtoi a mil Johannesburg enabling the HritlKh to inptuie n number of engines and cam at lohanlushuig lie waa twelve dne s en the i xi edition living tie hut four ilaja on law mi olio only Minther exploit which nearly coat hla liri wna tn deatroy the railroad east of Pretoria and prevent the floor getting the Hrltlsh r Manner awny by train Hut when mime dlntame fiom the line he ind" Into a lommando who prompt H orened n very lienvy lire upon him Not n almt i r tin nhuwer or hulleta that f I low I him atruek hlm hut when lie ha 1 daahed bin k anino 800 ynnls hla home wua ahot anil fell with llurnham uu derneath The nrout lay aeveral bourn Inaenalhle but the nluhl wna art dark Hint thi Hoera mver found him and at divbrenk he reooverwl ionBclniinem anw that the lloera had none drugitel lilniaelf tn Ihc railroad plated IiIh nun n tton and blew up the tratka I or two ilnva and nlghta without fool anl more dind than nllva with hla wounla he la hid then Marl. I to trawl to IM-torla IM-torla on his handa anl kneea helnp un noli t a ml iiptlidit Iln wna com nwrtakm li a nttay llrllleh intinl anl i ai 1 1 It I r imln where It wua found tint h hit bein dnugerouhly woundi 1 Int in llj |