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Show ABLE KOMli LEADER. rBN. OIIVIBR, IIIICSNTLY CAP-TUIIBD CAP-TUIIBD UY THB DltlTISK. It Waa lie Mho l,a I (lalarro lata tha Trap al Slarmli-rs- Tilbaia VaM lo lira by Ola uf tha Hraalallia llaa nf ISa aM, Afrleau lUpaUla. Gen. Olivier, who was recently captured cap-tured by the Urltlsh In the fighting at Wluburg, In the Orange Fr. e Hlate.wis one of the most active of the Uoer generala In the field, and as a guerrilla ' leader ranked next to Urn De Wet It waa Olivier who led fleo OaUcre Into tha trap at Btormberg, which proved dlaaatrous to tho llrlt'ah, costing cost-ing them 100 casuattlra In discussing GEN. UMVIUR. that action a Uoer louder said to a uewipaper correspondent: "Our Gen Olivier is one of the slimmest' slim-mest' men In Africa. You don't know Olivier. If you llrltlshers wcra to talk to him you would reckor him up as a rather stupid sort of fell-? Ho knowa I how to know nothing -aben It suits him. He can make hla race as expressionless expres-sionless aa the back wall ot n cemetery ceme-tery on a wet day, even when he la Just bolting with excitement Inside. You may think tbat II la an easy trlik, but Just you try II some day when aoma onu springs a big surprise on you; perhaps you won't find It so easy as It may appear. Olivier knew all about Gen. tUtacro. He had studied him "Wo beat you llrllUhrrs that dsy, beat you pretty badly, too, but tha men who think (latacre Isn't a gcnersl on that account don't know the country, nor know Olivier, don't know the Iloera and don't know what quick firing rifles can do In such circumstances. It either Galeae's place thai day wa Boen H fancy It would mil bato triads a ajraai H deal of difference' fsssai |