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Show BEYOND 'J HE GATES.' I'ere w a at fine a fallow aa ever ' Irew aword. w t liu h .If in In. h o' a x Vet, broad el nl lire I and as so in. I aa 1 be'l In lcr the Inn t'l b oom i f health tad y nth flush I la h.a hec i Through hi calm cliar eyei he looked t.ie whole w. rid a the fce and owed no man except bla tillor A fearlett fellow, thlt futlemin In khaki, straight at a shaft, true as steel, too good a mm to betome food for now der A t, tote ahlpload of hit kin and kind nerj with him, bound for the war. Ihe farewell came Ibe tad adieu, and every heart wt full of lovte good by He stooped to kits the one woman of hit lift Her trmt were about his neck as she clnng to him faint and weeping Ills brow was stern and hit Jaws set. for hie Hngllsh honor compelled com-pelled htm to sheJ never a tear Bo he raited her from the ground to hit llpe and set her down n'th n parting that waa almost chill though lilt full heart was pulsing like a fire engine Thm her people took her and set her on somo baulks of timber, wrapped another an-other shawl about her for they knew all too well how frr.ll she waa and let her weep, aa they, loo. were weep Ing Hvery one who knew her, oxeept her rotdlcr lover himself, knew well that they had parted forever In thlt world for her dayt were numbered by the tngcls. Her great eye were like lamps In which the spirit of her llfo was fast consuming Iter beauty was not of earth The pallor and the pink alike proclaimed her the bride of death In her and In him only reposed the blissful bliss-ful Ignorance of this sorrow. Well Is It that love Is blind The tuny was lined with groups of people waving their tearful firewellt ftteam whistles nid entry snoita from Impatient engines rent tho nlr The great hauscrt strained taut nnd wero let go as the doekmen shouted to the I CT ( u - v i v i pilot. Then, from the crowding soldiers sol-diers on tho thlp, twinning bareheaded barehead-ed at the bulwarkt and clustering an tht rigging sod shrouds, eamo hoarsely hoarse-ly long, loud, reverberating cheers Tho screw churned the harbor water, and out to sea, out Into mist, passed tho troopship Wide-eyed with wet rose blossoms on her cheeks, still tat she thero gating gat-ing gtxlnR gating, stelng ono soldier sol-dier only, till tbo ship was a little speck at tea and they led her nwny 1'o.or, stricken soul' Not for her would ever come the Joy of wedding bells The veldt was like n furnace The hot Kuuth African sun bhted on high The lien In klukl wero stretched upon the uurnlnR sand athlrst on the water wa-ter ess plain Ahead of them, beyond the ant heaps amid which they sought some trivial shade and cover, stood n kopje full of Ihe Hocr enemy And thcro water was or death All day those bravo English boys lay nndor tbo burning tun Llttlo wreaths of sand curled up nnd eddied" and twrpt away In tho dlttanro like a beautiful beau-tiful cloud Particles nt silica nnd specks nf Impalpable dust hung like a mist over tho torrid earth, and tho tun plated with these glittering particles gliding and painting the Iridescent be-uty nut it was an agony and a horror to endure l")s and cars and not trlls wero full of sand Kvery man'a wa'rr bottle was empty, every tonguo was swollen, the mens lips wero too parched even tn curso Ruddcnly the enemy's Mauser flro reopened re-opened nt close quarters and many n man fell Volley after volley was Riven Riv-en bark until nut rang the stirring cry "Fix bayonets'" Thero wan n ring of merry steel an 1 a loud hurrah Hut tho crack of the Mauser rattled jet from bush and bos liter Many n Drltnn fell beforo the Iloeia were met, nnd then then there was carnago and flerco bayonet work, grim fighting and deeds uf rage and battle and blood Tha kopje vras cleared I'.re this the thirsty soldier with Ihelr hands In the mud mid their lips In tho foul-smelling water, had been drinking deep draughts of tho muddy stream Now that tho fight was aver they wero agtln on hands and knees, cooling their parched and swollen tongues Then me who had slaked hla thirst brought his bottle to their lieutenant, for he our hero waa wounded Ono wiped the foam from his mouth and put a cup to his lips, and he drank greedily Hut hit head fell on one aide, ao they laid lilm to aleep under the atars And when the morning broke It was seen that this hero among a band ot heroes whero all are heroes was dead All his manliness and courage had passed away Two bullets had gone through hU body, the sand had drunk ot hit blood, and hla aoul bad gone forth to him who gave It The lady whom be loved she who lived far away across the aeasl Ah, how should this gritf be told lo her? It never was There was no ne4 nf so grent n sorrow for the, too, wat emancipated from her clay At the geies of heaven the bride and br .egroom met The Sketch. |