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Show 5 Boer Courtesy to t j English Army Nurse ;jj a:. sr. ?fe ?!J -ft -ft ii ft ft & & ft ft ft ft ii ft ft ft ft ft '& A curious Incident befell an army nursing sister whllo out riding alonn In the Northern Transvaal, closo to a small town which has been held for the past year by the Kngllah. say. the lnilnn Hospital. Two men on horseback, dressed In what aeemed to her the uniform (if our acoul. rode by. 'When they bad gone a little further, fur-ther, they dismounted, and, taking their rllles In their hands, came up, grasped the reins nf her horse, and aaked her If "she would like a walk." Surprised at the question, she Inquired to what regiment they belonged. Tholr answer mado her aware that, though claiming to be llrltlah, they wore really Itovra In disguise. The men spoke to each other In Dutch, and then one said to her: "We are Uoers and wo want your horso." The sister, greatly distressed at the thought of losing tho animal, which waa borrowed, begged th mim not to take It. They replied thnf they wore very short of horse., t 't required It badly. Expostulations proved unavailing; un-availing; ahe had to give way with as good grace aa possible, made easy to her by their extremely polite manner man-ner ami the genllu way In which abe was lifted from her saddle. They left her with tho promote that the ailille and brldlo should be returned. A few days artej- a lettor wa brought by a lioor to a blockhouse to lay that If the Knglish commandant would send out lieyoml tho British lines, tho sister's homo and property would be restored. He did so, and everything was found as slated, to-(ether to-(ether with a letter explnlulug that the two men had been compelled to tnko the horse, aa they thought that the sister auspectod their nationality, and they feared alio would ride at ouco to the nearest blockhouse and ri'imrt their whereabouts. They had therefore. In order to secure their own safety, to choline between taking bur with them beyond the blockhouses block-houses or the euiillHcunon of her horse, and they cliiiuu the latter as probably less repugnant to the slater's sla-ter's feelings. |