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it was aiter the battle of Tugela River—said General Joubert—when,

ef the last few months, I went to the house of an English lady, the Duchess of B——-, who had been personal friend ever since her residence in the

Yansvaal. Feeling perfectly secure . g |

under the circumstances, | was accem-

panied by a single aide who volunteer-

ed to run all risks to secure for me the necessary quiet.

The twe armies, according to the Scripture phrase, had “sat watching eack other.” Both had a taste of what was done when they were not watching each other, and with experience came caution.

The first night and day passed quiet- y, with news that they were still watch- ing, when on the evening of the second day, about nine o'clock, the voices and tread of a dozen men were heard on the porch. Presently the coor open- ed, the Duchess entered, and, to my astonishment, introduced Sir Redvers Buller, commander of the British forces. Both of us were astounded, started in- stinctively, stared but bowed corteous- lyto each other. The Duchess had warned neither, but relied on the in- stincts of manhood for an acceptance of the situation. Here were two men, the recognized heads of two opposing forces, upon whom the presiding authorities relied for a successful end- ng of the campaign. The death of either meant half the victory for the other side. We were within pistol shot of each other—nay the distance of a sword thrust. We gazed fixedly one at the other, and each rightly knew he was facing a foe worthy of intense ef- fort and of the keenest strategy.

After a few moments’ pause, Buller stretched forth his hand and said: i ‘Sir, we are placed in a strange situa- tion ; I cannot forget the courtesy due our hostess, but from the moment we part, though we have met as guests of the same respected lady, hostilities are declared.” He turned and left the room. I heard him ascending the steps with his officers to the apartments assigned by the Duchess.

Here was a predicament. I was in the house alone with my ade. Here was a man bound to defend the honor of England, too much of a soldier to seize me ur.der the circumstances or to fire without giving warning. I had a few moments’ leisure. My own life i held not ata pin’s fee. The army, I felt, would something were I taken, as | had carefully planned the campaign and had a full knowledge of the plans of the British and of Buller’s own designs I was as sure a shct as he, if not a quicker. A duel of swords } or pistols would have troubled me but slightly. ‘To steal away, although ten égainst two, Was not, [oO iny mind, at all inviting. I resolved to wait and be on the alert. All was silence in the house—darkness outside of my room. ]co¥ld hear plainly the loud tick of the swinging pendulum by the stair- case.I counted, I thought the moments that separated from eternity iim or me, pethaps both sound on the floor above. at the window I discerned, it seemed, ja form just sinking the path of light that streamed from

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fatigued and exhausted bythe tension;to reflect. I

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guished the light and felt the world

I had

attack the party; the » the upper floor to rd to wait

Dear Sire,—I was for seven years & Trouble, and times that I could

carcely epeak above a wh per. I got hO reef from anvibing ur til | tried yout MinatD’s HONEY BALSAM. Two

hotvles gave relief and *#ix bot lee made a I would bearti'y recom-

outside of the house for asignof attack.

I gave them all up and decided to wait in the room.

The hours drew on—eleven sounded twelve, and then one, which seemed to prolong its solitary sound for several minutes, and then all was silence deeper than before.

_ At half-past two I heard a rustling in the hall-way, and then a knock at the door. The voice of the Duchess was heard. She was standing outside with her maid. “ General,” she said,

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hour from now you are here General Buller sends message by me that he will consider that you have surrendered or take you by force.”

“ Madam,” [ replied, “ If I had in- tended to escape by flight I siould not be here now. No entreaties can move

_me from my resolve.”

“ General,” she said, “I beg of you have done allin my power ; your fate is now in your own hands,” and then, in a tone of un- feigned terror, stamped her foot: * Pray, do go !”

She then withdrew, and I waited in anxious expectation of the cutcome I called quietly to my aide, but there was no answer. After nearly an hour had passed, during which many thoughts and plans rushed through my mind in succession, I opened the door cautiously.

Not an object was visible, nor a sound to be heard, save the tick of the Swinging pendulum, which seemed to say, * Quick! quick !”

I walked out into the darkness of the vestibule, when the voice of Buller sounded from the staircase : “ Ready, Joubert ! I am going to fire!”

We pulled the triggers at the same instant. In the darkness the aim was true. The bullets struck in midair, one falling to the floor,jthe other glanc- ing to the right of the room and smashing through a window.

Immediately several pistols flashed from the landing above, and I fired again.

A groan came from 2uller. He was wounded in the foot, and of the seven or eight balls that whizzed close to me one entered my shoulder. I fell to the ground for an instant, then, rising, drew back into my room, barricading the door with an oaken table.

The lights were up in the house, and another volley rained against my barricade. I returned the fire, making a hole through the door with a shot and placing the pistol an inch or two from the opening. . . . A dash was then made for the door, and with axes and bars it was soon beaten in, when a shout of men came from the outside.

The house was surrounded by Boers. My aide had escaped in the silence of the interval and brought timely he'p. When they saw that fifty men sur- rounded the ten, and that resistance was useless slaughter, Buller asked for a parley. I said, to him: ‘General Buller, I was in your power—you gave me a chance for a fight ; I shall not be less generous.. You and your men may depart for your lines unmolest- ed The General saw there was but one course, and left the house with his men, escorted by twenty Boers, who saw them safely. beyond the patrol. They had scarcely left the house when I fainted from weakness and loss of blood.

This was the incident which gave rise to the report of my death. J. F. X. O’Conor. Nore—This narrative is taken from a letter { General Joubert to relatives in Belgium.

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LORD ROBERTS WILL SETTLE IT.

It is said that the Afrikander Bond will send delegates to Great Britain, Canada and Australia to urge the idea of settling the South African War on the basis of recognizing the independ- ence of the Boer Republics. It is in- teresting to enquire upon what the members of the Bond can base their expectations of success in sending men upon any such mission to Great Britain and the colonies that have supported her in the present war. We are of the opinion that no people engaged in such a struggle as is now going for- ward would even think of making such a plea to any other power in the wor'd but Great Britain or to any other race but the Anglo-Saxon. There can be no reason to doubt that the Boers think they can settle when- ever they choose, and have fortified themselves all through with the belief that war with Great Britain is a game ‘n which they might win territory and ical advantage but can lose none,

suffering from thrat

polit owing to the readiness with which peace can be had when sued for.

| This was their experience in the last war. and no doubt has been their cuiding hope in this one. It would be ja very strange thing, hard, indeed, to j the relatives of the colonial volunteers

who have fallen in this war, if a settle-

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ment were made leaving the race problem in South Africa in practically the same position in which this war found it. Unused as this country is to war and to the adjusting of hostile relations, we could but find it incom- prehensible if the Boers, after declaring war, after invading Natal and Cape Colony, fighting with great desperation to crush their way to the seaboard through British ‘Territory and only held back at an enormous cost in money and human life, should succeed, immediately on being frustrated in these aggressions, in securing peace on the basis of retaining their independ- ence, so that they might during an- other twenty years gird themselves as they have done in the last twenty, for another trial at the big task of crowd- ing all white races but their own into the sea. We are of the opinion that the Boer delegates who come toCanada will need to be gifted with very great persuasive powers if they are to suc- ceed in winning approval here of their claim for the same status that their republics enjoyed before the war be- gan. We shall probably prove slow to comprehend the arguments of men who were so impervious to reason when fair discussion of differences was at- tempted. Too many things have happened in the interval to ever per- mit the debate to be resumed where it was broken off by the invasion of Natal and Cape Colony by these slyly but tremendously armed Boers, who while they argued were stealthily pre- paring to strike. Canada has lost too any men and has had her life too deeply disturbed by this war to have the whole thing wiped out now and regarded as an angry and regrettable interruption of an argument on the voting question between the Volksraad and the British Colonial Office. This war is not an interruption to an argu- ment ; it is the conclusion of a struggle a century old.

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GEN. CHALK BURGHER’S LAAGER.

‘ There were a lot of Boers in the laager, some fine looking old burghers in wide-brimmed hats and top boots. tume, the majority without gaiters, and some young men dressed very smartly in riding breeches and khaki jackets just like ours, but besides wide-rimmed felt hats caught up on the left side with a badge.—| Boston Globe.

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LORD PAUNCEFOTE.

In the House of Lords, a few days ago Lord Newton advocated the reten- tion of Lord Pauncefote as British Ambassador at Washington, and ask- ed whether in view of the valuable ser- , vices of Lord Pauncefote the advis- lability of prolonging his tenure of office would not be considered, add- ing :—“‘The task of maintaining our re- lations on their present happy footing is not likely to prove less difficult in the immediate tuture. In addition to the questions of great delicacy now pending, we haveto look forward to the Presidental election, which is pro- ductive of *political eccentricities un- known in less enterprising countries.” The speaker also said he thought the present moment was not a happy one for at change. Lord Salisbury said

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Lord Newton had done what the

door,” for the nieasure which he recom- mended had been taken some days ago. The Premier added: I entirely agree with any eulogy passed on Lord Pauncefote, and I have shown this in the course taken in extendirig his tenure of office. The only observation which I have to make is that the ques- tion implies that this extension is a re- ward for valuable services. I think it | is rather the other way. It is to Lord

Pauncefote that we have to expresss our thanks that he has been kind enough to undertake the work for an- other period. We have every cause to

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express to Lord Pauncefote our gratitude that at a Critical time, and when his_ remarkable

(experience and singular aptitude for

* the peculiar duties of his office render

French called “breaking in an open] ic, he has consented to do’ so.”

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it desirable that he should continue in Lord Kimberley, the Liberal leader in the House of Lords, associated himself with the eulogy passed upon Lord Pauncefote. A good many in the pub- eminence of Great Britain is appre- ciated.

There is living at Horton Bluff, King’s County, Nova Scotia, a colored veteran named William Hail, who en- joys the unique distinction of being a V. C. man, the only one probably in the whole Dominion. He obatined this coveted honor in India, 1857 during the mutiny, where, as captain, he fought a naval gun in a most heroic manner under circumstances of ex- treme peril.

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