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I the position.

sn tim left of the British

louder the rlla. , The soidisiiftnhsll hy surprise fell

line with tifQir_ front tothe enemy, who nouredinlo their nuke even-lille,

ryan, lnslnllo, onion llroogllt down

que..t.ioncfi,eveu_ by those living today who took pnrt` in the disastrous affair. Till the fee wort an the top, Genera Colley and his stiff never gave a thought of'suoha daring move on the partof the Heir", or of the lol-nl of the positigll. Their deadly ilrc -\ll»pt away tho reslsiallce of t-hs li lli=.il who

foughtentile open plateau, while their foes it--ph tothe cover close to the rim. The general and ‘the ofllcers rai- lled and onlicrl upon their men to be

firm, und stendhully the ilruve fellows rosponllnll. In tile' forefront ofthe lille, l-no lllmlgillg nnlleadltlg his sold- iers, wits' Gt-ncrll Colley. who, sword in huuli, frorvod the huilutorm of hul- lets that mowed down his men. and fell.fi;hi.lngt» ille lust, w'|.h his face tothe fuc,l|si»ec~nllle a gallant. soldier. Nearly halt lhe _British fo c: were either killed., wounded. or uzadc pris- oners. Among th-s lltterwvas the late Sir iivelor Mlcdouald, who had just re_ceivc~rl his lil-ut,-nan_t‘.< oommission in thu Ddflllffor his distinguished ser- vlcesin the Afghan ohm;-nlgu. _ l The 'news of _he Mljubn disaster

l~r90iN»W|l0_'i_Q¥¢,l\0l¢ilug the northern experienced generals as Lord R-lbcrts

back Ir:>m..l.\\l,l‘ill\» Bild fvrmld their s standstill by the (llallslnnc govern-

t_e liilcers and menin scores. Tha`t"°iIercd colnpeneni/on for h-,,l,.“|,,K ,_,‘,,, lfljuila was _lskin-by surprise is snot Mth r--g'lnent. in _the Tnnsvanl.

Nsteioowlpe out the defeat., and suoh

Wood and Baller, wil-e_or<i¢;-ed to the front hut hoetiltles were brought. to

lll¢l1lf.Wl\0 had been nnproaeiied by Ktugerllull his advleorsia suimit, thu qilesilou in div-putu Lu ilrlntrnilon, and

Against. the will and wishes of the army and uaiion, n pnichlell up ireliy was luadte, which'wns hardly put into

efl'e'Jt\»efo_re the Buars begun to fnrlify and streugllenali tile .str-lielllo pug. tfl°nslu_ the Orange Finn Sonic “"4

Trl\n'~\’l\ll, with the full tlci0rlllIl.lliilln, wilhlllu alll ol the dlei~.‘»y.ll Duicilnf

Cape Cul -ny to drlrsihe lir tis-il' il-lg from Suutll Afrlla fulevrr and sl-t up ailufuil Afriuull it-tublic. Tnlcir llypo- or'sy will cuunillg llueiglla wcrlrsuun mafia nlnln oo we Rriusll by me lol.. Mr. Cl c l Rhodes.

Thi! Liufwuullto Cncrul f}~_.lI|~y w.-ls

o”lneli\lcl~c|l\unc of i.lle_vcry n'»!o~.t nul- oere ofthe llpI|.i~|| Army uni illul at-cn nlut uf lln"\i flrlliilgit. l.nl|.l ami

Chinn, ilutu-'nier lllflcrc-l.t l-o lil-llulla nr Wnrflll-. iii was on cxclell-mi. u-l-

lnin|s'l-li.ol‘. cuulllgeouel nnli full of rssoulc--, int his force to lnvndu lhe

Tran.\l\'ll..l All-i r_ii~.-vs the bclcngured British rl-1; ments was ,.| ||cu1mm|_Y mall f- r rush ill lllllllellse ullrllrtnk. DZ. Tic tilrnieilafl glory of 13 UM, arms, at Mliulln Hill, on lil, 2,; hu! F°bru~rr.18_.sl,wos in-llllen~ly .-.,,|.,,,,.l at Pa rdelirrg uinctf-en yclrl nfle

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GENERAL CRONJE

mum, up me nw 0, the empire and “dm = -r- Commander of ihe Boer Forces af Paardeburg.

Katrina Han-idea wfes the sixth of

seven daughters. red hiiired and under~ sized, but that did not prevent her from being a. power in her world. At the young ladies' seminary sho was the acknowledged leader ns well as the most .intimate friend' of her twelve classmates, each of whom had the promise of being bridesmaid at her wedding. In this 'they' were prosclent, since Thomdyke Ormsley had for some time made her' the object of his atten- tions. Thorndyke Ormsley did not altogeth-

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trdopll. Ile encountered the Iiocr oem- oflllvihillli, l.wo _of the 58°.h and 00th, lnandoa, three hundred strong, well auria p-lrly_of the naval oonlingenl.

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- posted onthe Ingoge Rlvvr. The Beers' After ll to isome daring march, the

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loss wow n_i»oui.ilf|_v k~|lud _a-ld wounded force occupied the mountain top and and the R'fl~sl istllbaut i.llo some num this po~t of vantage appeared to the

gencrlll and lltnfl’ impregnablc. _

The scour-.ltc shunting of the Rifles Bo it was, had proper precautions »»\iu_rnal~kerl edict onthe Beers who been taken to fortify the paths on all

- .~l<|lry img kept close under cover ef` sidef. Acccrilnf, to General Sir Wil~

tilt-_silfpe of the hill, nevcl' attempt llnm Butler, K. 0. B., in his biography

_,_‘n;to lush tile lllil-top as' they sub c- oiGcn~rnl Cllley, the staff were lax

qucn'ly lillisuuo days later at Majula ofthis illlprrtant duty, deonllng the

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plsit‘on Impossible and safe from ns-

\ _ ".»»“ The bel-ltell veillforcemnnls now be- vault. Altt.hr\'t`wss done 'was to erect

s.\n‘to un-ive vu the scene. the fire# some amlil stone lnngars round

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lnndlrs, fresh from the Afghan war of to post the troops at ,various points. l879,i_n which they won great r0l10Wil On the daylight R appearing the next. under Sig Frrlierilck (now Lord) Rob- momlng, the Bog;-_g were astounded ert-ll. General Colley decided torenume wsee the redooated lentrirs lining thc ,the offensive, so lulto relieve the be-' rim of Majnha. which dank movement

.i'iL1ne. . l l. lslesfed unrrlwns In the Trunsml- He tmesnned to entirely dem-oy the el 'merit-, this time, his dispositions to turn whole force. Uonsternntlon was violins l ' “fl I ` 4 the flank. of Laing's Nek, instead of in their enmp for a time, and they

making s frodtnl attack. lIe'at. once began to lnspan their cattle and send

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commanded Lsing’s _Nek and to seize .upgsslblg but they determined, also. it.,he tnsrchalidnrinq the night of the bgfgro you-eating, andte give time for

“ seth, with a force of three companics l,ll`eir wslrgcns to get elear, to try the

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he. To conceal. their hold movement, the main body ooeuod a ions more dreon the summit 0! Uldilbih WW! the assaulting par y, thus to four himdl-.-d six-ong,ex-opt silently along the tooo lnll slopes, solos under nfrfwt sever, st. the angie to he useiled, and which enfortnnseely the British nr- Klngfd npr-opsrly guard snd sttdnlzlh- on dnl-Inn the previous night.. ` On the opposite side, the sloping paths were etrendl! ililllilli U! "IG _,Blll,ll‘hslfwsy‘ ns the mountain shin, smllrerethe Boers never appeared. As soon as the evening nsohsd the pro ,looting knoll, they noticed that the I picket ofafevv soldiers were- standing ls as .gpm pennies, oulnloss onus _gosh proximity of their hes, The fl4gdn_efgl.lle Bom ordered s numbn- olhielpfvn is hold _their vtiieest the

itilleliy mental. 'tar nn owl or

trins: “I cannot -understand it. Your

"Format," eteeoit of cover and its “pill voileye. 'Till mlnovsnle

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er meet with the approval of the class. They thought himlacking in the dash and during ~ requisite for a suitable match for their president. l '

Katrina, however, viewed the matter

from s different standpoint. As she confided to her youngest sister Pamela: "There is something restful in Thorn~ dyke's conventionsiity. I always know just what to expect from him, and I fancy that I can furnish more of the

element of the nnexpectql than is found in most orthodox tam lies."

She therefore smiled upon her ad-

mirer. It followed that sho had been graduated but a few months when ho made up his mind that to marry her was the only 'proper course of action. He was too well regulated a young man to propose to Katrina without having first spoken to her father. This was a procedure that the astute lnorscl of girihood had foreseen and arranged far.

As he afterward complained to Ka-

fllther was hrusque, nervous, quite nn- ilke himself. All that I could get him to say was that you 'were too young and that he entirely disapproved. When I tried to argue, Pamela came

Katrina' Buried her face in his sllolll-

der. "Oh, dear, oh, deari" she wuilcd. “What shall we do?"

Thorndyke attempted to comfort her,

and he found the process so agreeable that he prolonged it for some moments before saying soothingly: “Do not be discouraged, dear. I will cull on him again. He must be made to see ren- son." Asn happy thought strllck him: “Why don't you speak to him your- self? You girls have always seemed to get your way pretty thoroughly. He will say ‘yes' to you." ‘

"He won’t." Kaf.rlu.a's voice, though

smothered, was decisive.

“Why not?" “Because I won’t let him." Without

giving her lover time to recover from the -shock she hurried on: “Papa has lost a great deal of money these last years. He has really u hard time to get along, so that another wedding is out of the question. You dou’t know what a wedding costs. We have had _iive. So we do. There would be the presents and dresses for those twelve bridesmaids, the flowers, music, cater- er, trousseuu-oh, it is awfuli" and she clasped her hands despuirlngly. "Papa is always so good. Ho wanted to mort-

gage the house, but I said 'no.' "

Light had begun to dawn upon Orms-

ley. “Let me, Katrina." he began.

Two red spots appeared in Kattina’s

cheeks. "And have us all ashamed to look you in the face? Neverl Pamela and I have decided never to marry un-

less we elope."

Thomdyke Ormsley stiffened. "That

is impossible." »

Katrina began to cry in earnest. "i

always knew that you were proper, but I never thought you were so hor- ribly proper that you cared more for what people would say than you did

for me," she sobhed.

Her lover could not resist her tears.

“You know that I love you better than anything else in the world," he said tenderly. ,"It is not entirely on my own account that I ohjecf. There is Aunt Harriet. Sho would he utterly scnndallzea by an elopement. Is il right to distress her when she has done everything for me and I am -all she has?'l i

At this virtual dnplmiatlon Kntrinn's

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tears ceased to flow. "Then if I get Aunt Hnrriet‘s consent you will be

willing to clcpc?" she asked guilclcssly.

“I would do anything to marry you,"

be nuslvcrcd, with unusual reckless- ness.

Katrina threw her arms around his neck. “Then it is as good ns settled." “You don't know Al'1at Harriet,”

Ormsicy admonished.

wager that if you do exactly as I tell you she herself will suggest nn olopo ment.” _ So the two put their heads to ether. Most msn would lnlvc lhem-

sclves in 0rmsley’s place. vgsmust have been sensible of ills pri , for he leiit the house more in love than ever null vowed to play his part in the comedy. Katrina refused to admit the possibility of a tragedy. _

Miss Harriet Ormsicy lived in s big

old fashioned house called the Larches. Sha hfld the only victoria in town, her butler nlwnys stood behind her chair at dinner, und her parlor maid wore French caps. In all respects her estab- lishment was most correct. But its rhythmic order and the mind. of its mistress were alike disturbed by the strange behavior of young Mr. Orms- icy. For three or four days he had eaten scarcely nnyflling, although his aunt ordered his favorite dishes, and icnkins served them to a nlcety. ln- ltend of going out of un evening he urooded over the Dre or feverishly .laced his room. His rapid footfnlis could he heard long after the rest of the family had retired. Miss Harriet loved her nephew, as

sho had his father before him. Wllen ho had successively refused to take a tonic, see a physician or consider a sea trip alarm overcame her usual stiff~ ness, und she implored nn explanation. Thorndyltc gave it reluctantly. Ho loved Katrina Hurrldan. Katrina loved him. Her father objected. That was the end of it. l Miss Harriet listened in amazement Aa Orlnsley, her nephew, refused by a Harrldnu, u mere upstart in society! It was ridiculous, preposterous! Thorndyke refuscd further discussion of the subject. His duno lay nwuko most of the night, and as tile clock chimed the hours of the early morning so_t_iigi_ her lpdignntlon grow.

"Yes, I do. And, what is more, 1,

It was almost ut boiling point tho

acxt day when Katrina was announced. Before her hostess could speak the girl throw herself in her arms.

"Oh, dcnr Miss Harriet,” she cried.

“of course Thorndyko has told you. I suppose I ought not to be here, when I nm forbidden to have anything to do with him, but it cun't be wrong to come when he is away."

Miss Harriet found herself patting

Katrlnlfs head.

“Do not cry, my dear," she'snid with

difhculty, due to a remarkable stricture in her throat. “It is‘n deplorable situ- tion, but your futher cannot be an en- tire- Ho must be made to see reason. I .will call and explain."

This conclusion was far from roas-

suring to Katrina, Yet the young dip- lomat managed to murmur with a fslr assumption of gratitude: “Tint ll 60 good of you, dear Miss Harriet. It Thor-ndyke and I are ever happy, It will all be due to you."

On her way home Miss Harridsn

found it imperative to cali at her fu- thor’s otiico-or, rather, to cali on the office boy. 'Iiommy Jenks was her stnnch admirer, for she _had a way ol treating him as if he were already n member of the firm.

"Tommy, if Miss Harriet calls to see

futher during the next few days just

‘ tell her that he is engaged. Bho would

only worry him. Doyou think that you could keep her out-for me?" She smiled engagingly.

The office boy was Battered by this

proof of confidence. *Sure I can. Miss Katrina," he declared stovltly. "Just you trust to Tommy Jeaks."

Miss Orlnsley called at the oiilce sev- eral times. At each visit Tommy blnudly assured her that Mr. Hnrridnn was out.

“It is impossible,” she declared in-

dlgnautly. But the oiiice bog played his role to perfection.

I{utrlnn‘e ncxt visit to the Larchen

found its mistress in n state of mind quite nt variance with her usual elo- gaut calm. "Your father, in coalition with his impatient office boy, has ro~_ fused to seo me. Ile shows regard nei- ther for my age und position nor for. the huonlnoss of :ny nephew." __ _,__.

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