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rinJubaHIIL MaJuW Wli is ft duite spot in lirittslf' Sfmtti M riim; history. It " mark out bittmv and yer galling . , ftvi tih doff viitf1 'at the Jiatc)s i of tho Boor in Jl V, itlm Boers, on tlui other hand, U Jias an inspiration,- font seemed to provo thoir' superiori ty to jtiu soldiers of the Que-en. jxr nearly a sx?ore of year s the jrecor-d of the battle has stood, (Ojenao to peace, because ft rank In British .'jwt, at the saine tijme riving ito the Boera a "happen Jo him it would kill his sister; TlienWsat ;out;on the . s. il.i him mopn-ygiit marcn to his catastrophe. , From!the;Um. of Majuba Hill. successfully reached' theSBritisb force lookod'dowD pn the camp of the enemy below Then-they: saw a strange sight. Of :a snc:. den nil the Boer laagars wer, studded with, lights. It was the Sabbath morning, and .all the burgers had arisen,, before, tho dawn to read their Bibles, to nffr thir miblie urayor. The ' - ... j.-Li ; miV ? -i: British force, as it looked down, posibly ill-founded' assurance of 1 . t ' . i j xi. mi soomed to hold its foes m the their oowor to do their will m w lu i,wu whatever -it:miirht ho. As this il" f il lianf lninni : A 1.T is written the issues of Majuba Hill, are being fought over again, and the result no one may wholy 1 1 Atkins shouted down exultantly "Comoup here you beggars!". and they came. As they marsh- sefc. General Sir George Pomerory Collev was in command of 1 the ' I aled themselves ai the base,1 it THE BKIDGE. tr -J stood on. the bridge at itiidnight-, h Ah the c16ckTwerc stMkrtg'the'hour, And the moon rose OVr the city, ( i'Hehind the Uark chtirch tower. .1 a aw her bright reflection . In, the waters under me, TJIvb a tfolden troblet 1 allinc ; ; . .And.sinUing Jnto thesea. ,Thc blaze of th'o flaraln'furnace s learned iedder than the anoon. Anions the lontfj black rafters j . Tluv wavering bhadows Jay, And the current th at came from the oce 'an Seemed to lift and to bear Ml cm away; Ah.: h weeping and -eddying through r - them .- . Iio-ii the lKlatt d tide. And. streaming into" "the" moonlight, .2l..;.Siu.jl.J.s ...... could beonlv to fly' thought the British. But no; thay b'jgan the British forces iti that battle 0f ent of the.practically inipreg- Febuarv 27, 1881, Just before light. Under, cover of starting on his perilous under-' bushes,of rocks and oi hollo3vs? taking ho1 wrote a letter to his j they climbed and climbed, and wife in . which this passage is the British soldier at: the,. top, if 0Ulu. helo)kedover the top of his high "1 im goinumt to night to lteau , fell back wjth a.bullej I rv and seize the Majnba Hill; i tbut nd gone straight home, I leave this behind in tellyott how j Kd by adversary lie could very clearly 1 love you. and what m discover, a hapiness you have been to me. yet no doubt as to thh result of Don't let all life be dark to you if i an assault was felt until that I dou't come back to you. It is ! assault suddnly came. The a strange' world of ehaneos" even Boers had scaled t ho heights and hewithiu a few hours of his i madm an inrush before whicn the doom'shriked that word destiny British soldiery tell back. The and out it in a lighter plmaseUieueral, moving toward the ''oneean only do what seems j lM)inl whence came t ne fire, met right to one in matters.of morals, lllis retreating forces! Whjit ah'd do: what t seems 5 best , in JiJlMPA)d exactly will - never be .114..-. e ; lrnim'ti? hut, ibift i until fnr inov. player calcuktos the i chances. CiU)kl-ipt,rJ' fdalhig. Hrw I wish 1 could believe the stories jl my, etiijg , again liereaf ter. Think, of our happiness together. and uur love-iidt a common love, I think-and think "lovitigtv 'and sadly, 'but hot too sadly or hope lessly,of your affiectionate ? hus band. " Not on his own striving, I h( t1 tin hi s o wn ' ishirig, f would, f ollov the facts and the faiths, of the, man, the already dying man ' wrote umi loi-Ksr. 1 l'nere bout m v staff M he said -for biding m ine same oreaxn. i ne aTiinino . . . . rv in-law LieutenantJJrce Haniil ton. I don't m ean to take him tonight If anything were to tain t-lmt no order hi ret ire ever crossed his set lips 'Oh, my men, do not run!" It was thus says his friend and biographer, Sir William Butler, that he had giyemwentyyears earlier, the last words of a Kaffir chief And now, if Pomeroy -0(iiley had spoken, those words haftf beim Ins pvtn ;''Oh, my ; men, do i runi' A few' lingered about' hr for a momeut. " Then5 he waS left atone. 'fThelteerier -tvrixtl -rhAn .-.4-,..:,. .,.(!'iV.,.l 'i. O. HAMMOND. .'IV1X KN K V AT l A Anlieboro - - ' '-' Prompt attention given to all busN nens. Office in Koas and I lush build JOHN T BR1TTAIN ' ' 'hi Anlieboro, - - - N. C. All buHinosfi' looked after in-omptly. -k " fc'-'fc wt i mi FOP ABOUT THE ' PRICE 'OF ONE; 1 ;" ' t I I wiccaWcck Jotirnindf 1 f ' i",J ' ' ' "'' ?t- ft UjiTT 'Mil: ft- M fill' - r Hero you get th i twws or f I the world and all voitr local I news whi te'it is f rsU:' ayttig I very lili b' mon ; tloiii one j I (aper ciiy; Kiiiier pa pet i whU worth, $LU0,. but (by., special arrai iojnen't we are f 9 unol.i' il tn Hiif in linth ni 5 tl 6m, givmk .flfir jVa(rsffa' j 5 week for this low pnwVou I ; i?ah uotH wiiial i luV 'ui v&XhXP i a.i . 3 nfdn vouvwii I ' keeoup ;with if the tiiu.(i - ;. I ;';, i ':ti'i -; i jivj v, ri .day 's cloirig carne to ; be r told , was whon our men retirea. fie fTf? : trying- W;ralyjthe men; and bne'of'the &grs slhoji him stright in the foreheali me time after the day was lost ' I A1AO .Mu Temple, GriVyes, Hon. I'rl J tinguiahl writers . f WW:
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