. With Roberts to Pretoria; a tale of the South African war . uality. Sometimes it will carry a good deal beyond themine, and at other times falls short of it. You have -a good supply of shell, have you not ?r Yes, a very fair supply; and the De Beers people havebegun casting some, and have turned out some very fairspecimens. They are rougher than British work, no doubt,but they serve the purpose very well, and we can make asgood practice with them as with our own. Ah, here comesthe man himself! He often comes up here for a dont think he gets on very well with the commandant, butthe
. With Roberts to Pretoria; a tale of the South African war . uality. Sometimes it will carry a good deal beyond themine, and at other times falls short of it. You have -a good supply of shell, have you not ?r Yes, a very fair supply; and the De Beers people havebegun casting some, and have turned out some very fairspecimens. They are rougher than British work, no doubt,but they serve the purpose very well, and we can make asgood practice with them as with our own. Ah, here comesthe man himself! He often comes up here for a dont think he gets on very well with the commandant, butthe people here swear by him, and his presence is an immenseencouragement to us all; and there can be no doubt that withthe resources he has at his back, with a whole army of well-trained mechanics of all sorts, and machinery, to say nothingof his miners and Kaffirs, he is a host in himself. As he spoke Rhodes himself came up. Yorke looked withinterest at the man who is the Napoleon of South Africa—a square-built man, with a smoothly shaven face except for a. YORKE GAVE A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLES, m NSW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ABTO*. L»*OX ANDTIUHNI FOUNDATIONS1 L KIMBEBLEY 165 thick moustache, with hair waving back from a broad fore-head, strong >and determined chin and mouth, somewhatbroad in the cheeks, giving his face the appearance of square-ness, light eyes, keen but kindly; altogether a strong andpleasant face. Good-morning! he said to the officer; things seempretty quiet to-day. Our tight three days back could not becalled a success in itself, but it must have given the Boers ahigher respect for <our fighting powers, and made them dislikemore than ever the idea of trying to attack us. I do notthink I know your face, sir, he went on, turning to Yorke. I thought I knew all the officers in the place. I only came in the day before yesterday, in the evening,bringing despatches from Lord Methuen to Colonel Keke-wich. A gallant action, sir, Mr. Rhodes said, holding out hi
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