. With Roberts to Pretoria; a tale of the South African war . rse with his heel and rode had been the others.«;- « Why,have you cut your hair off? one asked. Because it will save trouble, Hans replied, and besidesit is cooler, and we shall have it hotter down in Natal than itis here; my hat, too, was rather tight, and it makes a lot ofdifference getting rid of your hair. If we had gone throughRichmond, I might have got a bigger hat there, and let. myhair stay on. As it was, it was easier to cut it off and havedone with it. Yorke had told Hans to talk as much as possible,
. With Roberts to Pretoria; a tale of the South African war . rse with his heel and rode had been the others.«;- « Why,have you cut your hair off? one asked. Because it will save trouble, Hans replied, and besidesit is cooler, and we shall have it hotter down in Natal than itis here; my hat, too, was rather tight, and it makes a lot ofdifference getting rid of your hair. If we had gone throughRichmond, I might have got a bigger hat there, and let. myhair stay on. As it was, it was easier to cut it off and havedone with it. Yorke had told Hans to talk as much as possible, while hehimself said no more than was necessary. No one coulddoubt for a moment that his follower was what he looked,and his being so would divert any suspicion from slept that night at Fauresmith. The little town wascrowded with men who had come in in obedience to some difficulty they secured a room and then went outand mingled in the throng. It was easy to see that there wasconsiderable difference of opinion among the men. Some. THE LITTLE TOWN WAS CROWDED WITH MEN. I R A^ *XOX AM) SCOUTING 83 were noisy and boastful, but the majority were undoubtedlythere against their will, and when these gathered quietly to-gether angry words were spoken against Steyn, who had,without the consent of the great body of burghers, plungedthe country into war and caused them to be dragged fromtheir homes and families. We have no quarrel whatever with Britain, one said, and she has never interfered with us in the slightest. Eng-lishmen have always been welcome among us. We have noth-ing to do with the Transvaal quarrel. Why shouldnt theUitlanders have a vote, as our people have in Natal and CapeColony ? Kruger has been working1 for it for years, and if—as he says, and those fellows who are shouting over therethink—we can drive all the British out, it is the Transvaalpeople who will have all the power. We know how Krugersgang has piled up money by monopolies. If th
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