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Therefore they stayed blazing away at each other until the grey dawn gave place to swift sunrise. Then the Boers, who had a heliograph with them behind Intombi Spur, flashed to Bulwaan the signal "Maak Vecht," and our friend "Puffing Billy" as the big 6-inch Creusot is called promptly made fight in a way that was astonishing in a weapon whose grooves must be worn nearly smooth by frequent firing.
I was about to share the experience of all treasure-hunters to be left with jewels galore and not a bite to sustain life. The thing was too commonplace to be endured. I grew angry, and declined so obvious a fate. 'Ek sal 'n plan maak, I told myself in the old Dutchman's words. I had come through worse dangers, and a way I should find. To starve in the cave was no ending for David Crawfurd.
'I 'm laughing at the agricultural Broadmead! he said: "'None o' yer pryin's and peerin's!" He thought my powers of amusing prodigious. "Dang 'un, he do maak a chap laugh!" Well, Harrington, that sort of homage isn't much, I admit. Raikes pursued: 'There's something in a pastoral life, after all. 'Pastoral! muttered Evan.
I can see Peter yet, standing in the ring of lamplight, supporting himself by a chair back, wrinkling his brows and, as he always did in moments of excitement, scratching gently the tip of his left ear. His face was happy. 'Never fear, Dick, he said. 'It will all come right. Ons sal 'n plan maak.
Ek sal 'n plan maak, says the old Boer when he gets into trouble, and it was up to me now to make a plan. As soon as I began to think I saw the desperate business I was in for. Here was I, with nothing except what I stood up in including a coat and cap that weren't mine alone in mid-winter in the heart of South Germany.
The voice whispered again: "Maak hast! Kom hier!" Or, "Hasten! Come here!" Nanking raised up and made a noise. "Wie komt, daar?" demanded the voice, and in a minute repeated: "Wie sprecht, daar?" They ask, "Who comes and who speaks?" said Nanking. "Blessed be the promises of heaven! It is Santa Claus!"
Then he heard movements at the chimney, and people seemed to be ascending and descending a ladder. There seemed, also, to be noises on the deck of the Blue Cock, and sounds of falling burdens and spoken words: "Maak plaats!" or make room for more. "I never heard of Santa Claus stopping so long at one humble house," thought Nanking. After awhile all sounds ceased.
At that instant, a huge hulking farm-boy rolled into the booth, roaring, dolefully, the end of a song, with a punctuation of his own invention 'He'll maak me a lady. Zo . Vine to be zyure. And, vaithfully; love me. Although; I; be-e; poor-r-r-r.
Why the Boers attacked Interesting versions A general surprise Joubert's promise Boer tactics reconsidered Erroneous estimates Under cover of night A bare-footed advance The Manchesters surprised The fight on Waggon Hill In praise of the Imperial Light Horse A glorious band The big guns speak Lord Ava falls Gordons and Rifles to the rescue A perilous position The death of a hero A momentary panic Man to man A gallant enemy Burghers who fell fighting The storming of Cæsar's Camp Shadowy forms in the darkness An officer captured "Maak Vecht!"
'I 'm laughing at the agricultural Broadmead! he said: "'None o' yer pryin's and peerin's!" He thought my powers of amusing prodigious. "Dang 'un, he do maak a chap laugh!" Well, Harrington, that sort of homage isn't much, I admit. Raikes pursued: 'There's something in a pastoral life, after all. 'Pastoral! muttered Evan.
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