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It was a wild beast whose teeth fastened upon the shoulder of the Hun it was a wild beast whose talons sought that fat neck. And then the boys of the Second Rhodesian Regiment saw that which will live forever in their memories. They saw the giant ape-man pick the heavy German from the ground and shake him as a terrier might shake a rat as Sabor, the lioness, sometimes shakes her prey.
The answers received were far from satisfactory, for MacGregor seemed to make a point of "switching off" the subject of Rupert Wilmshurst and dwelling at length on his own adventures. "Not at all," replied the Rhodesian. "As regards your brother you may get in touch with him, but German East is a whacking big country. Are you part of a brigade?" he asked. "We're just the 'Waffs," replied Dudley.
Five days later the Boers failed in an attempt to recapture the town, which was saved by a detachment of the Rhodesian Field Force. This force, which was under the command of Sir F. Carrington, was composed mainly of mounted contingents from the Colonies.
I know of some shares in a non-existent Rhodesian mine which you sold to a feeble-minded gentleman at Cromer, and to a lady, equally feeble-minded, at Felixstowe. I've not only got the shares you sold, with your signature as a director, but I have letters and receipts signed by you. It has cost me a lot of money to get them, but it was well worth it." Crawley's face was livid.
"Stop that!" shouted the patrol commander sternly, raising his voice above the angry murmur of the villagers. "Another word and the flag of truce will not protect you." The Hun scowled sardonically, and out of sheer bravado resumed his incitement to the natives to surrender. Picking up a rifle the Rhodesian took careful aim at the horse's chest at point-blank range. The weapon barked.
It lies in the feeling of imperial kinship far out at the frontiers of civilization. The colonial is in many respects a more devoted loyalist than the man at home. Wherever I went I found the Rhodesian agriculturist and he constitutes the bulk of the white population, essentially modern in his methods. He reminds me more of the Kansas farmer than any other alien agriculturists that I have met.
He must be just as hard put to it as I am to know what to do." A step disturbed her cogitations at that moment, and Aunt Emily came into view. "Ah, my dear, I thought I saw you come down the garden. There is a letter for you with a Rhodesian stamp. I thought you might like to have it." And she handed it to her, at the same time sitting down on the garden-seat beside her.
The officer started very slightly, but made no comment, and Stanley added, "He particularly wanted to know if you were a Devonshire man. I said you were." "I was a Devonshire man," Carew corrected; "I am a Rhodesian." Then he turned and with a short good night went back into his hut.
It was not long before MacGregor returned. "Fixed it up all right," he announced, "and now I'm off. If, just before dawn, you hear the cry of a gnu you'll know it's this johnny returning, so please keep the sentries well in hand." The subaltern accompanied the Rhodesian past the alert sentries; then, with Wilmshurst's good wishes for the best of luck, MacGregor vanished into the night.
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