shumba

Updated: August 24, 2026

Also we are prone to note that the admirable iron feet of our displacer are not unmixed with baser clay. I came to Shumba Siding last Eastertide, on my way to Alexandra. Charles Miller was there in charge of the line, and he offered me a thirty-one mile ride in to within two miles of town if I would only wait for a construction train. I declined in my stupid sentimentality.

Arthur Shearly Cripps - Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales