CHAPTER XI

FROM PRETORIA TO BELFAST 169

The Boer way of saying "Bosh"--News from a far Country --Further fighting--Touch not, taste not, handle not--More Treachery and still more--The root of the matter--A Tight Fit --Obstructives on the Rail--Middleburg and the Doppers-- August Bank Holiday--Blowing up Trains--A peculiar Mothers' Meeting--Aggressive Ladies--A Dutch Deacon's Testimony--A German Officer's Testimony.