BE CAME TO BE HANGED.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 375, 16 July 1903, Page 3

BE CAME TO BE HANGED.

t*mm*y Boer li*a«le>r Gnve I/ord Wolmtor a Ohuuuc to darter Out Win Thrent, Abel Erasmus, the Boer leader who recently surrendered to the British in . South Africa, is a man of great distinction among his countrymen. A good story i's'told of the old Boer'and Lord Wolseley, then Sir Garnet Wolseley, in connection with the part Erasmus took in Wolseley's campaign in 1879 against Sekukuni, the chief of . the Bapedii on the border of Swazi-' land. After the capture of Sekukuni he was immediately brought before Sir Garnet Walseley, who asked him how lie, a miserable Kaffir living in a cave, " .Wed to defy the great queen of England. The chief replied that he had been instigated to do so by Abel Eras-* 1 mus, says a London exchange. Sir Garnet, in describing the scene at a public dinner given him at Pretoria on his return from the cam-. paign, said that he wished there and than to let Abel Erasmus know that * if ever he found that Erasmus had been inciting any chief to levy war against England, and he was able to lay '■ hands on him, Abel Erasmus would hang as high as Ham an. A few days after the dlinner Sir Henry Blackenbury, Sir Garnet's military secretary, was sitting in his office when a tall, bearded Boer entered and asked permission to speak with him. "I am Abel Erasmus," he said, "and I have very important business to do here." He explained that he had come to see Sir Garnet Wolseley, for he had heard that Sir Garnet had said that if he could lay hold of him he would hang him, and so he had come to be hanged. Sir Garnet was in the next room and Sir Henry Brackenbury. thought that it would be advisable to consult him on the subject. Sir Garnet, however, happened to be too busy :tl the moment to see anybody, and Sir Henry, after reflection, persuaded his angry visitor to take his leave and allow the hanging to stand over for the time. . ..,.,**,* Sate In On* Rttape'et. He—Gladys, I must confess to you that I am a self-made man of obscure parentage. I was found on a doorstep. She—My own! You will never talk about the waffles mother used to makei file ttotte* K.ts»aoan Jn Oonneeftoat, A drapery store in a Connecticut town is said to be run by three men, named England, Ireland and Scotland. They met for the first time in America. Scotland married England's sister, and Ireland k engaged to another sister. The son of the first union ta eaUed Ireland Begiand ScotSßttdj ' ~.«; -