LADY SARAH WILSON

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 726, 27 January 1910, Page 3

LADY SARAH WILSON

:;•: lady'Sarab;:Wilsoh.'Trho with.ife;huscand;.r Lieutenant-Colonel: Gprdo'ri 'Wilson, Xis.at present visiting Eptbrua and Taiipo, , -/.has;', jiist: published - a Vvolunip', of i'lSouth ;^AMcan; ; Mempries';"..:lt' is! cleverly;•■'be; , :',can|eXsimply-Jajtdv'directly,' written, -iii -'. : ehort,"crisp:.se'nten6es (saysfiv.^writer.Sin ;;■'".ari ! Engiisno paper).; 1 :■ A'pparentlyi save ; : as :'a::peg'-;tp":ihang:iheri- : experiehces ••: unon;' ?-;lady-Sarahrhas "forgotten .herself; : -this wlible.'xduty -:;of \.a-. i l .:wj?"^'^;.^: > i;.;.;?»-;ij:;^.: : i j j. fs Beading' it :how,' :when? the .-war ■ is, past,' :Vand.-the,-bitter, feelings'it: roused"caimed v:and;:sweetened:by,itimeVi the' book-is;-;l-; "lnminating-on;many ;- points,;and'.corrects \. several:{impressions. -;The' prisoner, l for. :'.jinsjancei';for; whom Lady .Sarah'was.ex-' j> changed,.'was; not a ■ fas';;some : : thought,:.but.;:a :stealer :.whom'the BoeTs.wanted'to settle accounts ; ■■• wi.th'.':;.::She::did.:n6t.go' : to v South'; African v;meanihgvtb'see/all ! :' : fihe ,',the; ?ealnp.aigiii'and:act"as war,•.correspondent;: '-She; was ; out'- there'; when , war; broke but,;

;i I'Kland:'joined^her*husbaridj' who . was'-on : yA;v'::y,Coldnel.;Baden-Powell's;'staffHn Mafeking.: V.;/''S"'HOT,v«iti%:aa;.T4r':corr^6nd^t''.TOis ! dße. :.:r.tj'-to the.actiial:ccrrrapbndent'-.beiiig : disabled :^''~.': -Vi>nd;prit7!of'.'Mai'ek^gj , 'wheh;iShejproiiiised V"v.':; ■to , ; ti7 s to; geti dispatches 'througn .;to :his" ;. : .:..;Svpaper.■'She.was. not:;caphired;riding'.over i.vC-:"ri™e/T!eldti i witt;.-her\maid; : : 'T)tjt'VfToniv:'.i i' innle; \ in -- which-' she ■ diove Q into ; - : a ' ', to "-' try,.]to. iobtairi ; 'a', pass : to -1 ii/rejoinf her'hnsband ! in;Mafekingj: whence 1 -■'- :c>; Bhe;;had; Jeen'; : :dispatched" by :Colonel- ■.•;.."■'.¥: the siege'began, bet waa ■_;'!; ■well-kno.wn : ; people: S;j,",whoin"vLady/Sarah ; ,;nietV-arp^excellent.-' - iK-i ■>,'fi vHer-rank : <<and:::-:position ; igave: Xady•■ ': '-■■ :'~;J' r Saiah' ; .opportunities ;of ■ meeting^'all '.-• the' i'i ; ;;-Imbst'distinguished:people'in' the country, '; J ;-L ,: and'her;book is. consequently' written , with i■:'■■■:■"■^-■7J^v^ ; ■byi'thβ , ''o^^na^y■VMWSpaTCr.■■'(!o^lβs- , ;..';/;-:'pendent;;.Of; Cecil Rhodes and bis ;man- \:■ '•■ :A oon- of * Grooti : Schnnrr; -i (Great '■ Barn)' '•'.: ;.- r f et .the/ suburb '.of. ,speats,-: r/: '■'.'•■however,:'in'most enthusiastic'.terms; "In :;:!'* f U95?; theSWilsbns t;drbve; oiit 1 : with r Mr. ; !K.V'V:' ; JU^ißot^to;.,w)v:%^: ; fcv; ; : his : ; hpmelSvThe;K6use:-was' ; ; Subsequently. (■.■.■;:'\.',btrnt..dflwn,.b.nt.Ehodes;had-.it : rebnilt.oE v::;;i L; exactly'.'."'the f same v lines^f-white,*low,"\ and; r ; j'-i:/?ramblmg,w',with ;;: .many, , , "/gables': and; : " a:| ';,':■;■,■ r-Uthatehed.:;foof;-..mpdeUed.: : ,unon':.a vDutch; •/ ; V ;S; hous>S of ~; 200 '■";" :v;Dntcttiannoires,:'old' ; .,;and\:"of ■■beautiful. ; ';. ; ; : •:.■ design,. Dutchvchests;'; : 'i. ;y ■ thair>,: ■ costly.i Oriental,. irugs, : " and " eyery-: >:.V:V/:V.phere :teal£ panelling7r"the .rwhole:; pro- ;;;'::; dncing; ; a 'visioni of "perfect ; -taste and: old-" ; ;r^ : ■repose;"*; >':.:r'.~, : ' ■:'% , ; "S V; '•..'-"•.'."'>; iv.^i':il'lidy;Sarah'svneCT; : '. :!! .: ; j;Vwasi|wheD. he.iWas'cinietlyj'almost'secretly) i; .'•■'<■.; embarking ; fbr..;Eng]and;-: after/the'-ifiasco Vr v ?;of/SKrugersdprp.; ; :la;-; conversation-": with; , ;• ■ ;-.;■:■. ler, ;fie. 6aid'that ;f cir..the"nrst ! ;time TinVh_iß- - 'thS'/priais,'-rr';-V:'^V ,^ad-.been"uMbl.e >^dcsl^V*--'^oTr^''ilie ; \; { ' .'padded; U"X'% have-f'.thquKht ,- the-^whole■ ■;;:\ ;;vmatter}-%y^:;l:have;!deciaea''wiat ; J, ■'■ ; .'■ to -be; done, V so : J : .,am;: all.: rignt,'againi ■ and, ;:::-,:'?lj ;V"ffi"is;ende(li"i :'?l fam^quitetiureat:'is not,":. "and, 'what^'""'is , :i? : ::-more7iphaye-'asmaU,bet;witt :. ; ki~ Bonjthat. th/a'.iyear-s'.-'.time;-ybu". : .will, pe'-.in' v>-:.j voffice'.a'gain;. or,---if 'not.' absoliitely..-in:-office,: :.■.■/:-■» ; ;'i; 'i as iyou ;liaye■ ybeeii:'."irp %jx>'. : 'C how."" ; He , ']<■?'* tho'ughti.a'minute, and theji said::''it-.will' j ten;':TOaJs j':better/ cancel''your fbet.'' ; l',: i::iln\less..: thani!seyen H "years:'hV;'was :,dead;' f; ! :^ : AAbo^!:ffflA-ie''rTas,' : i>nxiOTs''to^'saTe : --tlie. £j;.:jchasteribf his, bf;the'Rand' =>!;, •■'Kprabnera vh'e.' said: - see; •?: : j ■; 1 pbsitionv-than: tiief, that' ;I "/am"; not.' encumberediwith"

r-x: 4wifei'iUßdv."cMldreiV'so .'lv'am iesolved; v to. j^i^Bfa^'?ev^tj\''nerve.^on : -^ei¥ib'elialf;" i :'!.-'''\i L--i;i Aft?r' : her;exchange : for:the -horse^thief,.VS.TiadTbSarali.'ienterediMaf ejring, ;'.andi'. r Ae : V-J:'relates ?in-a':racy'-;and"graphicVstylerall: V:,-.-the ".chief Jin'cidehts;of "the ..siege.'; In i'her, ; i little ;.:pbints vwhich ~{."fill -in','the'-'details ; of[published'accounts;;: