A CLOSE THING.
One day ye were undc-cded as to whother we sho ild Lake the convent or the next building for oar noonday lounge, And, els tbe Dutch gunners lia^e bean paying th<e convent much attention latolj, decided against it. Half an hour lator, Father Ford — a man whom Nature intended tor n scldiei and Lis pasents mado a pritst — was rciiding on the v<?ra,r,(!ah, one eve en the book, the othai lifting at intervals to a sot tclescopa -md Long Tora. As he glanced he saw the gun muzzle raised— -a tiny black disc above the sandbags of the redoubt. " Coxne out quickly," he shouted to the naval offijer writing m the room behind. " iL's coming right at us." They ran down the r.fceps to the shelter of Iheblueslont? foundaUons. The shell tore a bole in the brick wall, burst in zha room wlie'e che naval Qiftcer sat v/r'tmg twonty seconds before, and splintered things in the usual way. This illustrated the keenness with Vi hich that gun was watched, and how accurately we were able to do bo, even at 8200 yards.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 157, 2 June 1900, Page 3
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185A CLOSE THING. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 157, 2 June 1900, Page 3
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