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THE MURDER
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John Brldgcr. called the TJass 'Tec,
wna balTlod, ami, bcln? Imiried, wafl
mt of humor with the world In Kencral
and with the village of Oldliy In par
ticular. The cilme he wns lnvcstli;atlnK waj
too ordinary to nllow of one of thoso
miraculous flashes of nslrjht for which
he was bo famous; In fact, had he not
been lonplnu for country air after his
close application to the noted Van-Blro-rd-Vannes
oase, he would have
turned the Oldby murder over to a
confrere. This murder had no lurid
'background, no picturesque touches,
and yet It tallied htm.
The bald outline given to him was
this:
A man a Frenchman, Alphonse
d'Hlmbu by name bad come to Oldby,
on a visit to Dr. Settle. These two had
met nt Vl'-hy the previous year, and
had chummed over billiards nnd cig
ars. No gteat friendship had ripened,
und yet while M. d'Hambii had written
from London to say, "It would give me
groat pleasure to see you before I ic
turn to Paris," Charles Settle had cor
llnllv milled: "Come down for a day
or two und fete soine'lilnc f rural
England, nnd give me my revenge for
that lost mine."
The stranger arrived on "Wednesday
by the 12.lt; Liverpool street: at G
that same evening Dr. Settle received
on urgent summons to I.ea farm, about
two miles away. SI. d'Humbu, left
alone, had sauntered forth Into the
garden and from thence Into the lane
that skirts the doctor'. garden nnd the
rectory grounds- the Hack Lane It is
locally called.
A British earthwork, picturesquely
crowned by elm and wild cherry trees,
must have attracted M. d'Hambu, for
he had evidently climbed the style
half-way down the lane, and crossed
the "British Field" to the knoll. There
he was found 10 minutes later by Ar
thur Whitcroft, a lad of 17 or there
abouts, stabbed to the heart.
An Inquest had, of course, been held,
when the Inevitable tramp theory was
mcoted. A beetle-browed fellow had
been seen loafing about that day. But
the corner had dismissed the theory
at once.
"A tramp," he remarked parenthet
ically, "may mutter Imprecations
-when sent away empty-handed, but he
does not run amuck like a Malay fan
atic." The station master was called.
"Had the 6:20 train set down any
passengers?"
"Yes; ore."
"Who?"
"The rector."
There was a sllffht sensation here,
for If the rector had taken his usual
short cut across the British Field he
must have reached the knell nt C:23
the very time of the murder. The rec
tor Mr.Guyhirn was the next witness;
he had seen nothing absolutely noth
ing. Ho had walked home pondering
over an address to the farm lads, and
had looked neither to the right hand
nor to the left. Upon reaching the
rectory he had gone straight to his
study, and had there and then made
notes of his thoughts.
He spoke straightforwardly, and his
parishioners believed him they liad
r.ver known him either say or do any
thing, underhand, and they respected
him for his happy blending of sym
pathy, common sense and humor.
A parlor-maid confirmed his state
ment about writing In the study; she
had tak.cn him In a cup of tea, and
had not noticed that he was at all
"flustered."
There was nothing for It but to bring
In a verdict of "murder ngalpst some
persons or persons unknown" a ver
dict at which Oldby chafed. Was a
murderer to run free nnd unpunished
In their midst'
In the course of days trlvlaltles
leaked out, and these taken together
could no longer bo regarded as mero
nothings.
For two months a Marjorle March
den had been n guest at the rectory
it was, In fact, to be her home until
the return of Mr. Marchdcn from Cey
lon, where he had a coffee plantation.
On the evening of the murder Jane,
the cook, had seen Miss Marchden "Just
fly upstairs as scared like as a crow
with a rattle behind It."
Then Susan, the housemaid, testified
with many tears that a dagger a
queer, foreign-stlcklnyr thing had dis
appeared from Mihs Marjorle's room,
where It had always hung on a nail.
And to the whole village It was ap
parent that the hitherto energetic,
bright and bonny girl had suddenly be
come pale and dejected.
"They say as they know the murder
er," exclaimed Dr. Settle's housekeeper
as she bustled an omelette down before
him. "Eut it while it's hot. sir It's
prime this minute; although, as I said
to Green, I'll never believe It of a fine,
handsome young lady like Miss March
den." "What!" asked the young doctor,
Jumping up so suddenly that the break
fast table danced a Jig and the omelette
slipped from the dish.
"It's took him more aback than Mr.
Dlmby's death Itself, nnd he feels that
bad enough," said Mrs. Green, who was
a shrewd woman.
She was right.
That Marjorle should be suspected
caused him more exquisite pain than
did the murder of M. d'Ulmbu.
"I'd give my practice to clear her."
he moaned; and suiting the notion to
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AT OLDBY.
the word ho took out a telegraph form
and dashed oft a request for Boss 'Tec's
aid.
John Brldgcr had heard the story,
had seen the spot, and was baflled.
That murder had been done was be
yond question: the position of tlio
wound did away with the possibility of
suicide; but what was the motive?
The rector had crossed the field at the
hour of tho murder, but ho wbb beyond
suspicion; although, as Boss 'Tec
thought, "sometimes Irreproachable
middle age has the background of a
shady past"; but one piece of evidence
alone diverted suspicion from Air.
Uuyhlrn he had never been abroad
r.r.d M. d'Ulmbu had never befovj been
Ir. England.
As for Miss Marchden well, her past
history must be traced, and already a
trusty clerk was on his way to Brus
sels.wlitro Marjorle had been to school,
but from the little he learned about her
disposition, character and tastes, she
did not seem likely to be the doer of the
deed.
Bos 'Tec held a map of Oldby In his
hand, nnd as he studied It nn Idea
dawned In his mind. He slapped one
knee anl exclaimed "He!" he slapped
the other and exclaimed "Ha!" And
this to his colleagues would have been
a signal that his great brain was be
ginning to work at a theory.
Did Dr. Settle go by the road to Lea
farm, or did he ride, taking tho shorter
bridle path? If the latter, then he too,
might bo In the British Field at the
time of the murder.
Ho and M. d'Hlmbu had played to
gether; nay, more; thero had been a
suggestion of "revenge for a lost
game!"
Doubtless It was a question of money.
The fact that the doctor had himself
sent for nn Investigator went for noth
ing; the doctor doing so might simply
be a repetition of the blind use by Capt.
Meldy In the Cat's Eye robbery.
Money, then, was the motive for the
Oldby murder, and from the well-head
of this motive John Brldger deemed
It would be easy to track tho murderer.
Whistling contentedly, he looked from
the window, and seeing Arthur Whit
croft driving some bullocks from the
street Into Back Lane, strolled forth
to Join him.
"Prime beasts," he remarked, by way
of greeting.
"Ay, sir," replied the lad, with the
customary brevity of the English vil
lager. "Makes mo feel younjj again; takes
me back twenty years; and It's good for
a man to step back sometimes,' he said
to the boy, who began to take a liking
to Dr. Settle's fresh visitor.
My father had a farm In the North,
right up In the dales, and I 'and my
brothci Jim used to drive our cows to
pasture down by the beck, nnd there
wo would He about four hours, watch
ing the water buzels and the king
fishers, and fishing for crayfish and
newts, I sharpened my power of obser
vation down by that stream," ho con
tinued, with a s-lgh of sentimental re
membrance, nt ths same time switching
a lagging bullock with a adroitness that
won his companion's admiration, "Lea
farm you're going to aren't you? Ah,
no! of couise not; I know you live nt
tho Hollow. But let me see; how long
will It take me to walk over to Lea?"
"By the bridal path, twelve minutes,
sir."
"Tho bridle path! I suppose most
folks go that way?"
"Yes, Mr, 'cept in mucky weather;
then they takes the road."
"Ah, well, It's not mucky weather
now. The Lea people must And a nice
step saved when they can come- to
church that 'gainer cut."
"Yes; and It's handy-like for the doc
tor now that the missus is bad."
"Ah!" said Boss 'Tec, softly. "It Is
swampy here," he continued, ns they
passed the stile that leads Into British
Field. "Kingcups and milkmaids
grow here In May, don't the ?"
"Ah, yes, and frogs, too."
"Not tho place for a patent-shod
Frenchman to climb over," mused the
detective, "unless he happened to meet
a friend who knew the way. I'll have
unother look at tho knoll;" nnd nod
ding farewell to the lad ho crossed
Into the now noted field.
A few iaces brought him to the spot
where poor M. d'Hlmbu had been
found. A crushed cluster of popples
showed the exact place who . the body
had fallen. The setting 61 igllstened
on something bright that iiiy leslde
tho popples.
Mr. Bridget Mooned and picked this
something up.
It was a string of five minute Jet
beads
"Part of a fringe," muttered Boss
'Tec, whose kr-en eye noted even tho
frivols displayed by Jay and Peter
Itoblnson.
Five yards further on, nearer to the
tiny thatched British cottago lay an
other string one of three beads only.
"Hum!" eald the detective, "hum!"
Less than this has hanged a man.
They may have come off the dress of
home Sunday sightseer; but I'll keep
thm, all the same."
"Good morning. You're making the
most of your time." This to a white
capped old dame who sat knitting
within tho rose-bowered porch of a
British cottage.
"Ay, sir; dnys is never too long for
willing fingers."
"And I dare say you aro a bit lonely
living here all alone."
"Why, sir, as for that I've got my
thoughts, and thoughts Is grand com
panions. And the ladles from the rec
tory most ways gives me a look one or
the other. Miss Marchden, she's been
here hours latelv, for she's a-dolng of
my plcter."
And with a sign of invitation sho en
tered the cottago and took down a
block.
It was a wonderful bit of water
color drawing, nnd reminded Mr. Brld
ger of Cooper's "Nancy Macintosh." He
prided himself on knowing something
of art,
"Ah! Comes often, does she?"
"Yes, sir; and glad I am to see her.
The last time was on the evening the
poor French gentleman was killed. Eh,
slrl It's sad I am to think ho was
bo near Just behind the mound and I
never heard his cry for help, aolng in
my eighty-six though I be, I'd have
done summut for him."
"Was Miss Marchden hero at the
time?"
"No, sir. Let mo think. Sho left ten
minutes yes, it must have been about
ten minutes before."
"Ahl"
"And It sho Isn't here nowl" ex
claimed the old woman, with a look of
genuine gladness.
John Brldger turned nnd camo face
to face with Mis Marchden.
She wore a black cloth cape trimmed
with Jet fringe.
There was a break In the fringe close
to the right shoulder.
"Ah!" onco again ejaculated Boss
'Tec.
"Well?" queried tho doctor that even
ing. It was his usual after-dinner ques
tion, and hitherto Mr. Brldgcr had re
plied by a shake of tho head. Tonight,
hoWever, he paused, and Dr. Settle, no
ticing tho pause looked up quickly
anxiously.
"Any clew?"
"Yes,"
"Not not You can't suspect her!"
said the young man, vehemently, thus
betraying his fears.
"My dear fellow, I'm here to suspect
anybody and everybody oven you."
The expression of his host's face as
sured the detective that ho was guilt
less of the slaying of M. d'Hlmbu. lie
could no longer hold the theory he
started from the motive of money.
"But don't be over-troubled. Of
course the whole thing is a trouble,
but still, much has to be proved yet;
much may have to be unproved. Light
may come with tomorrow's post. Mrs.
Brldger Is working like a sleuth-hound
In Paris. I believe you know my wlfo
Is a French woman: she was govern
ess at Llmby Abbey, and I met her
when I went down there about tho
poisoning of his lordship's mare, War
paint. Sho taken to the 'tec business
like a duck to water, and always helps
mo In my fort'gn work; In fact, It was
ically my wlfo who ferreted out the
first clue In the Vanglrard-Vannes
affair. I believe In a woman helping
her husband even In tho roughest pro
fession. By the by, what Is Mrs. Guy
hlrn like? I've mot the rector again,
but she always seems Invisible."
"Mrs. Guyhlrn? Well, I hardly
know. She wears her hair parted
down the middle, and buys her next
summer clothes at the autumn sales;
nt least, so so Miss Marchden says.
But I believe she's a good mother and
a good parish worker."
The morning's post brought the
hoped for light. From Brussels there
was a'brlef note:
"Tho school Is near the Pare Leo
pold; very quiet and well-conducted.
Miss M. was liked by all; there Is no
escapade of hers to record her hobby
w.13 painting."
From Paris the missive was bulkier:
"M. d'Hlmbu seems to have been
simply a flaneur, whose sole aim was to
bo true chic. His brother cannot ac
count for the murder; says Alphonso
was not a man to quarrel and thinks
tho motive must have been highway
robbery. M. Henri allowed me to ap
propriate his brother's n'bum; 'this
1 send to you. Notice the girl In the
Galnsbro' hat; you w'U see her re
peated In many styles. I fancy rho Is
an Englishwoman. Is she Miss M.
M.?"
No, certainly not; she was too fair,
too slight, too arch. John Brldger
looked at her again nnd again, for his
profeslonal acumen detected that this
girl had entered largely Into M. d'Hlm
bu's life.
"The policeman," said Mrs. Green, In
terrupting his study of the album.
Boss 'Tec turned, to see In the man's
hand a foreign dagger, half covered by
congealed blood.
"Found blood on the top of the pollard
willow that Hanks the rectory front
gate evidently (lung there by some
person entering the grounds that way.
Sworn to by Susan Jones as being the
dagger formerly In the possession of
Marjorle Crawford Marchden.
So spoke tho constable In his most
professional manner and voice.
"Shall I arrest Miss Marchden, sir?"
he continued, as Boss 'Tec stood silent
ly regarding the weapon. "It's clear
circumstantial evidence, sir."
"Have you seen her?"
"I've confronted her with the dagger,
but all she says Is: "I didn't put It
on the pollard' otherwise, she's as
dumb as a bell;" the Oldby policeman
was noted for the vagueness of his
similes.
"The motive?" Inquired Mr. Brldger,
looking up suddenly.
"The motive will ooze out at the trial
sir. Motives are like rats in a hole;
they Hashes out when you least expect
'em. Shall I get a warrant for her ar
rest?" "Walt. I will see her myself. Come
to me later."
"The Ulcht upstairs the dagger the
Jet beads tho evident bearing of a
painful secret," murmured John Brld
ger: "clear circumstantial evidence,
truly! The bench would bring in a ver
dict of guilty at once; and yet I don't
believe Miss Marchden did tt! That
girl In the Galnsbro' is at tho bottom
of It, or I'm not Boss 'Tec. Question
Is Is she In or near Oldby? Ha yes,
I'll se the rector's wife; sho mny throw
some light on the Galnsbro's where
abouts." "Yes, Mrs. Guyhlrn's at home," an
swered the rector maid, ushering Mr.
Brldger Into the morning room.
Mrs. Guyhlrn was seated on a low
chair, her youngest child cradled on
her lap, another was at her feet, fold
ing kindergarten papers.
An admiral butterlly sailed Into the
room, the second child darted after It
with a whoop. Mrs. Guyhlrn laughed
at Its vain efforts and as the light of
laughter ropo to her eyes Boss 'Tec
started.
"I wish to speak with you about this
unfortunato affair. Perhaps, madam,
ns tho Intimate friend of Miss March
den, jou may help me a little. But I
find I have left a paper I require In
my room. Will you excuse mo one mo
ment? I will fetch It nnd return."
"Certainly," replied Mrs. Guyhlrn,
still watching tho butterlly hunt.
"He!" said John Brldger, slapping
one knee. "Ha!" slapping tho other.
"No doubt as to the motive now. A
clever woman Is my Bertrande. At least
this case Interests- mi It reaches be
yond Oldby."
Arrived at tho doctor's, he took out
M, d'HImbu's album and turned to
"the girl in the Galnsbro' hat."
"Tamed wrecked!" he ejaculated.
Venus turned Madonna, but I know
I'm not mistaken."
Slipping tho photograph out of tho
album, ho retraced his steps.
"Is Mrs. Guyhlrn still In the morning
room?"
"Vm, sir."
Mrs. Guyhlrn had dismissed her chil
dren, and was apparently waiting Mr.
Brldger's return.
"Madam," ho Inquired, closing the
dcor, and drawing the portrait from
his jiocket, "do you know this?"
Half an hour later ho hastily entered
Dr. Settle's surgery.
"Doctor, you nre wanted at tho rec
tory. Hush of blood to tho head caused
by shock." Then ho added, after a
pause,
"And pray to God that for once your
remedies may fnll."
"I may tell the wholo story to you,
too," Bos 'Tto said that eenlng, as he
sat In the clematis-hung arbor with
tho doctor and tho pojlceman. "It's
a pathetic bit of life hlatpry besides,
it's Interesting to us" looking with
a, frown on the policeman "because
It shows how one ought to shy at mere
circumstantial evidence. Motive's tho
thing without motive a 'tec hasn't a leg
to stand on."
Boss 'Tec knocked the nshes out of
his pipe and began ns though he were
rending from a book:
"Twelve years ago a retired colonel
haunted Monte Carlo. He was a widow
er, nnd ho and his daughter lived a
happy-go-lucky Bohemian life,
Sho wns pretty in a certain way
petite and fair, nnd with a sparkle
gained from a Corslcan grandmother.
She had always a small court, com
posed of men of mixed nationalities,
nnd when her father had a run ot luck
she bought new frocks and gavel pic
nics. One ot her most persistent ad
mirers wits M, d Hlmbu, but she cared
little for him. One evening the colonel
forsook the tables for baccarat; he lost
two thousand to M. d'Hlmbu, and still
the mnd frenzy of play was upon him.
"I have nothing left to stake,' he la
mented. '"Yes," whispered M. d'Hlmbu; 'the
.highest stake of all your daughter!'
"When the lust of play cooled, the
colonel knew what he had done,
"Next morning his daughter found
him on the shore, his right hand grasp
ing a nlstol, the wound In his temple
laved by the calm waves of the Medl
terrnnenn. "Revenge was the emotion that
swayed her as she stood over her fath
er's dead body. You will remember I
told you that Corslcan blood ran In her
veins, and that the vendetta hnd to her
forbears been a blinding obligation.
"Neither me nor my money shall M.
d'Hlmbu see again,' wns her cry.
"As soon ns possible the colonel's
daughter left for England, to find a
home with her mother's brother, old
Admiral Jones. Life with him was ns
unlike the bright, gay Monte Carlo life
as it was possible to be. She stepped
at once Into nn ntmosphere of Puri
tanism. She sang nt open-air meetings,
she played the harmonium In the Sail
or's Bethel, she signed the pledge, and
Joined the Antl-Gambllng League. And
In this calmer air she forgot vengeance,
she remembered M. d'Hlmbu only as
one remembers a bad nightmare.
"Mr. Guyhlrn, being In town for tho
May gatherings, was fascinated by her
zeal and Intense energy, nnd as she re
marked parenthetically this afternoon:
'He stood on the opposite pole to M.
d'Hlmbu; he had never even seen a
croupier; and so I accepted him.'
"She undertook the duties of a vic
ar's wife, and fulfilled them. As was
natural, there came days when she
craved for the brightness and freedom
of other years; days when her Bohem
lanlsm asserted Itself a Bohemlanlsm
her studious, maltcr-or-ract husband
could not comprehend. And thus It
came about that she learned self-repression;
she simulated that which she
would havo her be; she acted her part."
"Over-acted It," remarked Dr. Set
tle. "And so her spirit was damned In,
to burst forth with greater force when
her self-reprosslon was for once for
gotten. By one of the strnngest de
crees of fate M. d'Hlmbu came to Old
by, and learned that the rector's wlfo
was none other than his old love."
"Some diablerie moved him to send
this note to Mrs, Guyhlrn," continued
Boss 'Tec, taking it from his pocket
book and reading:
"Your father died owing me you and
2,000; meet mo by your garden at 6:15,
and pay me one or the other.
"'ALPHONSE.'"
"Who took that there note?" de
manded the policeman.
"Baft Tom, who probably thought
more of the sixpence than of tho er
rend. "Tho Corslcan blood leaped up, old
memories maddened her; she seized
Miss Marchden's dagger and as luck
would have It her cane, which was
hanging In the hall, and rushed forth
to meet the man who embodied all tho
evil of the past. As she reached tho
knoll sho saw her husband on the
flcidpath; she knew she loved him and
hated M. d'Hlmbu, and In her wrath
she struck once twice. 'For my chil
dren's, for my husband's sake I kept
silence,' she said, 'but I would not
have let Marjorle suffer,'"
"And Miss Marchden knew?"
"She suspected. She saw Mrs. Guy
hlrn fling the dagger on the pollard,
but would not betray her friend."
"It's an uncommon story," continued
Mr. Brldger, "and If it hadn't been for
my Bertrado might never havo been
known. I knew she didn't send that al
bum without due cause. She's the 'tec,
not I." Cassell's.
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263816
The FabMlomis Laed
Of SoMtHi Africa.
Its Great Hen, Its Diamond Mines, the Tyranny of
the Boers and Other Facts of Interest.
Interest in the singular career of
Barney Barnato, the South African
diamond king who recently committed
suicide by Jumping overboard from tho
ship which wns carrying him from
Capetown to England, prompted a
Tribune representative to Inquire tho
other day of Rev. James Hughes, tho
Klmberly, South Africa, clergyman,
who 1b now visiting relatives In this
city, what he knew about Barnato.
"Take him all In nil," said Rev. Mr.
Hughes, "ho was a most wonderful
man. I have excellent reasons for re
gretting his death, which I am con
vinced was due entirely to the strain
Incident to overwork. In my mission
ary labors at Klmberly among tho Kaf
firs Mr. Barnato aided me fre
quently, generously and often with
out solicitation. Ho was a peculiar
character, good natured to a. degree,
witty, never HI at ease. In any com
pany, whether at a mining camp
among the rough and ready .characters
often congregated there, or at a coun
cil board of dignified business men, he
was ever equal to the surroundings.
At the time I left Klmberly his wealth
was computed at $100,000,000; but while
he had an eye always to the main
chance, It was only necessary to con
vince him that a project offered bene
ficial results to win both his good
words and his check. He had a mar
velous mind for business enterprises
on a largo scale; In fact, he was what
might fairly be termed Napoleonic. In
America you would call him a hustler.
"Speaking of that, let me tell you of
one little Incident. Near Klmberly, but
over the line, two Englishmen were
arrested for theft. There was nn old
law nmong tha Boers which made theft
a capital offence. It was never en
forced against the Boers themselves,
but on this particular occasion the
death sentence was "pronounced on
these two Ultlanders. As a minister
of the gospel, I protested against the
excessive nnd Inhuman character of
the sentence. In reply I received from
the Boers a written notice that the
next time I entered their territory I
would be shot. Somehow Barney Bar
nato heard of this. Tho next day ho
took a special train from Capetown,
traveled 700 miles to Klmberly, called
a public meeting at which he invited
me to bo present, and made one of the
most Impressive and forceful speeches
I have ever heard. At his own ex
pense he wired to President Paul
Kruger a complete report of the
speeches made and of the resolutions
adopted at this meeting, and two dnys
afterward tho sentence of those two
prisoners was commuted to penal ser
vitude for five years."
"One would infer that you were not
entirely out of sympathy with the
Jamleson raid."
"The Jamleson raid, notwlthstarid
that Dr. Jamleson was a most ad
mirable man whom we all liked Im
mensely, was wrong. It Is not possible
to overlook that fact. But It was a
wrong which had back of It a tre
mendous provocation, and therefore
while I condemn It, I also ask for a
consideration of the mitigating cir
cumstances." "And they were?"
"Taxation without representation;
tyranny without apparent redress ex
cept through force. I find In America
much misconception of the situation In
the Transvaal. Let me explain It to
you briefly. With the discovery of
mineral wealth In the South African re
public many Immigrants were attract
ed to the region of which Johannes
burg Is the trading center. These were
mostly Englishmen but some were
Americans Ultlanders, the Boera
called them. The Boers let these peo
ple come In, let them Invest their
money there, let them establish homes
and engage In business, and then be
gan to "soak" them. The Uitlander
element grew until it represented an
investment of J30O.00O.0OO in capital
and outnumbered the Boers two to
one; It was taxed until It paid 19 out
of every 20 shillings of taxes; It was
forced in war time to take up arms,
but the Boers would neither grant tho
Uitlander citizenship rights when he
applied for naturalization nor give
theso vast business Interests any rep
resentation In the parliament at Pre
toria. A monpter petition, was sent to
the Ecer parliament by the Ultland
ers setting forth In deferential language
the Injustice of this unexampled policy
of exclusion from all voice In the gov
ernment, and It was not metaphorical
ly but literally trodden under foot "
"But since the Boers were so greatly
outnumbered by the Ultlanders, per
hars they feared to grant the franchise
to tho latter, lest they should seizo
control of the government."
"That Is the argument you hear in
this country, but I never heard It in
South Africa. Tho Ultlanders, bear In
mind, did not seek complete affran
chisement. They made no concerted
demand for citizenship. They readily
acquiesced In the proposition that the
Boers, having come there first and set
up a government, should continue In
control of that government; but they
contended that since they (the Ultland
ers) had since so greatly diversified
and developed tho country as to Incur
the great bulk of the taxation, they
were in equity entitled to have a rep
resentation In the parliament which
Imposed that taxation and which en
acted laws regulating their industry.
Jamleson's raid was the expression of
the resentment which naturally follow
ed the Insulting rejection of these rea
sonable overtures. It was wrong, as
I said before, but would Americans
have acted otherwise under similar
circumstances?"
"What, in your opinion, Is likely to be
the outcome of these troubles?"
"In the fulness of time, a united
South Africa. Cecil Rhodes' dream of
empire Is plainly destined to become a
reality sooner or later. The same rea
sons which hold tho American States
together and point to a continental
American republlo as the new world's
manifest destlnv are at work In favor
of a. confederation of the various col
onies of modern Africa. Such a con
summation would be an Incalcul
able blessing to all humanity,
since It would open up an in
viting new territory for the re
lief of the mora congested popu
lations of tho world, afford opportuni
ties for profitable employment to the
thousands in Europe and also, I fear
In America, who now starve In Idle
ness, and convert what until late years
was a waste place into a great center
of agriculture and Industry."
"You are, then, an admirer of Cecil
Rhodes?"
"I have been brought into contact
with many of the admlnlntratlvo gen
iuses of the British empire, and show
no hesitancy In Baying that Cecil
Rhodes Impresses me as possessing In-
tcllcctual and executive qualities of
the very highest order. That which I
havo noticed particularly during my
frequent conferences with him Is his
keen and unaffected Interest In tho so
cial life of the people. There does not
Beem to be any limit to his anxiety t'
aid In building up tho new terrlto:.,
over which be was, until recently,
presiding factor, of conserving Indus
trial and educational Influences. I--1
has been called the empire builder, nnd
In an unusual sense the designation Is
apt. He builds with a care and pa
tience and foresight remarkable even
In these days of successful colonization.
My gratitude to Mr. Rhodes for assis
tance rendered In my own work Is so
great that at the time when, In conse
quence of the Jamleson affair, he has
to some extent fallen under a passing
cloud It gives me added pleasure to tes
tify to the noble qualities of the man.
My work at Klmberly, as you know,
had to do largely with tho Industrial
training of the natives. Wo went to
them with the Bible in one hand and
the hammer in tho other, and though
we did not neglect to teach them to
pray, we placed emphasis on the neces
sity of learning to work. Several times
Cecil Rhodes voluntarily went Into his
pocket to help us; at one time he gave
us 9,000 acres of land from his own pri
vate possessions to endow three centers
of industrial mission work among the
natives. No broader-gauged men walks
the earth than Cecil Rhodes."
"How does the Kaffir In Africa re
spond to your efforts to civilize him?"
"Character-building Is a slow process.
The Kaffir Is a slow man. Wo have
made progress, but thero is much yet
to be done. The Kaffir has three pro
dominating characteristics. He Is dull
and stolid In his mental processes; he
Is by nature disinclined to physical ex
ertion and he has a hereditary and
sometimes apparently Irresistible In
clination toward theft. Bear In mind
I speak now of the Kaffir In his crude
state. After a time, he becomes a
fairly good workman nt the rougher
labor on the farms and In the mines,
his enormous bodily strength generally
counterbalancing the 'weakness In his
Intellectual department; but I cannot
say that he evinces much capability for
executive positions. He was evidently
destined by nature to be 'the hewer of
wood and drawer of water.' "
"Speaking of the Kaffir's propensity
to steal, do the natives employed In the
diamond mines make away with many
Valuable gems?"
"They sometimes try to, but the sys
tem of espionage In vogue in the mines
leaves little chance for a theft to pass
undetected. There Is at Klmberly a
regular quarantine department where
natives caught in the act of swallowing
diamonds are kept under arrest until
the gems are recovered. One day as I
was passing through the mine hospital
at Klmberly, the physician In charge,
a personal friend, called my attention
to a strapping big Kaffir who lay on a
cot suffering from a wound In the
fleshy part of tho leg. The physician
said he had dressed that wound twice
a day for a fortnight and It wouldn't
get well. He was going to probe It. I
awaited the result of the probing. From
the wound, burled deep In the gashed
flesh, diamonds to the value of $150
were taken."
"Are the Kaffllrs who work in the
diamond mines well paid?"
"I will give you the figures and you
can Judge for yourself. At Klmberly
where the DeBeers mine Is located the
largest In the world 8,500 hands are
employed, 7,000 of them Kaffirs. The
latter never receive less than $1.12 per
day for the crudest unskilled work,
and often their pay goes as hlgn as
$1.02."
"But tho whites?"
"Well, I will have to admit that the
whites fare better. The average dally
pay of the white laborer In the mines
Is $3 for eight hours, with double pay
for overtime. Whites who work by
contract often make more than twice
as much. The De Beers mine pays
out $100,000 a month In wages. Its
annual output of diamonds often
reaches $16,000,000."
''Just one more question, please.
What Is the process employed in dia
mond mining?"
"Klmberly Is situated on a tablo
land about 1,500 feet above sea level.
This table land has a circumference
of about 9 miles. Almost lrf the center
there Is a big rock. A shaft has been
sunk perpendicularly through this
rock to a depth of 1200 feet. On top of
the soil around the rock there Is a
twelve-foot layer of yellowish deposit
resembling stone but somewhat por
ous. This substance, so far as known,
is valueless. Beneath it la a bluish
soil which extends entirely across the
table land and to a depth not yet es
timated. Test holes show that It is
1200 feet thick at least, but how much
more Is not known. This blue soil con
tains the diamonds. From the shaft
chambers are extended horizontally In
to this diamond-bearing earth. The
earth Is excavated, loaded on small
cars nnd hauled to the surface. Next
It Is spread out on immense floors In
the sun and covered with water. The
evaporation of the water tends to dis
integrate the chunks of earth. Then It
Is put through a crushing machine,
treated to a bath which washes most of
the free soil away, raked over by a
mochlno with teeth which break tho
remaining- lumps, an,d lastly Is exam
ined for diamonds. Tno average yield
per car-load of blu? soil Is from one to
one and a quarter carats, worth from
$100 to $126. The mine at Klmberly
has hardly begun to touch the diamond-bearing
blue poll at its command,
There are diamonds enough thero to
make them as cheap as rhlnestones if
they were all due out and thrown on
tho market at once. The great prob
lem at Klmberly Is to keep from
turning them out too rapidly."
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