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tit tt ttt The Boers' 3 Tt A. f . i. n of tfw fespjuatiiu: Mori of Ban and toir Jim wt of IHiXiMv AtMhtmmgaUgjn Treuwwil. X GjH?r4 St 7 S 8trj " or "trod imiwr wl charm and nuatof bscafled (rem British oftcrr hick auHtarr Tfes thi rf Krwcer" wwyid to ber lbMt frmMfe ? k$t7 mid aocwrateiy thai. Mr. Hmftx smys, titer for Hvrr;.! dmcr to Hrftis arms. Mr. the wr d liced in a nMuvjgpa feofci; nugripl mTiai) 'f att 90 jrrs of acer. Madam i r.r (inniwH r .Swtdisii nationality, to Hessian Hvfl eagioeor. She vri nor fcoAMtj. Imt hr fap ttwsfnll of Lira. hr ? tod th sift of .., and she nmUi y more without oj i ic iw month than BWMrt women ran lu.irarr who J-, Uroksw toBcue. Sir br pur or tod. pathetic. pleading .r imirwo at will. Her hands wrr. 4mf0lr. tarft and white, ad Wad trirk of rthiti to ma- !iimih when Uh humor Milled th t dan.' Tn mn who knew her well awl latrr oii ame under Mr are toW mo thnt thn wax a HcReti:m in hr tw. h uliirh drow w to her ns .Jraiw tb hem omethinc dainty, likf i!i "it of the watti 8owr at the tlaw rime in th noMrils of the bushnmn. n.nt wooid fit the crook of a man's anr H"r bH was faslionl on a ir..'ii by the KOl. When she uhmi a wte "he okW like a tier- laitki5: in the sun. ro full of mui and vitality dW she seem, and wImh .lie waiktl her lxly undulated like tin- oti a ruttninz river. When the war eioudn catlered thick over th- law! it wa an oion secret that madam wan deejt in the couneilu of the Itotr Ifaders. Her huetand was siven a miMMon in Kuroe. tot bocauso lie was of any te, but le wa in ai in South Africa. She was a woman, prepared to play it aroe for a big stake, Iiatiil the Itnglfcdi. Uuroor snitb that he had (tood cause to hate one of our lintel, .ut that tale would take too lone in the lellinic. Hate us she ilid, and she Rave us COh1 cause to know it. She had not loo much money in the dnys of eace. Her husband earned a cood salary, hut he wax a eamlder. and a lot more of his Kttlnrv wfitt into the jtoekets of the professional harpies than into his wife's Yet as soon as he carried his ixirl.nantrau to the sen coast madam lo live in finer style than she hnd ever done. People said there was n mini in the case ami so there wns, but not in the that folks at the time imagined. Old Ooni I'aitl was the tnnn. When she left JohHiiiieslmrK on her frequent trips hhe was not wastins her time, as folks fnucied. or eveu spondini: her time with men at all. From town to town, from fnrri i farm she went with restless " Vf: gqFEajga&5pi L-ULI W. '' " '-J ' "V jiTf - i i r " "" " ' i "H i r a . i i ! 'i i linMMiiTB" f Tii iii Iinrnrl HI ' :LwM &a&0fi'Jvxr&i!f vViiasn$iMiv&viaa)svssfK "W THE HONOLULU REi'CTiLICAX. 8UKH4T.KQTZMBKK 11, 1M0. "iVJ i Static th win of tMan th!r u lookiHj? risit onr Woman Spy, A I tivity, oryaHixin; a sy"rtem oi .Pjib; j Br " I ll Tnth frek fszz, fresh butter aid little laxurie. She infracted thrta to take not of the number of men In each camp, the number of ?un. and the quantity ami canditiott of our horse. Each waj adrjed to send all information m ckBed promptly to th sparest Boer commando, and risht well they oteyed her whea the tisse for action came. The Bor hare bee well wrved in many ways darios th war, but by none letter than, their own women folk, who have t worked for them with desperate Bec froai hcsiaiiins to end, displaying a coarsre. iletennination and resource oqaIel la all ' the history of the work!. When war was at last formally declared inadasB was one of the first women turned out of the republican territory She was not sent away with a lot of other women. She was sinzled out and ostensibly irawed over the border and labeled "dangerous" by the smart nsents of crafty old Oom PauL When ?he reached Cape Town she lifted up her voice .in lamentation. Her -dear- httle happy home had been broken up by the brutal jtoere. All that she valued on earth had been swept away by the tidal waves of war, and she was left like a piece of human wreckage on the coast line of life. Bur, strangely enough, she was not long in establishing another "little neat" in a charming suburb where the beautiful scenery was enough to intoxicate the senses of the most phlegmatic of men. The "nest" lay back in n dainty garden, surrounded by shady trees, and all around there were long, s'eepy, silent avenues, where doves could bill and coo from dawn until dark, and where the footfall would not awaken the echoes. Along these avenues madam drove in her pretty little carriage, looking very pathetic in Iter loneliness. Pleasure seekers of the civilian type saw her and made advances, and were promptly snubbed. Then to that suburO came one clad in khaki not a common fellow of the baser sort, but one whom my Spanish-American servant would term a hidalgo of the bluest blood. He was of noble birth and had a pretty face, with blue eyes and a brain to match. His teeth were of the whitest, his lips red, full and tremulous; his hair was fair and his skin pink and white. He held a high position in the non-fighting force of the British army, and many valuable secrets were in his iosession, tliWugh God knows how any wise man could entrust a man with a soft, foolish mouth like his with secrets of any of the nation. Yet. as I have said, he was of noble blood, and that counts more than brains, or long service, or fitness of nature with some folk. They met, and madam quivered all over under his gaze. Something went wrong with the ionies. The noble one went to adjust things. Madam, the spy, thanked him ; he, possibly one of the most 38gg'O9S0gfrC'33POCSOSfrO4 o8o99tc'(icioactttat 44 THE y - - 0 S f . Up T O reasle nxn is Eackcd oa the fiehJ of war, one of the sacet d9&sa in th-s lists of ?ove, pasbed boise hw'adrantazia. asd that beer dcrinr iu stay in the Cape he was hr shadow. He thought fc was foolinr the Rreea jrasswidow, bat she ""knew" jhe was squenasg: him dry, .til that he gathered fross hia went rapidly, either by trusty xses?ner or by code to Ddajoa. Bay. aad from there it soon found its way into th hand of the Bow ieadersi laughed teartily around their rcess tables at tie doinrs is the "Httle next" at Cape Town. At first the nobre oce had toadas: to bicifelf bet as his information petered out she snared others, and he had many rival, and frost each sfcegathered of use to her aad her Boer friends. Like a skilifnl angler, she played them all. raryia her play to suit her fish. And those young' men sniggered among themselves and made many wagers which will not bear repeating, and all the time our generals at the front, battiin? for a nation's honor and a nation's trust, wondered how in the name of all that was evil the Boer commanders always forestalled them in every important move. When Lord Kitchener of Khartoum arrived in Africa she went to meet him. for she knew that if she could get inside his secrets she could learn all things. She made it her business to come casually in contact with the Egyptian Sphinx. She ran her eyes over the tall, gaunt figure, the rugged, ugly face. She looked into the prominent, all-seeing eyes, and knew at a glance that she was face to face with a magnetism stronger than her own. and nothing would induce her to go near him again. "That is the most dangerous man in Britain " she said. "I feel as if I were within the shadow of death when I am near him.f He is a man for men to' conquer. No woman can reach him to use him; he would read me like an open book in an hour, and I believe he would shoot me as he would shoot n Kaffir if he caught me red-handed. I will try all other living men. but not that living death's head. Xo wonder he conquered in Egypt. I think he would conquer in hades." She went back to her work among the kid-glove contingent like a hawk in a IKHiltry yard, until even our dull-witted officials became uneasy. So she closed up the "nest" in Cape Town and went up the country for a change of air. Wherever she went she was welcomed by our officers and it was a, noticeable fact that disaster to our arms followed her friendship. A time at last arrived when she found it absolutely necessary to confer with the Boer leaders. Dyeing herself as black as the inside of a camel with nitrate o'f silver and logwood, she stood transfigured as a Kaffir woman. From farm to farm, right through the Free State, on to Pretoria", she was passed. And in Pretoria she gave the Boers information worth a king's ranson. s When things took a decidedly bad turn for the Boers, and madam saw that her fertile brain be of no further use to the sinking cause, she drew her chifk ou a continental bank and sailed for Europe, and for aught I know her eyes may be the first to scan these lines in London. For it would be characteristic of the celebrated Boer spy if she elected to stay in our capital on the money she earned by trying to wreck us. Mclnerny teSk dears., yoer sew- bats are qsite pretry. I answered my three sweetest firls. Who quied while piaaiBZ their treasures above, tbeir fair faces, aad eartsi "But which Is th loveliest auatie Be honest, aad tell us. please do- Belle's hat with the ortght mrd upoa it. May's b!o?o!ES, ray ezrefcs so blueJ" t "Were I r younr man spare those blushes a sweetheart or bride. Just judrinr your fair, happy -faces. I'm sere I could never decide: But judging alone by your lonaets. With asver a glance underneath. I'd choose for a wife, kind and gentle. The one with the sweet blossom wreath; "Because, my dear children, the blossoms Speak only of fields and blue skies. Of spring and its innocent pleasures. With which all true hearts sympathize: While birds that should gladden the woodland. Or egrets that stir at a breath. With all of their sad. stolen beauty. Speak only of suffering and death. "The soft baby blanket of egrets Is torn from a dead mother's breast. Tis then that the feathers are fairest. Though little ones starve in the nest. The hunter cares not for the crying Of those he has orphaned for gold . The pitiful cries of the nestlings That perish of hunger and cold. "The jewel-winged bird on your Iwnnet Last summer was and free: Was flashirrg across the blue heavens. Or filling the tree-tops with glee. He died in the midst of a love-song O. woman's soft heart, think of that! He died never dreaming you wanted His beautiful corpse for your hat. "Each bird that is worn .for adornment. Each heaven-taught singer that dies For vanity's sake has two slayers The hunter, the woman who buys. One kills and one pays for the murder; Both equally guilty, I hold; Because the sad slaughter would slacken If voinaupaid not with her gold. "If earth should at last become birdless. And spring lose its glory and song. The worm and the locust bring famine. On woman would fall the dark wrong." 'Enough !" cried the dear, dainty maidens, - While pity their kind voices stirred ; "We'll nevermore wear for adornment What cost the sweet life of some bird." A Great Medicine. "I have, used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to be a great medicine," says Mr. E. S. Phipps of Poteau. Ark. "It cured me of bloody flux. I cannot speak too highly of it." This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of those who use it. The quick cures which it effects even in the most severe cases make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by Benson, Smith & Co., general agents, Territory of Hawaii. Ci cusfiEi irciJWKnj ' 'J CSsasfat J ft" tfriwt wteaAawaB S nav jesmi wrrfifecSS 1 33 axil Sae. in rw, cstf rmfrrcsr ps. 1- WA2TZZD. 6 WASTED jlayoae seekicsr.it positioa. Call oa Atkinsos. room 12. ilasooa ImildiiL?. irjLVri To rest dowsia; most have three bed roass; good opportunity for parties- joiner away'r'to secure Al tenant. Call or address EL S. Gill. Republican oSce. H TtU Posjtjoa as salesman or manager soda works; experience in all kinds of merchandise and plantation stores: recently retired from business in California; references. Apply Atkinson. Maoon building. Merchant St room 11.- "WASTED TWEXTT DOLLARS per month offered by single gentleman en gaged in city office for airy, furmshed room in well appointed private hous: English or Scotch family preferred, but not ' stipulated. CLEANLINESS and PROPER SERVICE being the chief considerations. Address letter to BACHELOR, care of The Republican, before the irtli instant. ' WK f "FOB KENT. TOll REST Nicely furnished front room for two: with or without board. 'ft St f fFOIl RENT Two new brick stores, plate glass front on Hotel street. Apply to J. Oswald Lutted, New bakery. FOR REXT Nicely furnished room k near the corner of King and Alapai - Sts. ; rent cheap. Apply at The Re; publican office. FOB SALE. . FOR, SALE One uandsome. Crown, ano in perfect order with haipacd maudclin accompaniment. ' Has- used only five times.' Cart be had t a reasonable price by applying at th" Orpheum Cafe. LOST. LOST A safe key and a postoffice key. Reward for return to The Republican. LOST A bay horse with a white spot on left fore shoulder has been lost. Horse is the property of Robert Parker, Jr.. and if returned to the police station a reward will be paid. LOST By accidental gate opening. . large bay-colored Colifornian mare; weight about 900 lbs.; faint star on forehead; fat condition; a little or irritation on face, but hearing, right hind foot a little white. Finda-please notify police station and reward will be paid. STOLE X From in front of Chas. Street. g tir MONEY CAN BUY M I MM """ "" " i ''1 te CJClhite Jdoas k. ;- - j 430 Ftfrt New 5hirt Up to Date. STANLEY WAISTS With Pointed Sleeves. Grown Tailor made Waists with the Latest Gollar. These Waists are 4vHanaerStyJiS!i.V u''hA ; APHI6A! DRY GOODS flSS'jl, Iitd. Rind's restaurant. Nuuanu street, a black pacer horse in saddle; white siH)t on forehead and branded "T-E" (connected) on right hind leg. Liberal rewanl if said animal is returned to police station. NOTICE. The stock ledger of the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company. Ltd.." will be closed to transfers from November ir to December la. inclusive. ' C. II. CLAPP. Secretary. Honolulu. Nov. 0, 1900. C. H. BROWN SANITARY PLUHBER. Estimates made on everything in the plumbing line. Office Territorial Stables Building, King Street PHONE : MAIN 48. 99$ 4&' m .jf - , TVTTWTVTVrTTS'rTTVTWTaTBTWTVVVTt'TV4TTWTTWVTTWTTTWTVVSTVTTTTTW,WTW.TWTW.w....,w..T..,.TV ijvipk:!.! Block, Fort Date SUle SMKty. . ,v WE IHP08T THE FINEST GOODS THAT store f . "-1 - 4 r "- r. ' & : H.I Street --., - - - -- : Waists .',-;; f ITJ f For Sale ! THE PRICES ARE RIGHT. ONE PACING TEAM. ONE PACING SINGLE DRIVER. TEN HEAD HACK HORSES. ONE FAMILY CARRIAGE TEAM. The ahoc en; all guaranteed onnd. young animals. Also several 3-minute and better Roadsters. Apply lo WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM. FOE, SALE Kalihi Property Two lots 50x100. One lot 100x100 on which is a honse contuiniug six rooms. For particulars jvpply to DAVID K. TJNAUNA, Wilder S. S. Warehouse, Esplaumle. J .- . - i f m A I t; j w egSfr0H HAVANA MANILA - raj KEY WEST S,:," AMERICAN tat I : K" v-- s .-- U vL A ii?fc FR HAVE YOU TRIED j . Tii E SANCHEZ & HAYA III -v .. 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