On the Railway Escape From Boer Lines
In a tense chapter set on a perilous railway route during the Boer War, Lords Walworth and O’Conner escape captivity by stealing a naval engine, driving through Boer lines, and leaping to safety across a river. A pursuing commando closes in, but a mounted colonial troop arrives just in time to secure their rescue and return them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
Pretorin
Mann
Walworth
Lord Walworth
Trist
Gark
Alék
Ile Fe
Lond Walworth
Tiestad
Dik
Deere
Diek
Inet
Hignaot Boers
Wnaworth
Bagge
Seribt
Pratoria
Nanwatehm
Rick
Salt
Pearce
Tord Walworth
Trick
Ool
Nes
Panatant
Etalion
Ft. Crood-bye
Raton
Tere
Bore
Hower
Emmy Age
The Rusraway Engine Rides On Through Desolate Plain
An excerpt shows the Rusraway engine speeding across a dreary plain with two inexperienced engineers guiding it. Dialogue reveals cautious progress as they jump a damaged track and discuss the peril and delays before delivering news to distant watchers.
Fragmented wartime drill report from echoed orders
A distorted OCR passage shows recruits practising communications in open formation with garbled phrases about left and reinforcements. The officer questions the drill and a private mentions a toaster and delaying tactics, while another line hints at a plan to withdraw behind a fence with help.
Wise and Otherwise humorous wartime anecdotes scattered
Fragmentary dialogues and vignettes recount conversations and incidents from wartime life. Snatches describe officers, travelers, and social banter with clipped observations and brisk humor, including a Berlin Augustan encounter and a toast to The Day After, all conveyed in a colloquial, period voice.
Solving the Difficulty in War Time Quarters
A quartermaster, troubled by mites overrunning his stores, seeks help from Quartermaster General Tusteld. The replies mix wordplay and instruction with absurd indents such as for traps, cheese, rotlong, and eat-tom une. A separate tale asks which is the oldest trade, gardener or blacksmith, with a humorous Eden reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tusteld
Ailam
al-Eden
Giving the Game Away Bride Marries in Railcar Scene
A comic wedding scene unfolds in a railway carriage where a bride pretends to be shy about marriage. An amused older woman mistakes the couple for newlyweds and jokes about long years of marriage as the groom jokes of confetti and a shell injury from war. An American soldier adds humorous banter about a button and a collar stud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sifek
Warside
Prizoners
Ari
Bergeant
Patrick O'Conner
Serraunt
Pretoria
Denmybrook
Davis
Toran
Dick Web
Pat O'Conner
Ot Lhotgh
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Atale
Ly Derwent Miall
Pam
Sarry
Driver
Miehsel Boolan
Moe
Kruger
Ant
Wes
Thanger
Jorge
Bren
Patrick
Clapham Junction
Ile
Lor Walworth
Apestulois
Ethine
Ste
Wao Otal
Taek
Uey
Spain
Wan Alea
Christos
England
Luttrell St Mars
Dr Strong
Miss Thornbury
Polly Skilton
Ftlak
Ciear
Luttrell
Aldershot
Snoskeen
Sandan
Suonik- Fos
Periton Hill
Mr. Slocum
Snookson
Snookeon
Shadlow
Ime
Lyle Tray
Serelee
Omer
Pasesnger
Abe
Lepre
Berlin
Will
Bunellion
Daveon
Spenleyn
Drown
Jones
Browner
Mr. Browner
Germany
U.S.A
Aubeldell
Wile
Hushani
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