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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1887
Page
6
A tension-filled scene unfolds as Muller, spurred to escape, misreads a spectral voice as a death omen. A frightened mare stumbles twice while he races ten miles home, while Bessie and John confront lingering danger. Old Croft witnesses the developing tableau, hinting at past cruelties.
In colonial South Africa period prose, John and companions confront rumors of Boer rebellion after Jantje reports attacks near Middelburg. Silas Croft and Om Coetsee verify the claim amid tense, unfolding danger as news travels swiftly through Kaffir settlements.
John Croft defies danger to reach Pretoria with a Cape cart and four horses to aid Jess in danger. Bessie frets as Jamije prepares supplies, Monti the Swazi joins, and Luck's inn becomes early base for word rumors of Breaker’s Spruit and Boer movements toward Laing’s Nek.
A critique warns that merging individuals into the state will destroy personal enterprise and responsibility. Legislation will dominate life as the empire risks becoming a soulless machine that will falter, collapse, then disintegrate. The author honors steadfast Englishmen like Getetrmained, uncan', and John Nil.
John presses on from Standerton toward Heidelberg as Boers tighten the blockade. A looted wagon and a dead native driver underscore the danger while a blood red sunset and the lone moon set a grim mood. He nears Heidelberg, hopes to slip through, and is challenged by a sentry as he nears the bishop’s reported caravan.
Local ad touts discount carpet prices with breathy prices such as 5 to 81 cents per yard and a claim you can have any carpet at cost this week. Promoter L. O. McIntire urges quick purchases to save 10 to 25 cents per yard on broadloom.
An advertisement touts cheap loans for farmers in Dooglas and nearby counties with Eastern capitalists providing real estate financing at low rates. It invites renewal or new loan inquiries and promotes Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for quick cure in 30 minutes.
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