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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
6
A fragmentary scene depicts tense dialogue about Om Kruger and travel to Pretoria. A nearby picket approaches as John 401 and companions debate delays and duties, while a crowd gathers, tension rising around the wounded and dying.
Men in a cart seize a bag of meal and plan to feed their horse as Boer wagons fill Heidelberg. A fleeing figure named John Niel is spotted with Cape cart and four gray horses. Sentries face court martial, while the town endures terror as the Transvaal flag and Boer symbols appear in the night.
In Pretoria Jem faces a grim moral drift as Christmas nears and fear of a siege grows. Jess bonds with John Niel while denying feelings and nursing jealousy toward Bessie, amid marching carts, patrolling guards, and uncertain escape routes that threaten their planned futures.
John Niel settles with Jean in Pretoria and joins the Pretoria carbineers as a sergeant while Jess tends the Palatial camp. The couple grow closer, Jess fears for John's safety on a night sortie, and a tense escape from danger leads to news of a fatal injury for an ally as the siege drags on toward a grim dawn.
An exhausted, dialog heavy scene shows a soldier guiding a girl named Lucy to a bench behind a house. The guide urges caution and hints at family loyalties divided by war. Old alliances and resentment surface as couples debate crossing a chasm between opposing sides.
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