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Ostrich Attack Sparks Meeting On Transvaal Farm
Captain John Niel, battered by an ostrich, is rescued by two Croft sisters on a Transvaal road. He learns of Silas Croft’s farming dream and the family’s tense ties with English and Boer neighbors as they ride to Mooifontein. The encounter reveals a vivid frontier world and hinted pasts.
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Blesbok
Old Croft
Wakkerstroom
John Niel
Transvaal
Joln
Peifieg
Abe
Deca
Wight Tan
Miss Croti
Tan
Cara
Niel
Jess
Cape Town
Janine
Poe
Durban
Mauritius
Hhis Place
Besse
John
Bessie
Capt. Niel
Dearing
Tnun
Silas Croft
Capt
Niell
Mr. Croft
Bemis
Hiad
Jees
Joan Niel
Heaven's
Beesle
Jems
Bess
Bessia
Jobn
Holls
England
Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Ely
Cape
Ben
South African Republic
Hebe
Sho
Natal
London
Jem
Wakkerstrom Road
Meinheer Croft
Shear of Hin
Kraal
Croft
Tay
Lin
Silas
Lori
Hallout
Bilas
Frank Muller
Hous
Monifontein
John Nielean
Moorfontein
Mislea
Drakensberg
Transvaal Plains
Gress
Snow
Old Bhepstone
Pretoria
Garret Wolseley
Vaal