Rob Cleverdale aboard the Black Cat on the river
Rob Cleverdale is saved from the river by Captain Tortero of the Black Cat. In the ship’s cabin the captain reveals Rob’s identity as Ricardo Tortero, Rob’s worry over Starne and Senor Horton grows, and Rob is kept in safety while learning a perilous truth about his uncle’s enemies. The ship anchors in a sunny bay as Rob faces an uncertain fate aboard this mysterious vessel.
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Mike
Rob
Ricardo
Ricardo Tortero
Black Cat
Man of Profound: Browledee: Who Knows the Rights of 'Man
A portrait of Marthinus Theunis Steyn, born 1857 at Wynburg, later Orange Free State leader. The piece describes his height about 6 feet 2 inches, weight near 200 pounds, noted honesty, and rise from farming to attorney general and justice of the Supreme Court. It credits his steady, untruthful campaign and early schooling in Wynburg and Grey College.
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Steyn
Orange Free State
Volksraad
Bloemfontein
Buchanan
High Court
Amsterdam
London
Theunis Steyn
Supreme Court
Justice Steyn
Joseph, G. Fraser
Fraser
Republic
President Steyn
St. Louis
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
Wynburg
Grey
Lord Grey
Cape Colony
Rob Plunges Into New Life After Rescue On The Black Cat
Rob is plucked from the sea by the captain of a schooner. Drenched and shivering, he is dressed in fine undergarments and silk garments as the captain questions his identity. The captain warns of danger tied to starne and declares Rob no longer Senor Horton's nephew.
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Rob
Senor
Senor Starne
Senor Horton
Black Cat
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Smuggling Suspected as Rob Observes Bay Barrage
Rob notes a bay scene from the schooner with several large boats paddling between shore and vessel. The men, very dark skinned, seem to be unloading tobacco and rum for illicit entry, hinting at smuggling under the cover of calm waters and green banks.
Boy-You Fight the English Inspires Captain Brown
A juvenile exchange in Punch features a boy insisting Captain Brown will fight the English while the captain questions the idea. The boy recalls a harsh label from his father, naming him a horrid Boer. The skit plays on pride and mischief with sharp wartime satire.
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Capt. Brown
Mixtjikofski Questions a Terror Ship in Bazaar Banter
In a clipped exchange from Harp er's Bazar a speaker named Mixtjikofski the butler asks if a terror ship summoned him. Xtypmw -Xtzqmwvitch retorts he was sneezing, not summoned, adding a comic relief moment.
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Mixtjikofski
Harper's Bazar
Power Behind The Throne In Cape Colony Politics
Jan Hendrick Hofmeyr emerges as the key influencer in Cape Colony politics, a longtime ally of Kruger and mediator of Dutch English tensions. Once in the Cape assembly and executive council, he now advocates Dutch supremacy under British rule and is described as the political boss who sought a nonwar solution to current crises.
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Jan Hendrick Hofmeyr
Afrikander Bund
Kruger
Transvaal
Hofmeyr
Cape
House of Assembly
Executive Council
Cape Colony
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