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and then I would like to have cheated the tipstaves out of just
one more friendly good…by。 I wanted to say good…by to
somebody； but I really couldn't feel sorry to see the last of any
one of those we passed in the streetsthey were such a dirty；
unhappy…looking lot； and the railroad wall ran on forever
apparently； and we might have been in a foreign country for all
we knew of it。 There were just sooty gray brick tenements and
gas…works on one side； and the railroad cutting on the other； and
semaphores and telegraph wires overhead； and smoke and grime
everywhere； it looked exactly like the sort of street that should
lead to a prison； and it seemed a pity to take a smart hansom and
a good cob into it。
〃It was just a bit different from our last ride togetherwhen we
rode through the night from Krugers…Dorp with hundreds of horses'
hoofs pounding on the soft veldt behind us； and the carbines
clanking against the stirrups as they swung on the sling belts。
We were being hunted then； harassed on either side； scurrying for
our lives like the Derby Dog in a race…track when every one hoots
him and no man steps out to helpwe were sick for sleep； sick
for food； lashed by the rain； and we knew that we were
beaten； but we were free still； and under open skies with the
derricks of the Rand rising like gallows on our left； and
Johannesburg only fifteen miles away。〃
End