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Bertram Mitford

A Secret of the LebomboMitford Bertram A Secret of the Lebombo Chapter One. The Sheep-Stealers The sun flamed down from a cloudless sky upon the green and gold of the wide valley, hot and sensuous in the early afternoon. The joyous piping of sheeny spreeuws mingled with the crowing of cock koorha...

'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir WarMitford Bertram 'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War Chapter One. The Episode of the White Dog The buck is running for dear life.The dog is some fifty yards behind the buck. The Kafir is about the same distance behind the dog, which ...

The Ruby Sword: A Romance of BaluchistanMitford Bertram The Ruby Sword: A Romance of Baluchistan Chapter One. The Ghazis “We love to roam, the wide world our home, As the rushing whirlwind free;O’er sea and land, and foreign strand, Who would not a wanderer be! “To the far off scenes of our youth...

Harley Greenoak's ChargeMitford Bertram Harley Greenoak's Charge Chapter One. The Opening of the Compact “You will look after him, won’t you?”“Certainly. You can rely upon me absolutely.”Thus two men on the deck of a ship. One was silver-haired, elderly, spare and very refined looking. The other,...

The Sign of the SpiderMitford Bertram The Sign of the Spider CHAPTER I. "SWEET HOME!" She was talking at him.This was a thing she frequently did, and she had two ways of doing it. One was to talk at him through a third party when they two were not alone together; the other to convey moralizings a...

Aletta: A Tale of the Boer InvasionBertram Mitford Aletta: A Tale of the Boer Invasion Chapter One. Book I – The Transvaal Emissary The delegate from Pretoria was in full blast.The long room was packed full – full of male Boers of all ages: that is to say, from those in earliest manhood to the wh...

The Luck of Gerard RidgeleyBertram Mitford The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Chapter One. Crossing the Durban Bar The steamship Amatikulu was drawing near the end of her voyage.A fresh breeze was ploughing up the blue waves of the Indian Ocean, hurling off their crests in white, foamy masses, casting s...

A Frontier MysteryMitford Bertram A Frontier Mystery Chapter One. “Where I come in.” “White dogs!”“Ha! Calves of Matyana, the least of the Great One’s cattle.”“Pups of Tyingoza, the white man’s dog! Au!”“Sweepings of the Abe Sutu!”“Amakafula!” (Kafirs.)Such were but few of the opprobrious phrases...

Haviland's ChumMitford Bertram Haviland's Chum Chapter One. The New Boy “Hi! Blacky! Here – hold hard. D’you hear, Snowball?”The last peremptorily. He thus addressed, paused, turned, and eyed somewhat doubtfully, not without a tinge of apprehension, the group of boys who thus hailed him.“What’s y...

In the Whirl of the RisingMitford Bertram In the Whirl of the Rising Prologue “You coward!”The word cut crisply and sharp through the clear frosty air, lashing and keen as the wind that stirred the crystal-spangled pines, and the musical ring of skate-blades upon the ice-bound surface of the mere...