Another horse found its rider acting as sentry and
when the man tried to drive it away it thought he was playing
with it and kept coming back and finally the man brought it in
to the colonel and cried and asked if it might have half of
his rations of corn. Good night and God bless you all with
all my love.
DICK.
March 15th, 1900.
DEAR MOTHER:
I am on my way back to Cape Town. This seemed better than
staying with Buller who will not move for two or three weeks.
I shall either go straight up to Roberts, or we will return to
London. I have seen the relief of Ladysmith and got a very
good idea of it all, and I do not know but what I shall quit
now. I started in too late to do much with it and as it is I
have seen a great deal. It is neither an interesting country
nor an interesting war. But I don't have to stay here to
oblige anybody. If I do go up to Roberts it will only be to
stay for three weeks at the most and only then if there is
fighting. I won't go if he is resting as Buller is. So this
will explain why we start home so soon.
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