“From Mafeking, with despatches,” Jack replied unsuspectingly.
Kate was out for a ride in the veldt this morning before breakfast, and met him as she came home by the Mafeking Road.
After a few days Mr. P. duly returned from Mafeking, having had a risky but successful trip in and out of the town.
These were promptly annexed and dismantled by the Mafeking men.
A poster in all the paraphernalia of Official authority, proclaiming the relief of Mafeking—four months too soon!
