Though the latter country had been, as it were, sequestrated by friends of Rhodes--much to their own profit--Mr.Schreiner felt convinced that the Colossus had never encouraged any plans which these people might have made against the independence of the Transvaal Republic.

Rhodes had so completely fascinated him that even on the eve of the day when Jameson crossed the Border, Mr.Schreiner, when questioned by one of his friends about the rumours which had reached Cape Town concerning a projected invasion of the Transvaal by people connected with the Chartered Company, repudiated them with energy.

Mr.Schreiner, indeed, declared that so long as Mr.Rhodes was Prime Minister nothing of the kind could or would happen, as neither Jameson nor any of his lieutenants would dare to risk such an adventure without the sanction of their Chief, and that it was more to the latter's interest than to that of anyone else to preserve the independence of the Transvaal Republic.
[A] Now High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa.
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SCHREINER.] Talking of Mr.Schreiner reminds me of his sister, the famous Olive Schreiner, the author of so many books which most certainly will long rank among the English classics.