But those who think nothing of charging a soldier 6d.

for a penny bottle of soda-water, or 2s.

for twopenn'orth of cake, tremble for the feelings of their wives and daughters.

Why do the women go to look?
as Colonel Ward asked, in his indignant refusal even to listen to the petition.

Sunday is the one day when they can stay at home with safety, and leave their husbands to skulk in the river holes if they please.
_December 21, 1899._ "Puffing Billy," of Bulwan, distinguished himself this morning by sending one shot into Colonel Ward's house and the next into the general's just beyond.