Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland

Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland

By

0
(0 Reviews)
Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner

Published:

1897

Pages:

0

Downloads:

578

Share This

Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland

By

0
(0 Reviews)
"The story is one that is certain to be widely read, and it is well that it should be so, especially at this moment; it grips the heart and haunts the imagination. To have written such a book is to render a supreme service, for it is as well to know what the rough work means of subjugating inferior races."--Daily News.

Book Excerpt

didn't know how to.

He leaned further and further forward: so far at last, that the little white lock of his hair which hung out under his cap was almost singed by the fire. His eyes were still open, but the lids drooped over them, and his hands hung lower and lower between his knees. There was no picture left on his brain now, but simply an impress of the blazing logs before him.

Then, Trooper Peter Halket started. He sat up and listened. The wind had gone; there was not a sound: but he listened intently. The fire burnt up into the still air, two clear red tongues of flame.

Then, on the other side of the kopje he heard the sound of footsteps ascending; the slow even tread of bare feet coming up.

The hair on Trooper Peter Halket's forehead slowly stiffened itself. He had no thought of escaping; he was paralyzed with dread. He took up his gun. A deadly coldness crept from his feet to his head. He had worked a maxim gun in a fight when some hundred natives fell and only one white ma

FREE EBOOKS AND DEALS

(view all)

More books by Olive Schreiner

(view all)