Sadness and Humor.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9739, 12 December 1899, Page 4

Sadness and Humor.

A visitor clown from Ladysmith, who was present during the time the wounded and prisoners were bro'iiglit in, says the scene was ol'ie long to be remembered. Although it was pitiful to observe the conditirn of some of the wounded soldiers, never a murmur was heard to escape oris of them ; nor were the.c wanting touches of hurhcr, „ s , for instance, a Gordon Highlander, who was in the ambulance with a wounded arm. Persons in the street compassionately asked if he was badly hurt, and he replied, "Oh, a' richt, juist a bit o J a shot thro' tho airm," The prisoners arrived in the early morning, and their appearance naturally aroused a good deal or curiosity in the crowded town. Among the troo{?<j were a number of Transvaal flags, which the soldiers had eeciured and were proudly waving. The men also carried all sorts of provisions and mutilated bits of wearing apparel, old umbrellas; boots, and waterproofs; which they waved as trophies-, i'he Boer wounded were ako brought in, and are receiving exactly the same treatment as the British;