An Author's Ruse.
Mr. 11. Rider Haggard once found himself in an awkward position in South Africa. He was in a farmhouse occupied by some Boers who were discussing ; a plot against the British. < Mr. Haggard knew that if they discovered that he was English they would shoot him as a spy, and he racked his ‘ brain for some method of getting rid of his unwelcome neighbours. Presently one of the Boers lit his pipe and threw the match, j still burning on to the floor. a Immediately an idea occurred - to the author. He leapt up and * stamped it out. “ Why do you do that ? ” asked the leader of the Boers, “ Because the British keep all their dynamite under this floor,” replied Mr. Haggard. 3 In less than a minute there wasn’t a single Boer left on the i premises.
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Northland Age, Volume V, Issue 23, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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