Perhaps, in this little story, you may gain a glimpse of the surroundings, the wholesome out-of-door farm-life, work and play of our little Boer cousins—boys and girls of the antipodes, and of the bright future which awaits the Transvaal.

The Author.

Chicago, June, 1915.

Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
Preface[vii]
I. Petrus Joubert[1]
II. At "Weltefreden"[17]
III. A Transvaal "Model Farm"[34]
IV. The Great "Trek"[51]
V. A Boer "Nachtmaal"[71]
VI. Over the "Great Karroo" to Cape Town[81]
VII. A Kafir Party at the Chief's Kraal[94]
VIII. A Storm on the Drakensberg[107]
IX. A Zulu War-Dance[120]
X. Petrus the Hero[135]

List of Illustrations