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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner MSC 26/2.16/303 |
Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Extract |
Letter Date | 1 December 1906 |
Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
Address To | Hanover, Northern Cape |
Who To | S.C. (‘Cron’) Cronwright-Schreiner |
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Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
Legend |
The Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner were produced by Cronwright-Schreiner in preparing The Life and The Letters of Olive Schreiner. They appear on slips of paper in his writing, taken from letters that were then destroyed; many of these extracts have also been edited by him. They are artefacts of his editorial practices and their relationship to original Schreiner letters cannot now be gauged. They should be read with considerable caution for the reasons given. Cronwright-Schreiner has written the date, where it was sent from and the place it was sent to onto this extract.
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…The news has just come that the Springboks have just won 11 to nil.
2Simply astonishing. Great excitement. The Postmaster nearly kicked his
3hat to pieces in the square. Old Schmidt is walking about with a
4bottle asking every one to drink. All the Afrikanders here bet on the
5Springboks, all the jingoes (like the station master) le bet on the ^?
6Welsh^, they are all looking blue as they have to pay up…
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2Simply astonishing. Great excitement. The Postmaster nearly kicked his
3hat to pieces in the square. Old Schmidt is walking about with a
4bottle asking every one to drink. All the Afrikanders here bet on the
5Springboks, all the jingoes (like the station master) le bet on the ^?
6Welsh^, they are all looking blue as they have to pay up…
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