Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-05-14

Salu L, Nnen II was not improper 10
speak. Know it 2 said he, yes. It
was my own little boy Dear me, sir P
I answered him. And you are then
Lieutenant Statterleigh?' 'Iwas,' said
he; but am now the colonel of re-
giment that has just come to India, and
is now stationed at Dinapore. But tell
me, who keeps this grave in order ? 4
do, sir says I. At whose expense?
says he. AT nobody's, SIR says 1. It
is kept in order by the dictates of my
own conscience. Your little boy Is IN
good company here; and while I am
whitening the tombs of the little dears, I
have not in my heart to pass by his,
without giving it a touch also.''
"Blest, if he didn't take me to the
house where he was staying, and give
me five hundred rupees! That sort of
thing has happened to me five or six
times in my life,-not that I ever hope Or
think of being paid for such work and
labor when am about it.
"Thst must have been a magnificent
affair" said I, pointing to a heap of red
stone and marble. But how comes it
in ruins %
at is just as it was left, sir. The lady
died. Her husband, judge here, took
on terribly; and ordered that tomb for
her. Some of the stone was brought
from Agra, some from Delhi but before
it was put together and properly erected
he married again, and the work was stop
ped. I was present at the funeral
There was no getting him away after
the service was over, and at last they
had to resort TO force and violence, in
fact, to carry him out of the yard. But
the shallowest waters, as the proverb says,
sir, always make the most noise, while
those are the deepest that flow on silent
ly. Yonder is a funny tomb, sir" con-
tinued the old man, again pointing with
his stick. "There! close to the tomb
of the lady which first showed you"
" How do you mean, funny?" I asked,
observing nothing particular in the struc-
ture
"Well, sir, it is funny only on account
of the history of the two gentlemen
whose remains it covers" replied the old
man leading me to the tomb. Zone Of
these young gentlemen, sir, was an off
cer-a lieutenant-in the Bengal Horse
Artillery; the other was an ensign in &
Royal Regiment of the Line. There
was ball; and by some accident tha
beautiful lady of our regiment had en-.
gagged herself to both of them for the
same dance. When the time came, boil
went up and claimed her hand Neither
of them would give way; and the lady
not wishing to offend either, by showing
preference, and finding herself in ,
dilemma, declined to dance with either
Not satisfied with this, they retired Il
the verandah, where they had some higl
words, and the next morning they met
behind the church there-and fought
duel, in which both of them fell, mortal
ly wounded. They had scarcely time t.
shake hands, when they died. In thos
days matters of the kind were very easi
, " hushed up Z; and it was given out
though everybody knew to the countra
ry-that one had died of fever, and tn
I other of cholera; and they were burie
side by side in one grave; and this tom
was erected over them at the joint e1
S penses of the two regiments to whic
they belonged. I get ten rupees a yea
: for keeping this grave in order"
"Who pays you?''
1" A gentleman in Culcutta, relatio
of one of them. I'll tell you what it i
sir, this foolish affair, which ended S
fatally, sowed the seeds of the fever tht
u carried off that beautiful and good W.
man, yonder. She was maddened b
Il the thought of being the cause Of ii
quarrel in which they lost their lives.
knew them both, sir, from seeing them
often on the parade-ground, and at th
Il band-stand very fine young men the
b were, sir. Yes. here they sleep in peace
e "Whose tombs are those p I aske
1t pointing to some two or three hundre
d which were all exactly alike, and in thrt
Is straight lines in other words, thrt
le deep"
id "Those are the tombs of the men
e, the Cameronians, sir. These grav
III are all uniform, as you observe. Few
Id made sad havoc with that regiment
IN They lost some three companies in a
IN Behind them are the tombs of the mt
e, of the Bluffs, and behind them the tom
of the men of other Royal Regiments
in Infantry-all uniform, you see, sir;