Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-11-27
TO BE cOSrISUED.
A SI..OY iR::kTIVE.

One day, in one of the iuclosed buildings
near Lucknow, !, great number of PRISON.
ers We're taken, nearly al! Scpoys. After
the fight they We're all brought in to the
officer commanding my regiment, and in
the morning the order came that they
should all be shot. 1t chanccd that it was
my turn to command the firing party. l
asked the prisoners their names and regi-
Wcnt. After hearing some five or six, ona
,Npoy said he belonged to the--Regi-
ment, which was that my son had been in.
| of course asked him if he had known my
son, Anm,"o Ram, of the Light Company.
lie answered that that WAS his own name;
but this hringa very common name, and
having always imagined that my son, as l
had never heard from him, must have
died of the Sciudc fever, il did not at first
strike me, but when he informed me he
came from Iillowee, my heart eaped in my
,,uouth, Could it be my son Thore was
No duuht Of it, for he gave my name as his
father, and he fell down at my feet, im-
pIorlng my pardon. He, with all the other
men in the regiment, had mutinied and
ha gone to Lucknow. Once the deed WA
done, what vas he to do2 Where was ho
to go, if he had ever been inclined to ss-
caIe2 At o'clock in the day ihc prison.
ers were all to be shot, and | must be- NY
sons executionar, Such is fate | went
to the Major Sthib and requested might
he relieved from this duty ~ a very gre at
favor; but he was ve:'y angry, and said no
should bring me TO "A courtmnrtiai for try
ing to shrk ny duty; he would not believe
| WAS faithful servant of the English
Guvrrnment-he was sure my heart was
in reality with the mutincers-hn would hear
me no longer AT last my feelings as Il
father sat the better OF me, and burst
into food Of tears. | would shoot every
one of the prisoners with my own hands if
he ordered me, but confessed that one of
them was my son. The Major declared
What | urged was only an excuse to get off
shooting my own broti crhood But ut last
his heart seemed touched, and lie ordered
my unhappy son to be brought before
him, and questioned him very strictly, l
shall never forget this oritIc scene; for
one moment never thought Of asking his
life to be spared that he did not deserve.
He became convinced of the truth Of my
statement and ordered me to be relieved
from this duty. went to my tent, bowed
down with grief made worse by the gibes
and taunts poured on me by the Sikhs, who
declared | vas IA renegade. In n short
time heard the deadly vo!ley. My son
had received the reward of mutny. II.
showed no fear, but had rather he had
been killed i'll fight. Through the kindness
of the Major was allowed to perform the
funeral rite over my misguided son the
only one Of the prisoners over whom it
was perfolIned, for the remaining bodies
We're all thrown to the jacllals and vul-
tures. ! had not heard from my son since
Just after my return from slavery. | had
not seen him since | went to Cabool, ami
thus met him again, untrue to his salt, in
open rebellion against the master who had
fed his father and himself But enough
more is unnecessary. lie was not the only
one who mutinied. LITERALLY he was not
alone when he nuinied. The Major told
me afterwards that he was much blamed
by the other officers for allowing the funeral
rite TO be performed on rebel. But if
good deeds wipe away sins, which l have
do, his sins will he very white, Bad for
tune never attends on he me"rful. May
my Major soon become General,