The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-02-19
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Infantry 10 ,nJoy tie cool oi TIE even
iaE.
o. three aides sle hopse was sarroand
ei - its compound, large incloses
tpaef, ssfylrg The place u a courtyard
Bui ihs fourth wss only sepsrstei by'
small pstah q garden from tbe publi
road, alorg which 5 nnnber oi naiyt
women were passing with their alll'
pitchers OF their beads
The eight of them nslursily iurntd ,b'
conversation upon fayori,e subject wit
kll Anglo Indlsus, viz, the character o
iibe natives. and lho b/st method Of dcal
ing with them.
There's only one way, said the colonel
emphaGcaIiy. Tel EN- what they are "a
DO, make en- do il, aud thrash cm vel
fif faey don't. Thst's my Way
Wei, venture iodiifet from Iodihete,
colonel, said Mr. Carrie, quietly I've
bad 10 DO some tbrssbipg once o. lgiee, !
own, but most u my nH,iye servsuts
seem TO get along very well Without Il,
aud they serve me erceIlenily, assure
you.
| wish you'd been ln my place, then,
teiolted The colonel; yon'd have changed
your opinion, warrant Way, the year
before last when | had chatge Of two
baualious OF the rascsls down al Suttee-
poor, becanse there wasn'tauother queens
officer within reach--jnst my confounded
tuck there was no getting anything done
unless did It myself. BY Jovel sirl
had 70 be everything a. once my own
quarlermasler, ny on sergeant msjor, my
own caterer, and
And your own trumpeter, Colonel An.
nesley asked Mrs. Currie, with an arch
smile
The colonels broad face reddencd omi.
nously, aud an explosion seemed immi-
neni when a snddeu clamor OF angry
voices from the road below drew them
all TO the front of the verauda.
The cause OF the disturbance was visi-
bic at glance. Two halfdrunken
Enelish soldiers, staggering along the
road, had come into violent contact with
a native boy who was running past; and
one OF them, enraged al the collision, had
felled the poor lad 70 the ground, and
was uueIasping bis own belt with the
evident Intention Of beating him nnner-
cifnly.
Serve the young whelp right, shouted
the colonel rubbing his hands, that's iust
what ihey al want
Theother officer, Major Armstrong
popularity called Maior Strongarm-- wasa
huge, brawny, silent man, whose forte lay
in acting rather than Ia talking.
During the whole Of the discussion be
had sat like great bronze statue, never
uttering a word but at the sight Of this
man III using this child, be woke up rah-
er startlingly.
To leap TO the ground twelve feet be-
low, to dart across the garden, to vanlt
over The high stockade beyond, was the
work OF moment for the athletic major;
and in another instant he had raised the
fallen boy teDderly from the ground,
while saying to the foremost soldier, in
the low, compressed tone ola man who
means what be says:
BE of with you'll
And who the duce are you, shown yer
nose in where You sin't wanted? roared
the iniuristed rniIisn, TO whose eyes the
majors plain evening dress bore no token
that be was an officer; jst you-
The sentence was never flushed
AT The sound OF that insolent defiance,
Armstrong; sorey tried patience gave
way altogether, and The powerful hand
which had hewu i,s way through a whole
squadron Of Sikh cavalry, zen like
sledge hammer upon bis opponents face.
dashing BIN tothe ground as Il be bad
been blown from the mouth Of a gun.
Wei dong, Major Armstrangl sbsaled
Mr. Cnrre from above. You deserve your
name and no mistake.
AT that foFnaasblr name, tho soldler
took to bis heels IL once snd Armstrong,
without even looking Al bis PROSTATE arr
tagonIst, proceeded 10 examine me huiss
Of the boy.
TIE latter was sorely bruised ID many
places, and The blood was triekIing ffdclyi
over bis swsrIhy face; but the little hero
still did bis best 10 stand erect, aud to
keep down every sigu Of the psin which
be was cHluriug 1a
You're brave lad, and you'll make q
soldier some day, said the major TO bin
IN llndoosianee. Come with me, lll see
that no one molests you again.
The lad seized tho huge brown hand
which had defended bin so brsYely, aud
kissed Il with the deepest reverence; and
the two walked away together.
SIX month have come aud gone, and
Mr. Currlt's hospitable homo presents
very different spectacle. The pretty gar
den Il lrampled into dusi and mirs, aud
The bodies oftmeng sud horses are iy
ipg thick among the fragments Of the half
degroyed siockade.
AL the Windows cf the house arc
bloeked up, Aml ihfongh the loop1olcd
wats peer the muzzes q ready uAes
showing how steady The besieged garrison
siands 81 bay against tho countless enc
Dies, whose DARK, fierce faces aud giIller.
iug wespCus arr TisIble amid The hali
ruined baidins sBd matted thickclgalF
sroun3 Tie sepoy mutiHY Of 1857 Il
biszlng tky hlgh over Northern Iudla,
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