Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19

water gathered in his eyes as they tore or
IN their mad rush.
Then there came flash from behind
him-a sharp report-the ring of bullet
Still they pressed on There appeared
another thin jet Of fire, and the ping Of
the leaden messengers whistled past tlieil
faces. Still on-shoulder to shoulder. .
Once more came the sudden flash, and
then mingled with the report, was heard
a gurgling cry; a white figure leaped
up into the air, and all was
over. Jack was running alone.
"Oh, Seeta!" hecried, and stopped.
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Cecil Brandon's watch might have been
a quarter of an hour slower than it was,
and Jack need not have wound up his
for week, for all the difference it 1made
to the English at Bandermunda. ~ la
The ball broke up nearly at the time
specified, but the lights were kept burn
ing much later. 4Ii IA
Captain Waring gained the colonel's
house some moments after he had firmly
realized the fact That to 60 back in search
of Seeta would be certain death, not only
to himself and m,ny Of the people at
Bandermunda, but also to Miss Nellie
Gray, niece of Colonel Gray, then COM
the -th. goy
This young lady Happened to be wan
dering in the garden alone, not because
she was of a romantic disposition, but be-
cause the temperature indoors was very
warm. She was thinking about solitary
ride of hers taken that morning on Blue
bell, her pet mare, md about the fellow.
being she had seen ying in the long grass
on her face, crying. She had stopped
her horse and LOOKED at the recumbent
figure for mere cur osity's sake; where
upon the mourner had risen to her fee
and stared with far from friendly gaze
at the intruder on her sorrow.
sPOor thingp' sad Nellie, instinctively
sorry for the woman. ID.
The native woman, however, did no
see the matter IN The same light. Sh'
began speaking, at first gently, the1
fercely, and at last made frantic LEAF
at the bride. Blebell reared at tn
strangers approach, swerved aside, an(
in moment was out of reach. carrying
her mistress away, little frightened
perhaps, at ner adventure.
AS Miss Gray rejected, step, heav,
and long, was heard coming up the path
there was a rush. and then some on
cleared the fence and tumblcd into tn
grass close beside her.
Captain Waring"
"Miss Gray''-eyeu then he could no
help looking apologetically at the knit
in his hand; "you heard the shots"
"That were fired ten Danutes ago? Oh
yes; we all did, and Wondered-''
''The Sepoys are up. How long has
been since the last Of your guests wen
away"
ooh, some time.''
"Thank Heaven! But there is no tim
to tell you ALL Brandon and l wer
warned on the road by a woman of tn
projected rising. He has gone to tn
Fort to warn the fellows there, and
have come hither.''
"But why did you not go to the bar
racks?" quite calmly.
"Becanse everything depends on thi
house. The signal for attack is to be tn
extinction of the lights here. Miss Gray
they must not be put out tonight. TIL
dawn will soon come; but the womel
must be got away. 1 have to hasten tt
the barracks to obtain reinforcements TO
the Fort; for if the mutineers find on
that we know what has happened, all
lOst.''
ri will get them away"
.sYou?''
He said it half-admiringly, half -doubt
ingly.
eyes, |. | will rouse up my aunt an
Bella at once, and we will set off by tn
cutting; you will bring some of the mel
to meet us?''
He stood for moment amazed, won
dering if he was in dream.
"Miss Gray, you are a heroine!"
+ She laughed little as she looked int
his face.
cam 1? 1t is what l have longed to b
all my life"
There was no time to waste She he'll
out her hand as if to say that she kney
this. He took it, and as they stood to
gether their eyes met; then drawing nea
to each other, his lips were pressed t.
hers in long, clinging kiss. Then al
was over, and he was off, fastening i
the dark towards home
The cutting was yet another way 0
getting to the barracks, long one, it
true, but to Jacks mind safer than tn
other just then. Turning to the right
one went down the rest of the curve til
one reached the Bandermunda road; VI
this, some little way to the left, was {
path which swept around till it came in
to the jungle road, just where it turne
down straight to the cantonment.,
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The rising at Bandermunda was unde
the management of Sepoy called Sher
Eli, the father of Seeta. AS far as coul
be made out, his plans were good an
promised success. The battery at tn
Fort had hitherto kept the surroundin
country in awe and subsection He pro
posed that it should be seized, turned up
ont the barracks, and then movedto Delhi
The conspiracy spread far and wide; al
was seemingly quiet, and the Englis
were unsuspeeting. The ball at the col
onel's house furnished splendid oppor
tunity, for there would be slain at one
and in silence the leader of the hated Fer
inghees. Joined by the insurgent Sepoy
and the inhabitants, Shere Eli wOul
sweep on to the barracks and massacr
the English; for aided by the powerful
battery that was to be captured by tn
confederates at the. Fort, he expecte'
small resistance. A regiment cut t
pieces and artillery captured, what coul'
be grander exploit? The men aroun
the Fort looked eagerly from the hill t.
where the colonel's house lay, waiting t.
see it burst into flames as their brethre
captured it; but the signal did not ap
pear.
Only the night before had Shere El
announced his plans; and when all tn