The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-03-26

.CAwNPoRB, Feb. T.--1ears ago, in n quiet
little French seaport, I encountered small spare,
actiye-iookInp man-lntroduced TO mo as Mai Thom-
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son-whose bronzed face and long brown beard might
have suggested prolonged survlce undet an indian
s, ,r To- tho t.c, ,t,, ho reyer r,a,i,o,ed india
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IN any way When " was nameu IN MS presence
close observer might him start slightly, as u sud-
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did dream what that memory really was or what"
history lay behind that quiet rm, soldier-like face
iii, ,,s ,,oon ,ho,sb,f,, eves rh,q man. who
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stroleu along the poueVaru IN suou aheasy way every
afternoon, figured ut so many snug little gatherings
4, tho ionc ,v,p,or eveninys and ust eped 60 cout
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toously TO tue Vaporings OF various empty-heaue'
young French ocers who had never seen shot Aired,
was one of the three men living who had escaped
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IRON tine bloodest OF an the countess pu'cheres oi
Cawnpore.
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inuia TINS town OF inc iuiies iooks hke "na rey
is. Amid the green woods and beautiful gardens oil
uctpo,v tbe,e "a uttle saye the backened ruins of
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the defended re'idency 10 marx 'ne seem Oh
struggle unparalleled In The barbarlc magni-
ecance M i,o,hi te, no tales of tho grim October
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tumn leaves along her smoke dlmmed streets, and
,bs bleellpv oaroasses which had once been MoQul
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princes were cast out 10 10 meat ior the uuHs anu N
lures AZ the gate OF their ancient palace. The trav
| e,er who go,,s from De,bi ia Iobore Inv tho pun
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iaub Railway, looks from his car window at the can
OF " Meerut 10 see VINO Is get.ing on w On IN, NV
train, may very possibly find 1t hard to believe that
less than twenty,nve wears ago tneie Were snsc.eu
CLOSE 70 tnls .r n.te s,a.on mn,on nau u'
one paraeI ID ,ne ,eu soy ~ sa' Yer a &
Bat on oawhpore tme pfhnu Oh Ian mas peeu set oee
anu forever. Az ne an ,ssuness, w posus nas
shrnnk away rom tne ra,Smeu oareI, auy Ra,
whlcn serVeu as sG,ge lVn .ne , lageuy Vi
% unes. o oo a n,,utat,cnss wha,sosSar
oens, spreading uees, green pisnuuonsi Wnmsve,er
couu enu .ouSh ., aru no M AZ spn
Of fearful crime anu YET more fearful
one place, however ~ HI ah,u ,s %
Ing uesolation Beyona tne great cana wnien sepa,
rates Cawnpore itself from the Btitlsh oah.onmeh,
near the Gange you pass suddenly from tne neat ana
snauy Walks anu green nwus VI oea , kanoeu'
over wnien. ngn nnove h Tue e.uer % u, H.
/ cal vegetauop. tne hopie Cocoa Ph,Ins Lower inc
guardian giants sanntetlng along .ne p,.ncps,. an
en9e you espy a. he Iar end Oh II green puhd Top
PED ny low wall o, carved ~, y, o,t ,gona IN Urn,
with turret at each angle. ,ugh tne IRON gaze IN
lts front you see the stone Wen mouth sur
face and folded hands supporting the palm branches
OF maryrdom harnonized wei with the perfect peace
ySu eaS Ss % q the
perpetual memory OF great multitude oil Christian
people chiefly women and children, who were cruelty
| Dhundu Punth and cast Into the well beow. the uy-
Ing with the dead, on the iSth DAY oil July, 1871 vi
AT the foot OF inc mound simple cross OF white
marble on the fresh green turf marks the actual scene
OF slaughter worse than Heod's, the news of which
Ike arS the bScoSs
ries that posonits very air. II would be hard 10 ma
In all India more peaceful and beautiful spot tsn
this modern Aceldama But Is not good 10 be there
long. Only few years ago an English soldier
cunged into the garden with look OF lndolent good
humor on his broad, heavy face, 10 come rushing out
again half an hour later like one possessed by de-
mon, his eyes starting his teeth set ms gun ready
IN m R 70 lae e OF .e mrs. az s rs
OF those who came up to the rescue the morning atef
that night Of DOOM only to find that all the supeIhu-
man speed anu daring OF that wonderful narch,
which long battle from first to last had been
spent in vain. ''When we saw what was done, y
said my guide himself one OF Haveock s veterans,
who had seen what be described. 1--WE said nothing,
but Just looked at each other. saw the old General
clasp his hands as III he'd break EN-, and cry out,
| Good Ged we're too late ! Where our women and
their babies had been there was nothing but room
ankle-deep In blood; but there, won't talk OF that
any more It's too bad TO think OIL one oil our TEL
lows picked up little curl OF soft har In paper and
written ON IT was Ned's hair, with love VOW
When we were divided of into parties to bury the
dead one of our lads sings out all at once Sergeant
let me da out Of the ranks for aye minutes, or .,
lot more. The Sergeant didn't ask where they
were going, but Just says, Take care OF yonrseye
the enemy's camp-fires showed through the dark
ness, and presently they came BACK WIN iot o
pouches; but they didn't bring any prisoners. "
But the tragedy OF the 18th OF july however hide
Gus, was mercy ITSELF compared Win the long agony
that went before 1t. over that fa'al story OF mis-
placed trust and useless herosm oroods from rst U
last horror OF great darkness, deepening h9ur D!
DEATH In reading the terrible details OF the Siege o
Lucknow one has at least the consolation OF reme'n
is far otherwise. Who has not felt his blood boil a
the famliar tale OF tat spehdu suicide OF uhreason
ing vaior IN when 400 Worn-out mem OF whom HUI
more than haf were soldiers set themselves In arra
against TO- 600 behind mud wall no higher than al
ordinary dining table, with 500 helpless women ant
children to exhaust their scanty provisions and in.
| cumber their every movement. Within that frai
snelter LOT three long weeks, me doomed handin
!, could nfict or human beplessness endure. Pelte'
day and night by mercess fire from all four side
at once, left unshetered beneath the terrific sun
within the Enclosure, blaok with dust ana sand hie'
covered with sores ana devonred by burning thirst
the heroic women still suffered uncompainingy; 70
the only well III the intrenchment was commands
by two hostile batteries and every draught OF waite
must he purchased with a brave man lie, But th
chdren-who could be proof against their wlstfu
eyes and low ceaseless moan OF pain9 Little conl
/ the poor things who eagerly sucked In the scant
(, drangbt Of thick, turbid water which brave job
u McKiop had guarded with his own body across tina
1t deadly distance. dream that the gallant man VIII
" brought IL was writing III mortal agony barely te
yards away, and forcing his whitening lips to muI
muir family, 90 Don't tell the little ones that II
killed; it'll only vex them''
And so, in daily Increasing misery, the weary tim
crept on. Now and then the haggard faces of tn
n men who all that they loved upon earth fadip
fast before their eyes would light Up with strang
y and terrible Joy as they saw the dark masses OF III
enemy advancing to the assault. Them for one sho
hopeless future In the maddenDg delight OF battl'
and satisfy to the utmost strong natural Ions
Ing to grapple with adversely with bodily 70,
But when the reapeis OF that red harvest turned bat
from their toll, what did they hnd? In dusty no
lows, scooped out OF the parched earth, and rooft
. with poor shred OF clothing dead mothers |;
10 beside dead children, upon whom the tropical he
was already beginning to do Its ioatbsome work,
" then, In the dead OF night handful OF men wou
To steal out OF the intrenchment and with death hui
gerlng for them al around, would ding the corps
down well within the enemy's lines, and then
back to their torment once more. And food is ru
ming short, and water is harder and ever harder
get and wounds tester and breed vermin, and Il
doctors at last refuse to amputate because every
IN 30 treated dies under the knife How long, o
=, | Lord, Low longY
:" Not much longer now, for treachery without an Il
I'D capacity within are hurrying the last OF Il
ly tragedy. All human help is far away and the humi
n, tigers around may work their VIII unchecked. 1t
nj their hour and the power OF darkness. Wsrn out
he sickness and and still hoping against hope
re his wife and daughters from the EVIL 10
n the poor old General accepts tho teaeherous pied
u of good faith and mercy offered by the hell hound
mt whom mercy and good faith are alike unknown