The Princeton union., 1882-04-06

man II fhs sti-9Hg vault OF the Iykha1eh
and darting out into the open air, seemed
coming" she cried, eshaak God. they're
coming =" Who" asked the v ordering
soldiers. "Our ain ~Hieland lads! Dinne
ys hear the pipes: It's the anLd liIs that I
ken so well, The Campbe!is ara coming
At first, the ears, dulled by hanger and
weakness and ceasslsss cannon thunder,
could bear nothing; but gradually light
n8Ver seen there before or since broke over
the haggard faces rs they, too, caught the
welcome sound which told tlern that the
help for which they had almost ceased to
hope was coming at last. Had the Lord not
been on their side, tn: u had thay been like
them that so down into the pit; but ON sh
very oTlnk or tho grave dellYeranca CAME
such oellvsraoce as has seldom been
wrought oIs upon earth.
On tins highest point Of the low ridge
oace crowne>l by sta sr9il ancAna.lt
which the hands a-ad laatts Of the oraye
nen within MAIDS inpregnatle, lies 3 tiny
plot Of green turf ;5appled with humble
mounds and meat Whits id-stonas It is
noble and q touching story that is told by
those stones, all marked with the same faSa.
wear. Young Lads lie here whose first glimpse
Of war was their LAST, ana strong meo who
died not il the forefront Of the battle, where
they wonld have loved 10 die, but beneato
the waiiing agony Of ;diAsease and delicaee
women plning yalniy fbr 1ns breath Of pure
air in the hot, foul, sulphuroas atmosphere
Of the sitting cellars in which th8y
c-ouched for shslter from the uercileSs shot;
AND poor Lttle blossoms witheneI before
their time by tho blasts Of heil-tirs around
slsln. Truly these were the first fruits Of
Engiau0's great sacrifice, he- best aod her
NJ IL AL,,, ~:
army Of battle martyrs have been found For
him who Lies IN the midst Of them, beneath
ths simplest and noblsst eeitaph ever ~zit-
ten over brave MAJ: Here lies Henry
Lawrence, who tried to do his duty; NAY
God have mercy upon his SOUL
From thass grim Il en- Dries It IS pleasant
to escape II ths freshness GIL; brightness
aad beauty Of tne wooded outskirts. AMI TO
wander IL It's qliet o. ege min 2 au-o2g the
aad dainty little marble payilions o. Win.
h3.d Park. HlIel Wit D dreamy, repoe9ful
stiffness. IL the mtds: ofa.w-2ich the Te-v
absolutely Impossible. Yet w&-an6 blood
sn71 have beeo hyra III their Gnrkast a2a
5saZnest form. A few Gy1,2 7r..<a
G&ris along the othe@ s;f~ Of the
highway start out through tbs Clustering
Trees a ba-taoaG archway an6 14ol3a-l1g
to#er sa--noanunE. . huge ia < batt1emeut
This IS the S5cunjca Bagh, 01c8 q house.
hold word NJ oye1y ticesilis. il Britain 1t
! WIS not -l-N8 or sGorll that sua1e these
deep, uneven gaps through tae solid wall.
| %si7 mute witnesses o. what Wis done lere
! Que gloomy AutaMn niglt u years a,o
Gray -halraS veter"1s viii stlll tell YOU how,
'7h5n the death g-appis OF 1857 was at it's
! height. 2WE ssp0y 1nut;aaa-r5 int1sncel
5h7IselT8s behind this ramDa-t aul sx,,ls-
"a II the fanc1ad possession Of An. ir1ora1
nah's ,s'1":.:.s,, = GAsv i..tle k.:3w vtst,
| %DoI tlev LAD - 4aaE 4 few lIsuss
ater Colin Campbell and his H;ghtandars
GAME to knock ~ their gates il, . way that
"otLo take no denial. Cs1l-. l1e4arGs,
| TASTED men, who for weeks past hare o3en
! lighting all uav anu watc aior 81 u;eht.
! 80 who fall dow. bv scores f-o.n
| sheer exhaustion rs SOON a5 tho bast1e is
| ever. WORK like giants 1t the few gcns thai
ctao be brought to bear upon the wall. Al
oiceT soon reports = "pGaotcabls 5caach ="
- e.. aole just wins enough for one
man to scramble through at a time, But
this is nor8 cham enough eor Anglo Saxon
lighting ulsn with lbs murders Of women
and babies before them 4 H;ehlan2e
struggles through the gao to fall daaa IL -.
staR-Y under the feet Of his successor. who
IS himself killed the nsxt moment. 8rt no
slaughter CAL check the rush OF ths assaii-
an5s. IL they come, MAI after .uaa,
| sc1aAotl0g over tins coTDses Of their com
rade5 with set te8th. and flashing aYas. aad
ready bayonets. Ths hearts Of sds butch
ers die within bhem as the shout Of Re
member Cawnpore, boys" ut-thundess
! tho din OF the fray; ami their fra grows
fainter and fainter, aad the British line
presses on: Two hours Of maddsn;ng din
aud slaughter, and Of all the 2 1000 that
manned thg -.Na9s s1.r:'vsa out cag t9rrair-
stricken stricken wr:tes, :saA4s3 y :sn h;5 5s*h:r:
Jl:sa .ni.a &cpu .'Secvudr:l Rnab.' on
!qs :oB2os,:9 5: sa. ;. thg eao,oalls4os ltss
;a3t::2 = sEot'e'aA more III su:ozable; to..tns
story that it tells is not Of fierce bravery
aud blood? vengeance, but Of that patient,
| pislOllg he,oisn which is to all
| os1er forms Of human courage what the
| Calm fsar.5ssneSs Of the martyr is to the
tecociols daring o. the savage. Here the
women and children os the Lucknow gar,i-
son. With train Of sick and wounded men,
were once more compas5ed about by those
VINO kneV no mercy. Hare brave James
pltram. with handful Of WORKOUT men,
made good this wide circuit Of crumbling
| wall against ten-fold odds, till the desens
OF the Alum. .Bagh Garden became famous
through -oot the world as that Ct the Luck
now Ees'dency itself. Here. too, on the
! ground haliowed by tina greatest Of even
ms achievements. sleeps Henry Havelock.
| the Galahad Of that noble brotherhood Of
English chiyalry who showed. as tew have
ever shown, that man may do his duty,
whether as q soldier OF as General. not q
| whit the worse because be fears God,
/ A CaiestialtPrison.