The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
A SEP0Y REVOLT EPISODE,

Sir John Morley, cx-lieutenant of the
Seventeenth lancers (the duke of Cam
bridges own'D had just been sentenced
to death.
let he had been a valiant officer in the
army of lndia-having, indeed, been
more than once favorably mentioned in
the reports of General Lawrence and
Lord Canning Gifted with enormous
physical strength and of consummatc
skill with the sabre, he had made him.
sell great reputation in the Sepoy re.
volt, and, as ballad of the soldiers of
Punjab had it, ellis chargers foot.
step shook the earth for miles around y
Unfortunately, under the system of mr.
chase OF grade, advancement is not
rapid IN the army of her gracious males.
w. vi what avail are heroic bravery
and services rendered at the risk OF life
II one Is to remain forever:at the modest
rank OF captain? Reckless and mas.
sionate by nature, Morley had wasted
MS whole fortune to satisfy the capri-
clous fancies of the beautiful Lady bar
hngton. Never, it is true, had a more
beautiful creature been seen in Calcutta
Her exquisite complexion, her golden
mar shimmering with amber reflections
her ,queeniy air, had driven the ROUGH
soldier completely wild. As for her
cold, naughty, disdainful-she never IN
derstood this passion of his in the least
One day on his return from the cam.
ture OF Cawnpore, the captain brought
her ring that looked as though it were
set with garnets. Look at this" he
said, Helena, was wounded at the at
tack on the city, and each of these oar
nets is drop of my blood solidifed. Do
you care for itl"
"Ch, she replied, ''it's rather prettv.
but / should have liked pearl ring bet.
ter" Wv
Such was the woman. So when Nor
ley, after ths most needless extravaoance
was ruined, she coldly said to him "Mv
dear sir, will give you three months to
make your fortune again. Three months :;
do you understands If at the end of that
time you are not as rich as the vizier of
Dude, will never sp ak to YOU again. y
morley was almost distracted. A re-
volt had Just broken out at Kohal that
threatened to assume alarming proper
tons. A certain Bathkhan, an old ar
tliiery soubadar, an intelligent man, and
OF great influence in the sect of the
Wahatltes, had raised the green flag of
revolt IN favor of Prince Mira Mogol.
There was the chance of conouering a
great empire, and, in case of success, an
immense fortune to throw at the feet of
Lady Helena. 1t is true, that in this en-
terprlse one not only risked his life. but
lost MS honor, and yet such was the in
nuence OF this woman on the captain,
mat he went without hesitation to offer
the help of his sword to the insurrec-
ton, of which he was at once made COM
mander-in chief.
There he found the scum of the bazars
ana volunteers from all the provinces,
brought together by their hatred of the
foreigner, by religious excitement, and
by their thirst of blood and pillape.
And motley crowd it was2 The uni,
forms were outlandish, shakos, sleeve
less vests, trousers ornaments with fan.
tastlc embroidery-and the whole rabblc
poorly drilled and badly armed. At the
head of these hordes Morley fought fol
two months with varying fortune. Fol
TWO months did he struggle desperately,
still seeing through the battle. smoke the
splendid creature for whose sake he had
embarked in this criminal adventure
Finally, one morning he was surrounded
with twenty of his comrades in a small
temple of Vishnow, near Souraiopore
The artillery was summoned, but can
non-balls being found Intellectual agains
the strong walls, they brought bundle
of wood, which were heaped against tn,
temple and set on fire.
1t was finished. To escape sufrocatiol
the wretches charged furiously upon tn,
enemy. Seven were killed. and tn,
thirteen others, with Morley at thei
head, made prisoners. They wer
shackled and chained together. and tn
pitiful procession took the road to Delhi
where Morley was thrown into prison.
Meantime the commerce of Delhi haC
suffered seriously from all these events
On the marble steps of the mosque tn
clothmerchants, fruit-sellers, and deal
ers in precious stones had sold almos
nothing, while on the quays of the Jam
mouna stood quantities of merchandise
for which the usual demand was lacking