Connecticut western news., 1885-03-18
SAVED BY A JACKAL.
STORY 0F INDIA IN TUE TIME
 OF THE sEPUY REBELLIUN.
The Wonderful Rrscus of the Omccr's
 ChIld that hnd been Stolen Away.

blessings of India" said a gentleman, whose face, either through a disorgsn- ized liver or from a quarter of a century of steady curry eating under an Eastern sun. or in consequence of both, had &C., quired rich yellow hue. "They ban ish sleep with their nightly bowling and sometimes they carry of a child, but they are the scavengers of the plains, which, think, would hardly be habit able without them. Let me tell you a curious story about one of the brutes saving a child:
 "I had better state at once, to check undue sympathy, that the jackal, when he rescued Lal ChokIoe, acted purely as an involuntary agent, for he certainly intended to eat her. The little girls real name, give to her in England a year previously, was Mabel Stern. Her father, OOl. Siern, whose regiment WAS in India, was on leave of absence iD his native land when little Mabel was born, and three months later rumors of tie coming mutiny in India began to be heard. Col. Stern was ordered to reioiu his command, and with his wife. who insisted on accompanying him, hts in- fant daughter and an ayah, or native nurse, obtained with some difficulty in London, he turned his face eastward When he stepped ashore in Calcutta the country WAS ill flame of insurreetion, and the colonel learned that his own regiment, composed of sepoys. recruited chiefly in the northwest, had been among the first to turn the arms they had obtained and the arts they had learned from their English masters against their teachers. He was ordered to do general duty with the forces be- sieging Delhi, and, still accompanied by his wife and child, though the ayah re- fused to go any further, Ee went up the country.
 "The last scenes of the mutiny were being played. Their horrors, and those that preceded them, are too we'll known to need description. Col. Stern aud hIs little family, with sBo,ber ayah, were living in bungalow, or IhdIan house, a few miles from Delhi, and keeping a careful watch at night time, for parties of disbanded mutineers were still prowl- ing about, actuated by one prevailing purpose-to murder white uen. women and children whenever they conld.do 70 with a fair chance of escaping with their lives. The colonel was an old In dIan campaigner, aud was aprrehensive of an attack. It came at last in broad daylight, and when the master of tn house and his wife Were absent in the city for au honr. and mob 'dy was in the bungalow except the syah aud the chill. When the colonel and Mrs. Stern returned Mabel was gone, and the ayah, who seemed half distracted, told the story in her native tongue:
 "cThey came, Mem-Sahb, she said, excitedly addressing Mrs. s eTn, 'so quickly that I heard no noise until they were in the room. Where is the Sahih Logue ?" said one of them. told them the Colonel had goue out and would not be back before night. They wanted to know where the Mem-Sahib was. told them you were with him. 'Great Allah r sad the leader. "nobody left to kill l" Then dirty little fellow. who lives by robbery, and mutlnied, but never fought, said: .....
 "'''There Is still the chokre"
 "Oh, Mem-Sahib l put my fore. head to the ground to them. 1 said "Kdl me, but spare the chokra." Al last they said I should not see inc baby die. The leader asked what her name was and said Mabel Stern.
 "'"That will not do" said the man. 'fShe must not meet Allah with such . name as that. The country is still red with blood. Let us call her LaI ChokIo oe' Red Girn. Then they took her away.
 "Mrs. Stern shrieked and rushed to ward the door. The Colonel stopped her.
 "'what will they do with our baby ? he asked the ayah.
 "The woman bowed her head sorrow, fully.
 "'Sahib, she said, T know them well The leader will take her home aud lei her lie an hour with his own little girl I have seen her-a child a year old witt a great scar on her forehead This chIld will thus get all the good fortune that might have come to yours had she lived Then be will take her to the rIver anc leave her lying on pillow on the shore until the tide rises. It will be-fuil Ut o'clock
 ".There may be time yet said the colonel, looking at his watch. Mabel you must stay here. Ayah. do you knoU where the leaders bungalow is ?
 Yes, Sahib, she said. I will show you. 1t is only half a mile away aud, perhaps, many men will not be there. Take your pistol and come
 "The Colonel followed her, pistol in hand. But they had not gone s'quarter of mile before both stopped as lucy heard the noise made by some animal approaching them. Then, under the bright moonlight, and only few yards away. a great gauut iackal passed them, going at a iabored trot, and carrying something heavy iu his mouth. Both saw plainly what it was-a native child with great scar on its forehead.
 "The colonel raised his pistol, and was about to fire at the brute, when the ayah stopped him with nasty grasp on his arm.
 "'Stay, Sahib, she whispered, That is the leaders child. The jtckal may have taken your first, aud then gone hack for the other. Let us follow h.m. He is not going fast
 "Acting on her advice, they followed until they saw the iackal stop and dror his burden under a tree. The nexl moment he fled, snsrling like hunted cur, into the jungle, and the colone lifted his daughter, fast asleep and quitt unharmed, from the side of the Hmdot haby just laid down | While Mabel ha6 been transferring her fortunes to tho leaders child, and the family were wait ing patiently at the.rear of the bungalow for the completion of the operation, tht iackal, coward and sneak thief of tho wilderness. had carried of the white baby, and deferred his supper until ht had returned for the hlsek one.
 "A year afterward Col. Stern and hii wife stood at the window of their hom, in England, smilingly watching two children on the grass below. One wa Mabel Stern, and the other was dusk. httle girl with a scar on her forehead and faithful and remarkably intelligen ayah was taking care of them both"
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