, 1885-02-15
ROMANTIC TRAGEDY.


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Gifted with enormous physical strength and
Of sum skill with the sabre, he had
made himssIf a great reputation 10 the sspoy
revolt, and, a ballad OF tho soldiers OF Pun
jab had it, His chargers foot
stop shook the earth for miles
and miles around Unfortunately. I'm
der the system Of purchase OF grade, adj
vancsmunt Is not rapid In the army q her
gracious majesty. or what avail arc
heroic bravery and services rendered at the
risk OF lifo II ono Is 10 remain forever at
the modest rank OF captaini Reckless aud
passionate by nature. Morley had wastei
his whole fortune to satisfy the capricious
fancies OF tho beautiful Lady Darlington
Never, IL is true, had a mora beautiful
craaturs bean seen In Calcutta. Her OK
quisite complexion. hor golden hair SHIN
mering with amber reflections, her qusenly
air. had driven tho rough soldier complstsly
Wild As for her-cold. naughty, disdainfui
she never understood this passion OF his in
tbs least On day OF his return from
the capturs OF cawnpors, the cap
tain brought her a ring that looked as though
II were set With Karnsts Look At fhia, be
Eaid. Helena, ! was wounded Of the attack
On the city, and each Of thess garnsts Is a
drop Of my blood solidihed- Doyou care for
ifF
o. she replied, sits rather pretty. but !
rhould have liked n pearl ring better
Such was the woman 80 whom Morley,
after the most hcedleas cxtravaganca, was
ruined, she coldly said TO him: "My dear sir.
! will give you three months 10 mako your
fortune again. Three months; do you
understand II at the end Of that time you
are not as rich as the yizisr OF Dude / will
never speak to you again.
Mercy was almost Distracted. A revolt
hal furf lrnkou ortt a Koh.I fhnf fbronf.u-I
10 assume alarming proportions. A certain
Bathkhau, an old artillery soubadsr, an in
telligent man. and Of great infiuencs In the
sects OF the Wahatites, had raised the green
nag OF revolt in favor Of Primes Mira
MogoL There was the chance Of conqusring
n great empire, and, In case OF success an
Immense fortune TO throw at the feet OF Lady
Helena It Is true that IN this enterprise
one not only raied his life. but lost his honor,
and yet such was tho innusncs OF this woman
pm the captain that he went without hesita<
tion to offer the help OF his sword 70 the
insurTection. Of which he was At once made
commandnr-ln-chisf.
There be found tho scum OF the bazars and
volunteers from all tho provinces, brought
together by their hatred Of the foreigner, by
religious Excitement, and BY their thirst or
blood and pillage. And a motley crowd It
wnsi The uniforms wero ~outlandish, shakos.
Sleeveless vests, trousers ornamsntsd with
fantastic emhroidery-nnd the whole rabble
poorly drilled and badly armed. At tho
head OF these hordes Morley fought for two
months with varying fortune. For two
months did be struggle desperately, stat
seeing through the battls-smoks the splendid
creature for whose sake he had embarked In
this orimmal adventure. Finally. ono morn
ing he was surrounded with twenty Of his
comrades In n small temple OF Vishnow. near
Bournjopore. Tho artillery was summoned.
but cannon-bals being found Intellectual
against tho strong walls they brought
bundle Of wood, which we're heaped against
the temple and set on fro.
It was finished. To escape sufrocation the
rrstches charged furiouIly upon the enemy.
Seven were killed, and thirteen Others, with
Morley at their head, made prisoners. They
were shacklcd and chained together, and the
pitiful procession took tho road to Delhi.
where Morley was thrown into prison
Meantime the OF Delhi had suf-
fered ieriously from all those events On
the marble steps OF tho mosques tho cloth
merchants, ffuit-ssllsrs, and dealers IN prec-
ious stones had sold almost nothing, while on
the quays OF the stood quantities.
Of merchandise for which tho usual dsmend
was lacking. Tons OF cocoa and coffee and
innumorable cases Of chocolate were heapsd
In tho sun and threatened to DO absolutely
lost Certain American dealers. among
others, ran tho risk OF total bankruptcy,
curiously enough, tho taking OF the daring
captain did not cause half the Joy that might
have boon expected. Thoru had been rumors
afioat Of the romantic cause Of his crime. II
was known hat It was love that had driven
him into this hazardous expedition, and all
the women wore on his side. Thus ID came
about that the news OF his being sentenced
to death, although forosoen, because his had
been a crime OF high trsason, excited general
pity. From tho thr9e great divisions OF
India people aocked to Delhi 10 witness the
execution, insomueh that the city was too
small to hold them all.
At this point public curiosity was stu
more excited by the sudden change that had
taken place. in tho prisoners situation. II
wns learned that an American gentleman,
two weeks before the execution, had obtained
permission TO 500 the captain In his cell, and
had there a long conversation with him.
When this interview was finished Sir John
was removed from tho cell and Transferred
to the mosque OF Jammounh where, until
the final day, the jailers We'd with one an
other to make him comfortable. Asfor him,
whom there were tho best Of reasons for be-
hsvlng ruined-he bad drawn up a will be-
queathing enormous sums to the military
hospitals OF tho city and a colossal fortune
10 tho beautiful Lady Darlington sai
Plainly there wa a mystery somewhere
Meanwhile nothing bad bean left undono
10 give this execution Immense publicity and
to proclaim ths event urbi ct orbl me
notiees In nvo languages had been posted In
tho principal quarters OF Bengal, Bombay,
and Madras, announcing the day, time, and
placo Of the execution The government, on
its side, bad wished to make this case an ex-
ample and 70 surround the death OF the
guilty man with great military pomp
Tho fatal day at last arrived Tia rising
sun showed the city Of the Moxuls in all is
Oriental zplendor. Ever since daybreak the
streets along the route Of the procession had
becn blocked by an immense crowd, half
European and half H~indoo-the latter grave
and impazive. tho Europeans, on the otb>r
hand. noisy and bustiinK. excited by the
romantic mystery that shrouded the end Of
the adventurous life.
The place Chosen for the execution was the
great forum OF Delhi The spuichral
mosque, with Its brown. cnhmeled walls.
made the background Of the picture; on tho
left rn@o the palace OF the Moxuls its
Gorgeous facade bright with decorations 10
blue AMI gold. whiIs on the right stood tho
lofty tower q Selimgarth e~mhower>d In
roses and j. anime. In the center OF tho
place had been erected = platform on which
stood a cannon.
At noon n salute OF twenty-five guns from
tho fort announccd the arrival Of Lord Lytton.
the viceroy. Tue procession advanced. pre-
eeded by a detachment OF the Seventeenth
iancsr. MorlsyS cid regiment. next came
twelve trnmpstar on gray horsss. and