The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
ROMANTIC TRAGEDY.


death.
Vet he had been valiant officer in the
army, Of Ipdia-having, indeed, been more
+ben once favorably mentioned IL the re-
- Of Cen. Lawrence and Lord Canning
fEfted with enormous physical strength 0n9
Of consumrnate skill with the satire, he had
made himself a great reputation in the Sspoy
revolt. and. a ballad Of the soldiers OF Pun
lab lad it, His chargers foot
Steo shook The earth for miles
AMI miles around Unfortunately, IA
der the system OF purchase OF grade al
vaucemeat is not rapid in the army Of her
gracious majesty Or what avail ara
heroic bravery and services rendered at the
risk Of life if one is to remain forever at
the modest rank of captaini Reckless anil
passionate 10y nature, Morley had waste
lis whole fortune 10 satisfy the caurici,us
fancie, Of the beautiful Lady Darlington.
Never, it is true, had more beautiful
creature Teen seen in Calcutta. Her ex
quisi,e complexion, her COL len hair SHIN
meriny with mner reflections hor que,u'y
air, hal driven The rough soldier completely
wild. As o. ter-c.tt, naughty, Gi-dam nj
she never understood this a3sion OF his in
the least. One day oa his return Cf,n
the capture OF Cauu,ore the cap
tain hruu Int her d ring that looked q taJ.-.h
it were ,t, with garnets. Look at jh,S. ..r
sail, Helena, I wa, wouulal at the at5or.,
on the city, and each OF these garae.s isa
drop IF my blood sylid.fad. Uoyoa care for
iJ'
90" size replied, dts rather pretty, la. I
should have Liked pearl ring better
Such was ths woman. 50 when Morley
after the mo eelles, eEuayaeaace. was
ruine3, she co,5ly said to him: Ny dear sir,
VIII give you thFos months to mako your
fortune again. Three months; do Won
understand Ii at the cad IF that time you
ars not rs rich as the vileG OF Dude | wilt
never speak to You again
Mercy was almost distracted. A revolt
had just broken out at Kohai that threatened
to assume alarming proportions A certain
Bathkhan, an Old artillery soubalar, an in
teiligent man and OF great influence in the
sect5 Of the Wahatites had raised the green
flag Of revolt in favor of Prince Mira
NogoL There was the chance Of c0nqueriug
a great empire, and. in case of success an
immense fortune totErow at the feet Of Lady
Helena. 1t is true that in this enterprise
one not only risked his life, but lost his honor,
and yet such was the influence Of this woman
On the captain that ne went without hesta-
ton 10 otfor the help o. his sword to the
insurrection, Of which he was at once made
commauder-in-chiei.
There lie found the scum Of the bazars and
volunteers from all the provinces, brotght
together by their hatred of the foreigner, by
religious excitement, and by their thirst OF
blood and pillaga And a motley crowd il
was. The uniforms were uut.aaaisl shak3s
sleeveless vests, trousers orDamaGted with
fantastic erbrOiderv-and the whole rabbls
poorly drilled ard badly armed AT thl
bead OF these horJos Morley fought for tw,
months with varying fortune For t".
months dill ne struggle desperately, stI
seeing through the hattle-5nuka The splendid
creature for whose sake be- hal embarked iH
this criminal adventure Finally, oaemo"n
iny he was wrouuJed with twenty of lis
comrades in d small temple Of E,shnow, near
Sourai )pora. The artillery was summoned.
but cannou-5alis being found Intellectual
against the strong walls, they brou ght
bun lies Of wood. which were heapeL aga usJ
the temple and SGT on fire.
Il was finished To escape sutf0cation tGe
wreteha5 charged furiously upon the enemy
Seven were killed, aud thirteen others, witt
Morley at their head, male prisoners. They
were shacLled and chained together, ami til,
pitiiuI process on took the road to Delhi,
where Morley was thrown into prison.
Meantime the commerce Of Delhi had SUI
fered seriously from all these events. On
the marble steps of the mosques the cloth,
merchants, Publishers and dealers in prec-
iosls stones had sold almost nothing, while on
the quays Of the Jammouna stood quantities
Of merchandise for which the usual demand
was lacking. Tons Of cocoa and coffee and
innumerabla cases Of chocolate were hcqped
in the sun aud threatened to be absolutely
lost. Certain American dealers, among
Others ran the risk Of total bankruptcy,
Curiously enough. the taking Of the daring
captain did not cause half the Joy that might
have boon expected There had been rumOrs
alCat Of the romantic cause Of his crime. Il
was known that it was love that had driven
him into this hazardous expedition, and ali
| the women were on his side Thus It came
about that the news Of his being sentenced
to DEATH although foreseen, because his had
been a crime Of high treason, excited generaI
pity. From the three great divisions Of
AllA4-- keODLS iOlAFI 10 ism 70 N1llleS.1 Ntlr
execution, insomuch that the city was tol
| small to hold them all
At this point public curiosity was still
more excited by the sudden change that had
| taken place. in the prisoners situation Il
was learned that an American gentleman
two weeks before the execution, had obtained
| permission to see the captain in his cell, ana
had there 4 long conversation with him
| v hen this interview was finished Sir John
! was removed from the cell ana trausferrei
| to the mosque Of JaumoUna. where until
| the final day, the iailers We'd with one All
! other to make him comfortable. AslJc h5u
| whom there were the best Of reasons l'r be
! LIevuE ruinei-he had drawn up = VIII BE-
| queaLhing enormous sans t. the military
| hospitals q. tire cty and cOi3ssa. tarcuu.
| to tue beautiful Lady Darlington.
Plainly there Yves a mystery somewhere.
| Meanwhile nothing had been left undon
| to give this execution immense publicity 4ul
| t. proclaim the event uIbi ct orb. Immgn~
| notices in five laugEg Ees byd Lesn posted il
| the prineipG, quarters o. Bengal Bombay
| an Madras. announcing tie day, time au
place &C ihe execution. The government, d.
its side, had wished to make this case an "a
ample and to surround the death OF tn
| guilty man VITA great military poWp
The fatal day at Inst arrived. The rtsin
sun -hoTed the city Of the Gosuls in a. 3
| Oriental spiendor Ever since daybreak t.a
streets along the route o. the procession ha'
been blocked by an immense crowd, La
| European and bali HindCo--gbe latter gray
and impassive. the Europeans, on tha othe
hand, noisy and busting. excited by tn
| romantic mystery that sLroudad she end @
the adyeusurer'5 life.
The place chosen for the execution was tn
great forum Of Delhi. The sepuichra
mo que, with its brown, cnameI2d walls
made tie background Of the picture, OF Ii
left rose the palace Of the Hoguis, it
| gorgeous facade bright with decorations
blue and gold, while OF tie righs stood ia
lofty tower Of Selimgarth enhowere5 i
roses anu jesamina. In the center OF ia
place had been erected u platform on wnie
stood q cannon
! At noon salute Of twenty-five guns fror
the fortanEoanced the arrival Of Lord Lyttou
the viceroy. The procession advanced, PR
coded by detachment Of the Seysnteent
ienoers, MorIey's old regiment; next cam
| twelve trumpeters on gray horses an