The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-07-24

services of heavy shawl which, with
his reluctant consent, she wound tight
ly around his left arm.
Then he entered the jungle to fight
the remaining tiger.
The succeeding silence was broken
by an appalling roar that gradually
subsidized into low bowling and died
out. Then silence again.
At this moment a native on horse
back dashed wildly in among the
party and asked excitedly for Mana
Sahib, who had just joined the COM
pany.
"Sahib," said he, "may Bowanie,
the dark-eyed, gaze with pleasure
upon thee, and may thy shadow in
crease. Thy servant has We'd, gaze
with the birds of heaven and fastened
to the sunshine of thy presence.
"Speak, man, speak, What brings
theep" asked the rajah.
"My mistress, the Rose of Bithoor,
is not to be found Long have we
sought her, but in vain"
The usually placid, almost indolent
expression of the princes face chang
ed to one that more nearly resembled
the wild look of u tiger, the pupils Of
his eyes dilating and assuming an al
most incredible ferocity.
DOG of slave,n he cried, "thou
Hest. One more word against thy mis-
tress and thou art dead
"Sahib, - said the man. ~ am as the
dust in thy path, and my life as the
breath of thy lips The mam-sahib
k,Ir I,ox
discovered some strange footprints in
the garden at Bithoor, and in the
room of my mistress ! found this let
ter"
Mana read this:
DEAR MARGARET: Please go with the
bearer of this note. He will take you to me.
am in urgent need OF you. EDWARD.
my brother, where is hep Why is
he not with Lady Margaret" he in
quired.
None seemed willing to answer.
Only two or three of the bravest
sprang into the jungle, followed by
Mana, who seemed to divine what had
happened.
At first the thick jungle grass and
vines quite obscured the view, but an
opening disclosed a sickening sight.
Under the dead body of the tiger lay .
cory mass. the remains of OSullivan.
But, strange to say. life had not yet
departed. From face distorted by
the most horrible pains two eyes cast
pitiful looks on the surrounding friends.
Among them was MYERS.
Insensible at that moment to COM
passion, or indeed to anything but the
fact of his own loss. Mana held the
note before Edwards eyes.
Brother, arouse yourself one in
slant. Are these your wordsp" he de-
manded.
The death-stricken eyes flew swiftly
across the sheet and back to the RAJ
iah's face. Not word was spoken.
but more positive denial was never
before expressed than that which
flashed from the mutilated face. Then,
CHANGING to meet MYERS gaze, the
eyes gave forth such an intense look
Of horror and accusation that the
major, hardened though he was, was
compelled to avert his own.
Then the native passion of Mana
burst forth unrestrainedly: Z.
"a thousand painful deaths TO him
who has done thisl May wild asses
defile the graves of his ancestors and
SILVA destroy him in eternityl Let
the spirit of my father bury the spirit
of Srinath Badadue (another of Nana's
names) in shame il he battle not in the
mans bloodr'
The hunting party broke up and re-
turned to Bithoor, bearing with them
the corpse of Edward.
This was the turning point of Mana
Sahib's life. BY secret inquiry he
traced Lady Margaret to MYERS house
at Cawnpore, and regained possession
of her by midnight attack. But the
fright and indignities she had suffered
had affected her mind, and she re-
turned to her husband hopelessly in
sane.
Then Mana became slave to the
widest passion, and his spells of de-
moniacal ferocity, once occasional.
became continuous. He lived but for
revenge.
With genuine native duplicity he
invited the entire English garrison to
a great festival at Bathoor. One hum
dred and fifty officers and their wives
attended, besides large number of
the native nobility.
In the midst OF the entertainment a
minstrel appeared on the stage and
sang tragic ballad of two lovers
separated In manner similar to Mana
and Margaret, and ending with the
death of the girl. simultaneously the
curtain arose, displaying Lady Mar
garet in her coffin surrounded by q
mass Of pure white flowers.
With hideous contortion OF coun-
tenance Mana leaped on the stage
screaming
II demand the dog who has caused
this! Yield him to me! He Is MINER
And he sprang down upon NiverA
grasping him by the throat.
The officers, although convinced Of
MYERS guilt, were not disposed to
submit to such high-handed proceed
ings, and separating the men sur
rounded their countryman.
The rajah then clapped his hands
and at every door curtains we're drawn
back, revealing natives armed with
rifles. which were pointed directly at
the guests, not q weapon with them,
and 600 guns aimed at them ready to
fire.
Destruction seemed imminet, when
Lady Margaret was seen to rise in her
coffin, give one pathetic look around,
and fall back with q sigh. She had
been in trance, and had awakened
just long enough to save the British.
A remarkable change came over
Mana. All his wildness vanished, and
he threw himself on the coffin, giving
utterance to the most endearing words.
The Europeans took advantage Of this
and left the room.
But Margaret was dead this time.
and Mana, after severe fever of some
weeks duration, swore a terrible oath
OF vengeance, and became the ac-
knowledged leader Of the Sepoys. =
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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