St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-14
A TARQUIN IN INDIA.
WHY Mana Sahib Assumed the
Leadership in the Sepoy
Rebellion.
The Maharajah's Beloved Wife,
a Beautiful Irish Girl.
Abducted.
Recovered by Her Husband.
but Hopelessly Insane
Claimed by Death.


Claimed by Death.
Philadelphia Times.
Although a native of India, Mana
Sahib. Maharajah of Bithoor, had en-
joyed the advantages of thorough
European education. His personal at
tractiveness and high-bred courtesy
had made him favOrite in society all
over the world, and the gayety of all
gay cities was enhanced by his mag
nificent entertainments and lavish ex-
penditure of money. 1t was in San
Francisco, when all the world was in
fever of excitement over the discovery
of gold, that he first met Margeret
O'Sullivan, beautiful Irish blonde,
for whom he conceived an affection
that was almost idOlatrOus in its in
tensity, and whom subsequently he
made his lawful wife.
Of this girl there is little known, eX-
cept that she came of respectable
family that had become financially dis
treSSed, and that, accompanied by her
brother, she had left home in sOme-
what adventurous spirit, hoping to re-
trieve their fortunes. On his return to
India, Mana was accompanied Gy Lady
Margaret and her brother Edward, the
latter having become favOrite OF the
prince, and occupying high office in
his service. This marriage with the
beautiful Irish girl it was, and not SYM
pathy with his fellow HindOOs, that led
to Mana Sahib'S assuming the leader
ship in the SepOy rebellion. Had the
facts which are about to be narrated
never happened, it is probable that
Mana would have remained faithful to
the British.
One of the officers in the employ of
the East India company stationed in
Cawnpore, whom we-may as well call
Mai. Nivers as by his real name, be-
came very much enamOred OF the
beauty of Lady Margaret, and deter
mined to remove her from the palace at
Bitho0r and have her conveyed to his
own zenana at CawnpOre.
In Nana's absence Edward O,Sulli.
van was charged with the protection of
his sister, whom he was on no account
to leave unguarded.
Nivers knew this, and in order
to separate the two he took occasion at
a banquet soon after Nana's departure,
when a tiger-hunt was being arranged.
to taunt O'Sullivan with having no taste
for the dangerous sport. The young
man. who had been drinking freely,
arose and offered to bet E100 that he
dared, armed only with table knife he
displayed, penetrate to tigers lair and
fight the beast Single-handed. Nivers,
with a malicious smile, accepted the
bet.
The day set for the hunt arrived, and
the cavalcade set out for the jungle.
The news of O'Sullivan's mad bet had
spread quickly among the English resi-
dents at BithO0r, and an enormous party
had assembled, most of them sympa-
thizers of O'Sullivan, for Nivers, though
a man respected for his courage. was
strongly unpopular. First came fifteen
elephants, 100 feet apart, and forming
crescent. Each carried his mahoud and
howdah, wherein was seated one of the
prominent participants.
The great animals advanced slowly.
trumpeting as they broke through the
bushes. Suddenly there was heard a
roaring that caused the air to vibrate.
Then another roar proceeded stimuli
taneously from two thrOats. Two OF
the elephants, young and unaccuStomed
to the sport. became unmanageable and
fed. Scarcely had the first gone a
hundred feet when a shot was heard
and the animals mahOud was seen fall
ing to the ground. The owner OF the
beast, native nobleman, enraged at
the shame of its fight, had blown out
his innocent servants brain. Then the
reeds and bushes of the jungle were
violently agitated, and two magnifi-
cent tigers, side by side, sprang out
among the hunters. A volley OF shots
was fired, but with such little precision
tIok ,,o dopan ANno SauQ tn haStQn
the animals attack. An elephant bear
ing the rance of Jhansee was nearest
the tigers. The larger of the two
sprang for his head, but being met by a
crushing blow of the elephants trunk
was sent flying and stunned through the
air back into the jungle. In the mean
time the other seized the opportunity
and sprang on the elephants head,
burying its fangS and claws deep in the
trunk and tearing away one eye and
cheek.
: Completely at the tigers, mercy the
poor animal, trembling violently, gave
forth pitiful sounds.
The rance, woman of notable cOur-
age, presented her rifle at the tigers
head and fred. But sudden move
ment of her agonized beast disconnected
the aim, and the ball only cut a deep
track in the tigers fur.
: Hastily reaching backward to her
attendant for fresh rifle, she felt the
girths give way that held the hOwdah
in its place. This probably saved her
life, for just then the tiger made a
spring at the hOwdah but an instant
too late, for it and its living contents
had just slipped down the elephants
side, and the tiger. shot through the air
and landed some distance behind,
where he was dispatched by a we'll
directed shot from the gun of Euro
pean hunter.
Suddenly Edward O'Sullivan stepped
forward, holding an ordinary table knife
In his hand.
A complete silence fell over the entire
company, for in the excitement of the
foregoing the desperate bet had bee n
forgotten by all others. Only Nivers
made a great show of begging Edward
to reconsider the bet as ''Off," but in
such a way that had it been possible for
the danger to be increased tenfOld Ed
ward would still have persisted.
The rance, who had received no in
jury in her fall. pressed upon him the
services of a heavy shawl, which, with
his reluctant consent, she wound tightly
around his left arm.
Then he entered the jungle to fight
the remaining tiger.
The succeeding silence was broken
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