The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-19

ing lady. the daughter OF an old En-
glish officer who had died in the East
Indian service. She took great friend
ly interest in me. and returned her
feelings with interest. When we were
not hunting we would spend hours
listening 70 Eyelyn's playing or sing
ing, which was truly delightful recrea-
tion.
"Our mutual friendship thus grew
apacc. and we all three began 10 look
ahead and regret the time Of our part
ing. NV duty called me back to Amer
lea in few months. and ! was almost
AS loath to leave as they were 10 have
me 20. Jack vainly implorcd me TO
enter into business in Calcutta and
take up my permanent abode there. but
told him that had other ties and in
forests TO draw me away, yet ! should
have almost decided 70 stay with them
longer il an incident had not occurred
which made me rather tired Of India.
Zone day rumors came in that there
was trouble with the Hindoos. There
were risings in various parts Of the
country, and the British residents be-
gan to tremble for their lives. Jack.
as Captain in the army. had TO leave his
home 10 help quell the rebellions. !. Of
course. was left TO protect his home and
wife. There was little or no disturb
ance around Calcutta at the time, but
the insurgents soon rose up around US
on every side, until we were completely
hemmed in. The soldiers were of in
;.lother part OF the country. and Jacks
lnff hal MI "a
1.-The result was that one day we were
surrounded. and after a brave defense
we were captured by party Of natives,
and carried away a hundred miles or so
into the interior After our capture
did not get another glimpse OF Jacks
wife for a long time, and felt consid-
erably worried about her fate. was
carried before Rajah. or native Prince,
who mad rcbclled against the British
rule. The Rajah was a great chess
player. and he had been indulging in
his favorite game before was brought
into his presence. The chess-board was
st landing before him. while member OF
his court was studying out a problem OF
checkinating the Rajah's king. In fact,
| the Princes men were cornered, and
the game seemed to be lost had al
ways taken lively interest in chess.
and when saw the predicamcnt in
which the Rajah had gotten his men.
began to study the positions OF the
pieces while the rest OF the prisoners
were being examined.
| well, in my eagerness ! forgot my
position, and when discovered an
avenue Of escape for the nearly check
mated king, ! stepped forward and
made a move with the Rajah's bishop.
| The court player looked at me in aston
/ ishment for moment and then moved
one OF his pawns. followed 1t up with
/ another move, and in less than fifteen
minutes had his king checkmated-
clappcd my hands in triumph then, and
on looking up saw the Rajah watching
me closely. He had been an Interested
spectator Of the game.
| THAT game Of chess saved my life for
= short time. l was sent to prison, but
not condemned to death. The next day,
and in fact every day for several weeks,
was brought out Of the prison and
commanded to play chess with the
| Prince. He was far from being a poor
player; but after had met him several
times felt confident that could beat
him. From policy's sake, however,
let him win most OF the games, which
seemed to please him immensely. This
sort Of thing went on for long time,
until began to get restless and
anxious TO learn what my fate was to
be. began to look around TO discover
some means OF escape; but the prison
was guarded 80 carefully that my
chances were very poor.
Zone day was called into the Rajah's
presence earlier in the day than COM
mon, and l instinctively felt that was
going there to learn my fate. was led
into another part Of the royal quarters,
place that had never entered before.
soldiers until spacious balcony. where
the Rajah was sitting, was reached. The
balcony overlooked great courtyard.
which was thronged with people and
native soldiers. In the center OF the
courtyard was large vacant space.
divided up into large squares Of alter
mating black and white marble. 1t
was, in fact, huge chess-board. laid
out in the most costly way.
"As great lover OF the game. in
stinctively uttered an exclamation Of
surprise and pleasure. My position was
such that l could see every one Of the
sixty-four squares. While ! was still
looking. the crowd at one side fell back.
and four elephants, two draped with
black and two with white, entered, and
took the places at the four corners Of
the strange chess-board. Small castle
shaped structures were on their backs.
which made them look like the castles
OF the chess-board. Then came In the
knights, two horsemcn on white stceds,
and two on black. These also took
their proper positions on the chess
board Fools. or clowns. then took the
places OF the bishops. which Is the Gus
tom in the Oriental countries Two
were lIindoos. and the other two were
captured Englishmcn. Then eight Him
doc soldiers took the places Of the
pawns on one side, and eight English
soldiers were placed in row on the
opposite side. The two kings next
entered, one white man, the other a
IIindoo. and both richly dressed in
magnificent robes. The two queens fol-
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