The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26


dig him up pretty good hurry anu nc "0'
much worse. You light fire."
Sir William turned 70 the nearest OF M
men. "Light fire." said he my lou Seo'"'
TO be cast with the insane"
"You good man." returned Secunora
"Now go dig the sahib up"
He returned as spoke TO the grave, ana re
u,med his former toll. My lord stood rooted,
and at my lords side; fearing l kne" ho'
what.
The frost was not yet very deep, and pres
emily the Indian threw aside his tool ana Do
gan TO scoop the dirt by handfuls.
Then he disengaged a corner OF buffalo
robe: and then saw hair catch among MS
fingers: vet a moment more, and the moon
shone on something white Awhile Secundro
crouched upon his knees, scraping with deli
cate fingers. breathing with pulled lips; and
when he moved aside beheld the face Of the
master wholly disengaged. It was deadly
white. the eyes closed, the ears and nostrili
plugged, the cheeks fallen, tho nose sharp as
il in death; but for all he had lain 50 many
DAYS under the sod, corruption had not APP
preached him and what strangely affected
all OF usD his lips and chin were mantled With
a swarthy beard.
my Godm cried Mountain, "he was as
smooth as a baby when We laid him there!
"They say hair grows upon the dead" oh
served Sir William, but his voice was thick
and weak
Secundra paid no heed 10 our remarks, dig
eing swift as a terrier, In the loose earth
every moment, the form OF the master
swathed In his buffalo robe, grew more dis
tinct in the bottom Of that shallow trough
the moon shining strong, and the shadows Of
the standers-by, as they drew forward anc
back. falling and fitting over his emergeH'
countenance. The sight held us with a horror
not before experienced, dared not look my
lord in the face, but for as long as 1t lasted, J
never observed him TO draw breath; and a
little in the background one Of the men u
know not whom) burst into kind Of sobbing
Now, said Secundra, ''you help me LIT
him out"
OF the flight Of time have no idea; It may
have been three hours, and it may have beer
five, that the Indian labored 70 reanimate his
masters body One thing only know, that
it was still night, and the moon was not yet
set. although it had sunk low, and now barred
theplateau with long shadows, when Secundra
uttered a small cry Of satisfaction; and, lean
ing swiftly forth, thought ! could myself
perceive a change upon that icy countenance
of the unburied The next moment | beheld
his eyelids nutter; the next they rose entire
", and the week old corpse looked me for
moment in the face.
So much display Of life can myself swear
10. have heard from others that be visiby
stroye to speak, that his teeth showed in his
beard, and that his brow was contorted as
with an agony Of pain and effort. And this
may have been; / know not, was otherwise
engaged. For, at shat first disclosure OF the
dead mans eyes, my Lord Durrisdeer fell 70
the ground, and when | raised him up, he
was a corpse.
Day came and still Secundra could not be
persuaded TO desist from his unavailing eff
forts. Sir William, leaving small party
under my command, proceeded on his EN-
bassv with the first light; and still the Indian
rubbed the limbs and breathed in the mouth
Of the dead body. You would think such la
bors might have vitalized stone; but, e1
cept for that ono moment (Which was my
lords DEATH, the black spirit Of the master
held aloof from its discarded clay; and by
about the hour OF noon, even the ialthiul
servant was at length convinced He took
it with mistaken quietude.
"Too cold" said he; good way ia India,
no good here" And asking for some food
winch be rayenously devoured as soon as 1t
was set before him, he drew near 20 the fire
and took his place at my elbow. IN the same
SPOT as soon as no had eaten, he stretched
himself out and fell into a childlike slumber,
from which l must arouse him some hours
afterward TO take his part as one Of the
mourners at tho double funeral It was the
SANE throughout. be seemed TO have out.
lived at once and with the same effort his
grief for his master and his terror Of myself
and Mountain.
One Of the men left with me was skilled in
stone cutting; and before Sir William re-
turned TO pick uB up ! had chiseled on
bowlder this inscription, with a copy Of
which may fifty bring my narrative TO
close;