The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08

but no did not realize. that its arm was as long
| as a winter night. Months ,afterwara, when
was quiet. tho Indian Uoyernm emit turned Ia it's
| sleep and remembered the dulla knita Mullah
movement against him OF one single regiment
(which the kilograms would have translated
| This was a time Tor silence and speed. ana.
above all. absence OF boodshcd.
,uIo.n, must know TINT all along the northwest
| IL quietly and osten!ntous!y TO shepherd
and down and down and up. from ono desc
late little pest S to another; they nre ready to
ss shS ALI at a tsI hn ot nS ct Sy
iIyes are as hard as thslE own muscles: and
ss e erS tas The s0SH %
picked is, men. -, .,-.--.-,- =,
wheat rolls in great blue-grGen waves under
oHr cold mo2n the ocerS
nero to go on parade at once for night drill
ooa lot u us @
t ts hundred G2orkhas: and about hundred
oc th in tSs wrd it
set on at, once across the hills, to Bersuna. Tho
hs hs % tho vay the
has would command the gorge and tho death
round and get to the back Of the circls Of Hills.
whence; II there were, any difficulty they
aSwa tt ,sra Should Ss
rss1,n II the n9sS Tth EoRnd #
bis thirteen outlaws bound among thom;
r. they were successful no ono would
failure meant a.q small ip sorls er VAR IN
which the llah kutta Mullah would pose rs
= poru lar leader against n big. bul lying power.
instead of n common border murderer.
Then there was silence. broken only by tho
clicking OF the compass noodles and swapping
OF watch cases. as tho heads of columns com
pared bearings md nude appointments for
the rendezvous. Five minutes later tho parade
oorRha was b s hs Of 6S ESrs tn
troops had faded into the darkness. and tho
cavalry We're canterinS away in the face of u
What the Goorkhas and the English did will
be seen later on, The heavy work lay with tho
way clear OF habitations. Many OF tho troopers
were natives Of that part Of the world ready
and ANXIOUS to fight AGAINST their kin, and
some Of the officers had made private and UNI
They crossed the border found n dried river
gorge. risked crossing u low hill under cover Of
the darkness. skirted another hill. leaving
ground. felt their way Along another wator-
that no ono wou Id hear their horses gruntings.
Ses M e ats
OF Hills little Gehind them and t. tho lett.
commandins the back Of Bersund was n steep.
Sn d thy s to bn breath in ho valley
refused to halt. There was unchristian Ian.
Gupge. tho worse for bens delivered IN a
In the darkness rs the horses plunged.
The suba!tern ut tho rear Of one troop turned
In his saddle and said; very softly:
"Cartpr what the blessed hnnyens nre
There was no answer. til a trooper replied
.There is" said tho subatern. Tho squad
:, Then the Major in command moved down to
blood 81 Lieut. HALEY. the subaitern who had
nte tns ssd h the s
Shall tel on my men. Sir J" said the sub
SI S T tie Mao w* VIII s9a
off by CAD! You're squanderin: them all ov.i
the f0 VAS TheFSs troop s SGh 9ho
calmly; ~ have all my men here. sir. Better
Carter Sahib sends salaan and wants to
tro99Eer to Lieut.. HALEY.
FORWARD with his troop, was the answer.
tho Wafs IN s n thu faeH
BY this tno there was silence all along tho
The horses were stu put thrnaE
Mere being stalked," said Lieut., HALEY,
have yS be TO the sri ac '@
Then our horses would have neighed and
us l9r half an hour said the su5aItcrn.,
Queer that we can't smell the horsSs said
his nose .ei rs he smiled up he wna '''' vi
We'll. it's n bad start" said tho su5nltern.
shaking the we; wet from his overcoat What
Get on" said the Major: I've shall catch it
The column moved forward very Gingerly
for few PAGES. Then there was IN oath. II
shower Of blue sparks. rs shod horses crashed
on small stones. and u man rolled over with
walked the dead.
syw %SXy tic son ss na d SwE HGq Int
hillside to climb in the fnce Of musketry ir,:;
This comes Of trying to do night;hawk work"
and tried to EXPLAIN that his i horse had faeR
over one Of the little cairns that arc built OF
loose stones On the spot whero a man had been
The MaoSs Biz nia charser
Numbered next and the column came TO u
little cairns. all about two feet high. Tho
manDuyres OF tho squadron nre not reported.
ut last the horses. breaking rank and choosing
their own WAY. walked clear OF the cairns; till
rein few Yards up the slope, OF III" hill. Then.
according to Lieut. HALEY there was another
scene very like tho ono which has been de-
scribcd. The Major and Carter insisted that
all the men had not Joined rank and that
there were more OF them in TIN, rear clicking
AM! numbering among tho dead mems cairns
Lieut.. iinlley told oT his own troopers again
and resigned himself to wait Later on lie
told me:
=" didn't much know and didn't much caro-
what was going on. The row Of that trooper
failing ought to have scared half tie country
and would TAKE my oath tInt We were being
s ca by iull regiment nph they were max;
ST., tight. but nothing happened
:, Jhe mysterious pnt of the nlg,it's work was
he silence on the hillside. Everybody knew
!he, the tiuttn Kutta Mullah had his 0utp ,st
nuts on the reverse side of the hill and every.
body eXnected by the time that tnr Mnloy4.ld !
sworn hin,self into a state Of quiet hat the
ing occurred. they said tflat the gusts OF tho |
rain had deadened the sound of tho horse,
Slti s!icl himself that he had l.Is no one ur- /