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

anEs ann n saHMSs heads The white
syeSale Gar1g Pesde, them and tb. s stone 8
ssm Ss su'tO s t G could r turn ride Oass
the tor Ss any rate. Ths s%%aa'rG,n a,, .olisaa
Es t na %H:'ss sf braos e the
EGins 9Tn the hsdS and the sparks an yps
sIuajr"n S oRS S' so ue h' nolsS in lis lite
They scrambled up no said, as though H. each a
hha 9Sn sn and shepo Ras mo-
tho w TdsS thu that the RI as
adjusted and tae men !SSppsd down snGpns
The thander seaseI and with i the rain, and
ths' SCUM" S q falling water %m$ns to rsyinss
shutter Of tho watch tower below them thrown
6aSk with eGnE snd thS voice Of the watcher
Tho echoes took UP the call. "IA.la;la"
dsn ,aroapd ths curve Of the hill: What is Il.
shahbas Khan replied in the high pitched
voico Of the mnuntaneer: HAST t ho9 seefIrr
There was a pause. and thon: "Hans ullah.,
".$hahbsz Kahn, |! am alone also: but dare
not leave my post !.
afraid iG"S Bo Silent silent Thsy are below us stiiI
The troopers listened and wondered. for.
they could not nn ., what save t earth
NY sIa i%1 Khan began 1f 70 cali again: They
sSS S "a X Ss m
:. llatiz ulan answered in n very loud voice:
%Mno was Entless Hear ye me, Mn ,s 81 the
part in that S, sin Bsar thou thy own punish
growing away like cocks, there" said Lieut.
HALEY. shivering un,ler his rock.
ovi-smclng Afghan rushed up the hill and.
ann thras %ls n nus nF OF @ could
be spares, down the mans sull"t, III you CRY;
The man was beyond any expression Of tor,
ror. He lay aud ruaked Gasping. When Hall
Icy took the sWprd ht irUm bet between no his
6o Efsra 6 the assa Fssaa" no sasD'd
tho Essns tho os ery Ha mSSh ays Hs
hands ,WMy were you in tho towers 80 fool-
AfGhnn. nit is better to fall into the hands Of,
the English than the hands of the dead. They
march to and fro below there. saw them In
lie r"f9yersd his ette nseo little
at ael hs s%G IS Ths
+ no war bstween Us now. and The Mullah will
XIII me for not seG d y1n are coming to-
kill tho Alullth, ii, God please, His teeth have
tho 1G no has M cane to w fhe
what Of the Dead ltegiment9,
man. inn immensoly ' relieved. This Dead ReSi:
%sa i islow The men must hsv Gopo sss Cd
hor S":;" stumbllns among their own graves.
among the little heaps-dead men oil. whom
"Whow" said Haley, That accounts for
H%T sSs's s tSs
Frt59i nfys sffs tf%s d' MaG +.
A;ssuredIy;a said Kurrpk Shah a,a with grim
served the Queen for seven and twenty years
and killed many y, hi! dogs. shout aloud for
tns h %s S @ shere
thcrefrom. But how ean tho ghosts Of un-
R%eyers prevail against us who 1it ere Of The
sahy An nj Hie%an a Isl Is if . an sei 'l' .lIA'l
:" But lead Hssala:" sal HALEY, jerking
Rsrruk T ho dead dsad o0 Hod Eli ss
Sag" Tho Afghan singled. .
msp We have our eyes and ears. Then sanss
Haley stared and listened long and in.
tentIy, The VALLEY was full q stiiled noises:
no saw or heard more than was natural HALEY
alone knows. and he does not choose to speak
At last. and just before the dawn. green
rocket shot UP from the fnr side OF the Valley
H. "sa me Gsafs shs
light from tho infantry Mt lett and right an-
,hS wnyr n" wss
9nd il, was not Til full day that tho Guila Kptts
MHliahs men began to struggle r from their
green, and rod and brown uniforms leaning
upon their rrms: neatly ARRANGED all round
rubbed their eyes tho moro when n pink-facod
n @ TS n nosa g
trippej down tho hillside with two orderlissss:
house. ana told him quietly e step out and be
tied UP for safe TRANSPORT. That same young
e nssa n ni s EPR
cane; and rs each was pointed out. so he waf
up staring honelosSsy st. the crSTns
MuIlah tried TO carry it OH with curses and
hi:h words. till soldier who was tying MS
Mono o your llpl Why didn't YOU CONC
us awake ali mighty You're no bettcr than nv
own own, l IarraGk sweeper you white''eaded OLD
pOlynntnuS. Kim up.
Half an hour later the troops had gone away
with tho MulInli and his thirteen friends. The
dazcd villagers wnr" looking ruofully at pile
of broken muskats and snapped swords. and
wondering how IN tn" world they had come SO
70 miscalculate tho :orbeaFance OF the Indian
Government.
1t was II very ncrt li,lo affair. neatly carried
ont. and the men concerned were uno1iciau1
thanked for their services.
Yet il seems to NJ" that much credit - sle3
due To- another regiment whose name did NOV
Hppaar in the BRIGADE orders. and whose very
OK .atcnce is in drn.or of being forgotten.
The Z riz ona Kicker.