The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-04-21

argument prevailed. Bill partly lifted,
partly hustled the man into his saddle,
then scrambled up somehow in front of him
and set the beast a-going after the other
horsemen. He only just did it. Another
moments delay and both must have been
assegaied. AS it was the swift footed Zulus
chased them up the slope, and the least
mistake made by the pony must have been
| fatal" 80. 4
! In fact the deed would have miscarried
but for an imitator of Beresford's humane
courage. One Sergt. O'Toole, of the scouts,
turned back in the nick of time, got be-
tween the precious burden on the pony
and the bowling Zulu pursuers and shot
| down one after another of the nearest say
ages, and then galloped up to aid Beresford
keep the fainting soldier in saddle until
safety was reached In time other 'sIrrep-
ulars' recovered pluck and formed a rear
guard that kept the enemy at bay by hand
TO hand encounters, waged with revolvers
and dubbed rifles. The majority of the
Aulus had snapped their javelins for Mar
tlnl-Henrys, and these they handled SO
| clumslly that the ''Irregulars," Door as
they were, outfought the superior hordcs
and got back across the Umvaloosi with
their wounded. "Of course, numbered with
| wounded and fainting man occupying his
saddle While he perched on the pommel,
| Berestord was unable to do anything to-
ward self protection, and over and over
again on the return ride he and the man
oehlnd him were in desperate straits, and
put Tor O'Toole and other comrades must
have gone down. When they alighted in
the laager you could not have told whether
! IL was rescuer or rescued who was the
wounded man, so smeared was Beresford
| with borrowed blood.
1T was one of Ireland's good days; if at
| home she is the sdistressful country.' wher-
ever bold deeds are to be done and military
honor to be gained, no nation carries the
head higher out of the dust. If originally
Norman, the Waterford family Beres-
ford) has been Irish now for six centuries.
and Bill Beresford is an Irishman in heart
and blood. Sergt. Fitzmaurice, the wound
ed man, who displayed self abegnation
SO fine, was an Irishman also; and Sergt
| O'Toole-well, think one runs no risk in
the assumption that an individual who
bears that NAME in spite of all tempta-
lions, remains an Irishman"
Alter the campaign closed Beresford was
ordered by the queen to attend at Windsor
castle and receive the decoration "for
valor" of the Victoria Cross. Although
demurrlng, having already declared that
ne could not in honor receive recognition
1or services not shared in by the O'Toole,
ORDERS were orders, and stubborn disre-
gard OF official summons meant for the
lord as well as for the commoner an official
punch in the head. So he went to his
doom, told the whole story to the queen.
a ana the uPshot of it. was that Sergt.
O'Toole, of Bakers Horse, was gazetted .
hero side by side with my lord. If nothing
greater came of the scrimmage between
the 'Irregulars" and Cetewayo's myrni-
dons, the brigade got itself named honor
ably in court annals and "Bill'' Beresford
ana his sergeant gained the highest reward
FOR gallantry on the battlefield.
| .~ ~. GEORGE L. KILMER.