The morning news., 1894-11-26

/ mere proved fatal fondtr was lJr- ay-
I rer house, who was surgeon OF the place,
ana Is now queen victoria doctor. rms
I upper room was the officers ROOM ana
/ there Sir Henry Lawrence. our dear com
/ mander was wounded. w hlie me- sat there
d sheIi STRUCK the room, ana some one a---
ses'td thai ne had better leave Jhe room
uu. ne sihlled ana sai'- -t-ii-.illiI --', 'I
StilNes twice ih lhe same pace lti''tf
"a" s ne stiiu 'ilis WLt" ~ lA.i .Is" gore
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There were ala, taI-,7 l,. him i1to t5,5s
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and fodder f,- tb. avon a,l 4o,. rlr
the horses T!-,t NOW rt no ti,,,o y, t,, .,lI
the people were Iool-ir,, f5 him far ,,-is-
dom and courage Sir Henry ia d,i7-. DO
Our escort de-Cribss t1r. scano ,ipi,,Ilo
tender. beautiful and oyeruovya,inf. and
while [ stood ON the very snot where fhc
sighs and groans of the 6esieped and Ia,-
GRATED and broI.an-baarted met the vypig9
of bullets. and the deruoniac hiss Of burst
ing she'll and the roar of batteries r,,
escort gave me the particulars.
AS soon as Sir Henry was told that he
had not many hours to live he asked the
chaplain to administer to him the holy
communion He felt particularly anxious
for the safety of the women in the Resi-
dency who, at any moment, might be sub
jected to the savagcs who howIcd around
the Residencv. their breaking i'm only q
matter of time. unless reiEforcements
should come He would frequently say
to those who surrounded his death couch:
Save the ladies'. God help the poor women
and children" He gave directions for the
desperate defense of the place He asked
forgiveness of all those whom ne ntght
unintentionally have neglected or Of
Tended He left a message for all his
friends. He forgot not to give direction
for the care of his favorite horse He
charged the officers, saying: BY no means
surrender. Make no treaty or coInpron1ise
with the desperadoes Die dghting.' He
took charge of the asylum he had estab-
lshed for the children of soldiers. He gave
directions for his burial saving: NO non
sense, no fuss. Let me be buried with tho
men, He dictated his own epitaph. which
! read above his tomb: Here lies Henry
Lawrence. who tried to do his duty. Nav
the Lord have mercy on his soul He
said. 4 would like to have a passage of
Scripture added to the words on my grave.
such as: TO the Lord our God belong
mercies and forgiveness. though we have
rebeled against him'-isn't it from
Daniel? So as brave a man as England
or India ever saw, expired The soldiers
lifted the cover from his face and kissed
him before they carried him ont The
chaplain offered a prayer. Then they re-
hail of the guns and put him down among
other soldiers buried at the same time
All Of which [ state for the benefit of tboso.
who would have us believe that Tho Chris
tian religion IS fit only for women in the
eighties and children under seven. There
was glory enough in that departltre to ba Ia
Christendom
There" said our escort "Rob tho Nail
or did tho vrorl, - .y-bo no. st5t -
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sat at that point and when .7,,- on, ,,p
our men ventured across tbo road I,a ,,.,,,,l,l
drop him bv a rife han Rob y,-.s ~ ,.,,,l,
marksrnan The onl,. ,,,,,, 10 - -,
the road for water from fbe veII wa. to
wait until his gun flashed and tbar in
stantly cross before he had time to io.,I
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by digging a mine 1i,dsr tbe bc,,s, ',,.,, ,.,,
ne was hidden Nbc, tho ,,,,,,s., -,
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minds what ,-ou and tbe atL,., ss is -. y oI'
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