Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-22
JESSIE OF LUCKNOW.
A FAMOUS CASE or cLARvoYANct
GRAPHICALLY RELATED.

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london Times, Che iotirr being written
By % laly who was ihe wiio of uu officer
ut Lucknow.
"Jn cvery Hlo death stared 10 BOO tn'
face. Nuhuman HIull could avert 30 AMY
l0ng1r we t1w iHn omni approach
when wo must bid farewell 90 'lr,n, got
without foa'irg thut unuiIoHuIe horror
which must have been experienced by
tho unhappy v.cum1 ut tawupur We
wcro ras1IvHirathor Co die ihau TO yield
and wora iul'yp0rualtd Chat iu 2ihuurs
all would Do over. Ile engineer bad
snid su and Oh know the worst We
women str1va TO encourage each Other
and 90 perform tho Hight duties which
were assigned 90 as. such as conveying
orders % tho batteries, supplying ihn
men with provisions. especially cups ni
coffee. which we prepared day aud night.
81 had gone ont Co try tu mako myself
useful in company with JoasIo Brown.
the vito of % corporal iu my husbands
regiment Poor Jessie had been .n 20
state OF restless excitement all through
tho siege and had fallen awny ylbIy
during the last iow days A constant
fever consumed her. and her mind wan-
derod occasionally, especially that day,
when Che rec1lllctiona OF home seemed
powerfully present 90 her. ~ last. over
come with fatigue. che lay down ON the
ground, wrapped iu her plaid. nt bo.
side her, promising 10 awake her WHOM
a. she aaid. her father should retum
from the blowing
"she fen 90 length into q profound
slumbor. mouonlc.s and apparently
brenthlcsa. her head Nesting in my lap
81 myscli could 40 longer resist the In
clinailon 20 aloap. in spite Of the CON
iinual roar of the cannon. Suddenly
was aroused 10y wild. unearthly scream
close To my ear Ay companion stood
upright beside me, hor arms raised and
her head bent forward In the attitude Of
listening.
IN look OF intense delight broke over
her couutouanco. She Eraspcd my hand,
drew me toward her and exclaimed.
'Dinna yo hear 10 nluna go hear iu
Aye, I'm no drelmingl rs tho slogan
o the mghlundoul WTrc avrdl Wc'rc
savcdr Thou iinging herself on her
knees sho thanked God with passionate
fcrvor / felt utterly bowildcrcd.
"My English ears heard only tho roar
Of artillery, aud thought my poor joe
Die was tilll raYinE but hhe darted 10
tho hntirii,a' ana 1 beard nor cry incos-
sanity 10 the mon' 'Oouugol Courhgoi
Hark 10 the hiogan-tho Macgrcgor, tho
grandcst OF them nlii Here's help ut
lHstg
ITO describe the ohoct OF these words
upon the SOLDIERS would he impossible.
Tor inomont they ceased hring' and
every toul listened with intense anxiety.
Gradually, howcvor, There arose muir
mur OF bittor disappointment, aud the
wailing OF women who had Hooked 10
tho spot burst out anew rs the colonel
shook his head. Our dull lowland ears
heard only tho roar OF the mnsketry.
"a few moments moro Of this death
like suspense, Of this agouizing hope, and
Jossie,who had again sunk ON tho ground,
sprang To her feet and cried In n voice 30
clear aud piercing that it was heard
along the whole lines VIII 80 no believe
II moor The slogan has consed indeed,
but tho Campballs are coming. Dyu
heari Dye hcarf
AT that moment all seemed, Indeed,
90 hear tho voice Of God in the distance,
when tho pibroch Of tho highlandors
brought MS tdiugs Of dcliNcuncc, for
now there was no longer any doubt OF
the fact. That shrill, penetrating, coasc-
lees sound, which rose above all other
sounds, could COME neither from The adj
vance Of tho Cuemy nor from tho worl,
ofthempppr. No, 10 wasindood the blast
Of the Scottish bagp'pea' now ehriil ana
hnrah' an threatening Ncngeanc" ON the
foe, then In softer tones seeming 20 PROM
Use succor TO thoir friends IN need
Mover, surrey, was thofe hneh u scene
the residency of Lucknow hut bowed n.