Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-07

sace for all his friends. He forgot not to
rive directions for the care Of his favorlte
morse. He charged his officers, saying: by
no means surrender. Make no treaty or
compromises with the desperadoes. Die
aching Hetook charge OF the asylum he
had established for the children OF soldiers.
He cave directions for his burial, say
ing: No nonsense, no fuss. Let
ma be- buried with the men. He dictated
his own epitapb. which 1 read above ms
tomb. 'Hpre lies Henry Lawrence, WHO
tried 10 do his duty. My the Lord have
mercy On his SOU. He said 4 would like
r. have D tss lge OF Scripture added to the
words on nv gray, such rs, TO the LORI
our Go | belong mcrces an l iorgvenesses.
thouyh W. have robellel against Him.
Isn't it from d lnielT SO as brave man as
Englan or India ever saw explre1 Ihs
soldiers lifted the cover rom his tac5
ami kissed him befora they carried him
ont The chaplain oTsrola prayer. Then
they removed the great hero amid the rat=
Ting hail OF the guns an put him down
among other soldiers buried at the ne
time" All Of which state for the benefit
of those who would have us believe thlt tho
Christian religion is lc only for womsn in
the eighties an children under seven. There
was glory enou ID in that departure to halo
Christendom.
"There," said our escort. "Bo5 the
Mailer did the work. "Who was Boz tho
Naier?' "Oh, he was the African VINO SIT
at that point, and when any one OF our MAI
ventured across the rol1 h9 would drop
him BY rifle ball. Boz was surs mrrt'.
man. The only way to get across the rOil
for water from the we'll WAS to wait ul.il
his gun fashel and then instantly Gro
before he had time to load. The only way
we could get rid OF him was by digging
mine un Ter the house W ZERO he was
hidden. When the house was blown un,
Bob the Miller went with it," said to him,
Had you mn 10 up your min Is what you
and the other sufferers would DO in cas- the
fiends actually broke in?" "Ol, yes y sud
nny escort. ave had it all plannel, for the
probability was every hour for nearly fiv5
months that they would break in. You muss
remember 1t was 160J against 6JOJJ, an
for the latter part OF the tims 1t vas
SOD against $1,000, AMI the residency All
tao earthworks aroun it were not put up
for such an attacS. 1t was only from tho
mercy of Col that we were not mastered
soon after the besegenent. We were r.
solved not to allow ourselves 10 get into the
hands Of those desperadoes. You mus. re-
member that we and all the women hal
heard of the butchery at Cawnpur, and va
knew what defeat meaut II unable 10 hold
out any longer we would have blown our
selves up and all gons out OF life together"
"Show me-" slid "the rooms where the
women and children staid during those
awful months" Then we crossed over an
went down into the cellar Of tho resi- lency.
With shudder Of horror in1escribable [ en-
tered the cellars where 622 women an / chill
dren had been crowded until the whole floor
was full. know the exact number, for
counted their names on the roll. As one OF
the ladies wrote in her diary-5pealingo OF
these women she said, "They lay upo tho
floor fitting into elcA other like bits in
puzzle" Wives had obtained from their
husbands the promise that the hus-
bands would shoot them rather than let
them fall into the hands OF these desper-
ADDE'S. The women within thu resdency
were kept on the smallest allowance that
would maintain life. No opportunity OF
privacy. The death angel and the brt1
angel touched wings az they passed. Flies,
mosquitoes, vernin in full possession OF tbs
place, and these women in mOmentary ex-
pectation that the enraged savases wo1d
rush upon them, in a violence OF which clu)
and sword and torch and throat cutting
would be the milder forms.
Our escort told us again and again Of tho
bravery of these women. They did not de-
spair. They encouraged the so!diery. They
waited on the wounded an dying in the
hospital. They gave up their stockings for
holders of the grapeshot. They solacsl
each other when their children diel. When
q husband or father fell sIci prayers OF
sympathy were offered as only women cll
offer. They endured without complaint.
They prepared their own children for burial.
They were inspired for the mon WHO stool
at their posts fighting till they dropped.
Our escort told US that again aud again
news had come that Haveock AMI Outram
were on the why to fetch these bssiegel
ones out o. their wretchednes. They had
received letter from Havelock rolled Up III
n quill and carried in the mouth of dis
gulsed messenger, a letter telling them that
he was on the way, but the next news was
that Havelock had been compelled TO r =
treat. 1t was constant vIcillatIon between
hope and despair. But one day they heari
the guns of relief sounding nearer an
nearer. Yet all the houses oil Lucknow wer5
fortresses filled with armed miscreants, and
every step of HAveock and his army was
contested-iring from housetops firing
from windoWs, firing from dOorways.
| asked our friend If he thought that tho
world famous story Of Il Scotch lass in hec
deirium hearing the Scotch bagpipes adj
vancng with the Scotch regiment was true
story. He said he did not know but that it
was true. Without this mans tellin, ms
knew from my own observation that de-
lrium sometimes qulckeDs some OF the FAC
uties, and rrather think the Sc0.c1 lass in
her delirium was the first 10 hear the bag
pipes. | decline TO beiey1 that class OF
people who would like to kill all the poetry
of tho world AMI Danish all tho fine sene
timent. They tell u5 that Whit
tier's poem about Barbara Freitchie was
founded on delusion, and that Longfellow's
poems immortalzed Things that never o.
Cured. The Scotch lass did helr the slo'
gan. almost heard it myself as l stoo in
side the residency willis my escort told OF
the coming Of the Seventy-eigAth Highland
Regiment.
"Were you present when Havelock clms
IMP" l asked, for could suppress the ques-
ton no longer. His answer came:
Il was not at the moment present, but
with some other young fellows [ saw so!-
diers dancing while two HIGHLAND pp5r5
played, and / said, what is all this excite
mentY Then we came up an saw thlt
Haveock was in, and Outrlm was i'll, AMI
the regiments were pouring in"
"Show us where they came in" L ex-
claimed. for knew that they did not enter
through the gate of the resldency, that be-
ing banked uo inside to keep the murderer5
out. "Here it is answered my escort.
"Here it is-the embrasure through which
they came"
We walked up to the spot. 1t is nova
broken down pile OF bricks n doz9n yards
from the gate. Long grass nov, but tael II
blood spattered, bullet scltterei opening in
the wall.
As we stood there, although the scene WIS
thirty seven years ago, saw them come III
-Havelock pale AM sick, but triumphant,
an DURAN, whom all the equestrian statues
in Calcutta and Europe cannot too grandiy
present.
''Nhat then happened?" said to my es-
norl lIO, y he cnil Itihnt is imnOssible to