The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-11-30

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break in upon tho garrison Of the resi-,
denoy, now reduced by wounds and
sickness and death 10 976 men, women
and children.
"Call me early" said, tomorrow
morning. and let us be at the residenoy
before the sun becomes too hot" At
O'Clock In the morning we left our ho-
tel in Lucknow, andI said to our oblig-
ing, gentlemanly escort, please take
us along the road by which Havelock
and Outram came to the relief Of the
tesidenoy." That was the way we went
There was solemn stiffness as we ap-
preached the gate of the residenoy. Bat.
tered and torn is the masonry of the en-
trance Signature of shct and punotua.
ton Of cannon ball all up and down and
Everywhere
Here TO the left" said our escort,
Fare the remains of building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as banqueting hal, but then was
used as hospital. At this part the am
putations took place, and all such pa
tients died. The heat was SO great and
the food SO insufficiens that tho poor
fellows could not recover from the loss
Of blood. They all died. Amputations
were performed without chloroform.
All the anesthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un.
der other circumstances would have
come to easy convalesccnce here proved
fatal Yonder was DR.. Fayrer's house,
who was surgeon Of the place and is
now Queen Victoria's Doctor. This up
per room was the officers room, and
there Sir Henry Lawrence, our dear
commander, was wounded. While he
sat there q she'll struck the room, and
some ofe suggested that he had better
leave the room, but he smiled and said,
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place. Hardly had he said this
when another shell tore off his thigh,
and he was carried dying into DR.. Fay
rer's house on the other side of the road.
Sir Henry Lawrence had been in poor
health for long time before the mu-
tiny. He had been in the Indian service
for years, and he had started for Eng
land to recover his health, but getting
as far as Bombay the English govern
ment requested him to remain at least
awhile for he could not be spared in
such dangerous times. He came here to
lucknow, and foreseeing the siege Of
this residency had filled many of the
rooms with grain, without which the
residency would have been obliged to
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him into this residency rice and sugar
and charcoal and fodder for the oxen
and hay for the horses. But now, at
the time when all the people were look
ing to him for wisdom and courage,
Sir Henry is dying"
Our escort describes the scene, unique
tender, beautiful and overpowering, and
while / stood on the very spot where
the signs and groans Of the besieged
and lacerated and broken hearted met
the whiz of bullets, and the demoniac
hiss Of bursting she'll. and the roar of
batteries, my escort gave Inc the partic-
nlars.
Tried to Do His Duty.
'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 residency, who, at any moment
might be subjected to the savages who
howled around the residency, their
breaking in only matter Of time I'M
less re-enforcements should come. He
would frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch: Save the la
dies God help the poor women and
childrenp He gave directions for the
desperate defense of the place. He ask
cd forgiveness Of all those whom he
might unintentionally have neglected or
offended. He left 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
compromise with the desperadoes. Die
| fighting. He took charge Of the asylum
he had established for the children of
soldiers. He gave directions for his bur-
ial, saying: No nonsense, no fuss. Let
| me be buried with the men, He die
tated his own epitaph, which I read
above his tomb: Here lies Henry Law
renee, who tried to do his duty. May
the Lord have mercy ON his soul. He
said: I would like to have passage of
Scripture added to the words on my
| grave, such as, TO the Lord our God be-
long mercies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled 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
out. The chaplain offered a prayer.
Then they removed the great hero amid
the rafting hail of the guns and put
him down among other soldiers buried
at the same time" All of which / state
for the benefit of those who would have
us believe that the Christian religion
Is fit only for women in the eighties and
children under 7. There was glory
enough in that departure to halo Chris
| tendon.
| Water at Lfe's Risk.
"There. said our escort. bob the
l Ndllol dlu til6 WOIk. w uO WAS DOD
the Nailerp" ooh, he was the African
who sat at that point, and when any
Dne Of our men ventnred across the road
lie would drop him by rife ball. Bob
| has sure marksnian The emily way
| y get across the road for water from
the we'll was to wait until his gun fash
ed and then instantly cross before he
had time to load The Only way we
could get rid of him was by digging a
mine under the house where he was
| hidden. When tho house was blown up,
Bob the Mailer went with it. +" said
TO him, Had ron made up your minds
what you and the other sufferers would
10 In case the fiends actually broke imp
"Oh. yss!" said my escort. "We had
1t all planned, for the probability was
svery hour for nearly five months that
they would break in. You must renlem-
Der it vas 1000 against 60, coo, and
.or tho latter part of the time it was