The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-11-28


o'clock in the morning we left our ho-
tel in Lucknow, and said to our oblig-
ing, gentlemanly escort, "Please take
us along the road by which Havelock
and Outram came to the relief of the
residency" That was the way we
went. There was solemn stiffness as
we approached the gate of the resi-
dency. Battered and torn is the ma
sonry of the entrance. Signature of
shot and punctuation of cannon ball
all up and down and everywhere.
"Here to the left" said our escort,
"are the remains of a building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as banqueting hall, 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 insufficient that the poor
fellows could not recover from the loss
of blood. They all died. Amputatiors
were performed without chloroform.
All the an@sthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un-
der other circumstances would have
come to easy convalescence here proved
fatal. Yonder was DIR. 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 shell struck the room, and
some one 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 she'll 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 bealth, 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 resideucy had filed many of
the rooms with grain, without which
the residency would have been obliged
to surrender. There were also taken
by 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
looking to him for wisdom and cour-
age, Sir Henry is dying"
Our escort describes the scene,
unique, tender, beautiful and overpow-
ering, and while ] stood on the very
spot where the sighs 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 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 residency, who, at any moment
might be subjected to the savages who
howled around the residency, theil
breaking in only matter of time un
| less e-enforcements should come. He
would frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch: Save the
ladies. God help the poor women and
childrenr He gave directions for the
desperate defense of the place. He
asked forgiveness of all those whom
he might unintentionally have neglect
J ed or offended. He left message fol
all his friends. He forgot not to give
direction ior the care Of mis- favorlte
horse. He charged the officers, say
ing: by no means surrender. Make
no treaty or compromise with the des
peradoes Die fighting He tool
charge of the asylum ne had establish
ed for the children of soldiers. He
gave directions for his burial
saying: No nonsense; no fuss Lei
me be buried with the men, He die
tated his own epitaph, which l 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: L would like to have a passage O.
Scripture added to the words on my
grave, suchas, ITO the Lord our God be
long mercies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled against him." Ism
it from Daniel? So as brave man a.
England or India ever saw expired. The
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
and kissed him before they carried hin
out. The chaplain offered prayer
Then they moved the great hero amit
the rattling hail of guns and pu
him down among other soldiers buried
at the same time" All of which state
for the benefit of those who would hav,
us believe that the Christian religion
is fit only for women in the eighties
and children under seven. There wa
glory enough in that departure to hale
Christendom.
"There," said our escort, ''Bob tn,
Mailer did the work" "Who was Bol
the Nailer?' "Oh, he was the African
who sat at that point, and when AM
one of our men ventured across tn,
road he would drop him by rifle ball
Bob was sure. marksman. The onl!
way to get across the road for waite
from the we'll was to wait until his gun
flashed and then instantly cross befor,
he had time to load. The only way W,
could get rid of him was by digging {
mine under the house where he wa
hidden. When the house was blown up
Bob the Mailer went with it." sait
to him, Had you made up your mind
what you and the other sufferers woulC
do in case the fiends actually broke imp
"0h, yesl'' said my escort. 1--WE haC