Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-13

'Call RE early" | said, ''to-;acrr0s "
morning and let MS be at the residency
before the sun becomes too hot At 2
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 IIavelock
and Outram came to the relief of the
residency." That was the way we
went. There was a 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 building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as banqueting hall, but then was
used as a 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. Amputatiops
were performed without chloroform.
All the anRsthetics were exhausted. \
der other circumstances would have
come to easy convalescence here proved
fatal Wonder was DR. Fayrer's house,
who was surgeon of the place and is
now Queen Nictora's doctor. This up
per room was tie officers room, and
there SIR henry Lawrence, our dear
commander was wounded. While he
sat there a shell struck the room. and
some one suggested that he had better
leave the room. hut he smiled and said:
lightning never strikes twice in the
same lace. Hardly had he said this
when another she'll tore off his thigh.
and he was carried dying into DIR. Fay
rer house on the other side of the road.
Sir Henry Lawrence had been in poor
health for a long time before the mu-
tiny. He had been in the Indian service
for wears. 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. lie came here
10 Lucknow, and foreseeing the siege
Of this residency 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 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 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 their
breaking in only matter of time un-
less re-enforcements should come. He
would frequently say To those who sur
rounded his death couch: save the
ladies. God help the poor women and
children He gave directions for the
desperate defense of the place lie
asked forgiveness of all those whom
he might Enthusiastically have neglect
ed or offended He left message for |
all his friends. lie forgot not TO give
direction for the care of his favorite |
horse. He charged the officers. say |
ing: BY no means surrender. Make |
no treaty or compromise with the des- |
peradoes Die fighting He took |
charge of the asylum ne had establish
ed for the children of soldiers. He |
gave directions for mis- burial, |
saving: No nonsense; no fuss. Let |
me be buried with the mem He die
tated his own epitaph, which ! read |
above his tomb: Here lies Henry Law
renee, who tried to do his duty. May /
the Lord have mercy on his soul lie
said: i would like to have a passage of
Scripture added to the words on my
grave, such as, ITO the Lord our God be-
long mercies and forgivenesses. though
we have rebelled against him." Isn't
it from Daniel? SO as brave 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 prayer.
Then they moved the great hero amid
The rafting hail of guns and put
him down among other soldiers buried
1t the same time All of which | state
Tor the benefit of those who would have
rs believe that the Christian religion
S fit only for women in the eighties
md children under seven. There was
glory enough in that departure to halo
-hristendom.
There said our escort, bob the
Mailer did the work "Who was Bob
he Nailer2" ''Oh, he was the African
Who sat at that point. and when any
me of our men ventured across the
Dad he would drop him by rifle ball.
Bob was sure marksman. The only
way to get across the road for water
rom the well was to wait until his gun