Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30

tered and torn is the masonry OF the en- |
trance. Signature Of shot and punctua-
ton 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 a 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 Amputations
were performed without chloroform.
All the anasthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un'
der other circumstances would have
come to easy conyalescence 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 she'll 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 no 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 a 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 10 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
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 tho people were look
ing to him for wisdom and courage,
Sir Henry is dying"
Our escort describes the scene, unique,
tender, beautiful and oyerpowering, and
while 1 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 partic-
ulars.
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 a matter Of time un-
less re-enforcements should come. he
would frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch; Save the Ia
dies. God help the poor women and
childrenp He gave directions for the
desperate defense Of the place. he ask
ed forgiveness Of all those whom he
might unintentionally have neglected or
offended. BE left message for all his
friends. He forgot not to give direction
for the care Of his fayorite 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 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 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
II 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 removed the great hero amid
the rattling 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
1-enough In that departure TO halo Chris
tendon.
Water at a Life's Risk.
"Thcre," said our escort, bob the
Mailer did the work. " WHO was Bob
the Nailer?' "Oh, be was the African
who sat at that point and when any
! one of our men yentured across the road
he would drop him by rifle ball Bob
was q sure marksman. The only way
to get across the road FOR water from
the we'll was to wait until his gun fash
ed and then instantly GROSS before he
had time to load. The only way we
could get rid Of him was by digging
mine under the house where he was
hidden. When the house was blown up,
Bob the Mailer went with it." said
to him, Had you made up your minds
what you and the other sufferers would
do in case the fiends actually broke ins"
"Oh, yesp said ny escort I'VE had
It all planned. for the probability was
evory hour for nearly FIVE months that
they would break in. You must remem-
Der IL was 1000 against 60, 200, and
for the latter part Of the time 1t was
900 against 90, 900, and the residency
and the sarthworks around II were not
put up for suoh an attack. II was only
from the mercy Of God that we were
not massaored soon after the besiege-
ment We were resolved not to allow
ourselves to get into the hands Of those
desperadoes. You must remember that
we and all the women had heard Of the
butchery at Cawnpur. and we knew
what defeat meant II unable to hold
out any longer, we would have blown
ourselves up and all gone out Of life TO-
gether."
"Sbow me, +" lsaid, "the rooms where
the women and children staid during