Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-12-08

hat they MI share with rs. but we
Eney hat the 1nli.,g Of this re-enforcc-
nelit would clip rs 10 hold the place
lot this first lelief arrived rs it did in
day or two at most and perhaps il
any hour tho es;cgcrs would have bro
ken III, ana OFT end would have come
The sepoys / ad dug six ininfs unt!' =
the residency and would soon have ex-
fploded all. :"
After we haG obtained few bullets
that had been picked out Of the wall
and q piece Of Z. BON bshell we walked
around the clio uent Iuins, and pnt our
hands into the scar; OF the shattered
masonry an ! explored the cemetery in
side the fort, where hu idreGs Of the
dead soldiers await the coming Of tho
Lord Of Hosts at the last day. and wo
could endure no more Ny nerves We're
all a-tremble, and NJ emotions were
wruns cut, and sal, Let rs go.
had seen tho residcncy ut Lucknow tho
day before with be loved missionary,
and he told me many interesting facts
concerning tho besiegement of that
place, hut this mo- ming had seen it i'll
company with one who in that awful
1897 CT the Indian inutiny with lis OWL
IRE had 1ouSht mo beslegers. and With
his own ear had heard the yoll of tho
miscreants as they tried to storm the
walls, and with his own eyes had wit
messed fcene OF pang ana sacrihce and
| endurance and bereavement and prov
ess ara rescue winch ms made all TINS
LUCKNOW fortress and ITS surroundings
tho Mount calvary CT the nineteenth
century
hohors 'or 'ie hero'
On the following daF, about four
n.les from the resldeney, visited the
grave CT Haveiock. mo scenes OF hard-
had passed were 100 mcch for mortal
endurance, ana lew days after Have
LOCK lele tho fesiaehcy whlch &c had re-
heved he lay III tcEt a-dyme, Will"
his sou, whom l saw III London on my
way here, was reading 10 the Old nero
tho eonsclatory scriptures. The fele-
graph wires had told ell nations that
Havelock was sick unto death. He had
received the message Of congratulation
rem queen victoria over Eli trluinphs
ana mad been knlghted, ana such re-
eeptlon as England never gave TO any
man since Wellington came BACK ffori
waterloo awaited his return. hut he
VIII EeVer again sec his native land
lie mas LED his last army ana planned the
last battle. Yet he is to gain another
victory. lie declared 1t when III his last
hours ne sand TO General Outram: l
die happy ard cortonted. have Tor 40
years so tT1led my life that when death
came might face 1t without fear 10
die IS gam Indeed this was no new
sentimentality with him Heonce stated
that III boyhood with TOUR companions
he was accustomed to seek the "seclu-
sion OF one CT the dcrmltorles for pIr-
poses OF devotion, though certain Ill
those days OF beng branded as Metho-
dists and eantlng hypocrltcs lie had
III early life been immersed ina Baptist
church. He acknowledged God III every
victory and says il one Of his dispatches
that he owes 1t ITO tie power CT the En-
field rife IN British hands, to British
pluck and to the Blessing Of Almighty
Ccd on most rishtt Gus cause. Ee
was accustomed to spend two hours ey-
cry morning in prayer ard Bible read
ing, and If the army was to march 1T 8
O'Clock lie arose for purposes of religious
devotion at 6 O'Clock, AID if the army
was to march at o'clock he arose at 4.
| Sir Henry Hayelock, the son i'll
whose arms the father died, when l
came through London invited three OF
4 the heroes Of Lucknow to neet mo at
his table and told ne concerning his
father some most inspiring and Chrls-
nan things He SAID: My father knew
not what fear was. he would say 70 mo
III the morning as he came out OF Els
tent, Harry, nave you READ the book.
yes. Haye you SAID yoIF prayers:
| Yes have you FAD your breakrastf
Yes. CONC, then, and let Us Eiount
ana go out 10 pc sho1 at ana dle IKE
gentlemen. The three other heroes
OF LUCKNOW &t that table toid cf Cen
eral ltavelocA other things Just as Sur
ring. what speech that was HaVeiocK
made to his soldiers as he started Tor
Cawnpur, india; over zoo OF our race
are still alive IN Cawnpur. With God $
heip-we Will save them from daath.
am trying you severely, my men, but |
Know what you are made OF. The en-
thuslasm Ct his men was well suggested
by the soialer lying asieep' ana, Rave
iook fldlng ;long' E.s herse stumbled
over the soldier ana woke nm, ana the
/ soldier recognlzinR me general cfled out
cheeriiy: Make room Tor the eenerall
God bless the general!
1iaveiock's Grave.
A plaia monument marks Havelock s
grave, hut the epltaph Is as beautiful
| and comprehensive as anything | have
ever seen, and l copied it then and
there. and it is as follows: Here rest
the mortal remains of Henry Hayelock,
major general in the British army and
Knight Commander Of the Bath, who
died ct Dilkoosha Lucknow of dysentry
produced by the hardships of CAM