The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-01

ing known want crowded and sacri-
aced in q cellar where nine children
were born; less and less food; no water
except that which was brought from a
we'll under the enemy's fire, so that
the water obtained was at the price Of
blood; the stencil of the dead horses
added to the effiuvia of corpses, and all
waiting for the moment when the army
Of 60, 900 shrieking Hindoo devils should
break in upon the garrison of the resi-
dency, now reduced by wounds and
sickness and death to 976 e women
and children.
Call me early" l said, tomorrow
morning and let us 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 l 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 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 a building the first
floor of which in other days had been
used as a banqueting hall, but then was
used as q 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 anRsthetics were exhausted. A
fracture that in other climates and un-
der other circumstances would have
come to easy convslescence here proved
fatal. Yonder was DR.. Fsyrer's house,
who was surgeon of the place and is
now Queen Victoria's doctor. This up
there Sir Henry Lawrence, u dear
commander, was wounded. While he
sat there q 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 shell tore OF 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 II 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 room 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 Il 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 shell,
and the roar Of batteries, my escort
gave me the particulars.
AS noon rs Sir Henry vas 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 70 those who u r
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 automatically have neglect
ed 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, say
ing: BY no means surrender. Make
no treaty or compromise with the des-
peradoes. Die fighting He took
charge Of the asylum he had establish
ed for the children of soldiers. He
gave directions for his burial,
saying: No nonsense; no fusa Let
me be buried with the men, He die
tated his own epitsph, 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, suchaA 'Tothe Lord our God be.
long mercies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled against him." Isn't
II from Daniel? So rs brave . man a.
England or India eve saw expired. The
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
and kissed him before they carried him
out The chaplain offered q prayer.
Then they moved the great hero amid
the rafting hail Of guns and put
him down among other soldiers buried
at the same time" All of which I state
for the benefit Of those who would have
US believe that tho Christian religion
IL At only for women In the eighties
and children under v There was
glory enough in that departure TO halo
C~hristendom.
AuCIVs o0to OuT CDCOJOp DOo tAlc
Mailer did the work" who was Bob
the Nailer?" "Oh, he was the African
who sat at that point, and when any
one Of our men ventured 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
flashed and then instantly cross before
he had time to load. The only way we
could get rid Of him was by digging g
mine under the house where he wal
hidden. When the house was blown up
Bob the Mailer went with it." / said
to him, Had you made up your mind.
what you and the other sufferers would
do in case the iends actually broke imp
"Oh, yes" said my escort. 1--WE had
it oil planned, for the probability wa.
every hour for nearly five months thai