Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-07

dency, their breaking in only matter Of
time unless reinforcement should come.
He woul1 frequently say to those who sur
rounded his death couch Save the
ladies. Col help the poor women and chill
dren = He gave directions for the desperate
defense OF the place. He asked forgiveness
of all those whom he might unintentionaliy
have neglected or offended. He left mes
sage for all his friends. He forgot not to
give directions for the caro- OF his favorte
horse. He charged his officers, saying by
no means nnler. Make no treaty or
compromise with the desperadoes. Die
fighting Hetook charge of the asylum he
had established for the children Of soldiers.
He gave directions for his burial, say
ing: NO nonsense, no fuss. Let
mo be buried with the men. He dictated
his own epitaph, which L rea above his
tomb. Here lies Henry Lawrence, who
tried to do his duty. May the Lori have
mercy on his SON. He said: & would like
to have a p usage Of Scripture added to the
words on my gravr, such "a, $40 the Lori
our Goi belong mercies AMI forgivenes5es,
though We have rebelled against Him"
Isn't 1t from DanielY So as brave man as
Engian or India ever saw expirel. The
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
ami kissed him before they carriel him
out. The chaplain offered prayer. Tnen
they removed the great hero amid the rat
tling 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 th3
Christian religion is flt only for women in
the eighties AMI children under seven. There
was glory enou 5h in that departure to halo
Christcndom.
"There," said our escort, ''Bo5 the
Mailer did the WORK. "Who WIS Boz tho
Naiier?" ooh, he was the African who sat
at that point, AMI when any one Of our men
yentured across the road he would drop
hi Ia 10 lIal oh
man. The only way to get across tho roai
for water from the we'll was to wait until
his gun fiashei and then instantly cross
before he had time TO load. The only way
we could get rid Of him was by digging Il
mine under the house wler9 he was
hidden. When the house was blown up,
Bob the Mailer went with it" said to him,
Had you made up your min Is what you
and the other sufferers would DO in case the
flends actually broke in?" "Ol, yes" said
my escort. "We had it all planne ], for the
probability was every hour for nearly five
months that they would break in. You must
remember it was 16J) against 69,00J, an !
for the latter part OF the time it was
900 against G0,000. and the residency anl
the earthworks arouni it wero no. put up
for such an attack. 1t was only from tho
mercy of Go | that We war3n not mustered
soon after the besiegem9nt. We were r.
solved not to allow ourselves to get into the
hands of those desperadO9S. You must re-
member that we and all the women ha |
heard of the butchery at CaWnpur, and We
knew what defeat meant. Ii unable TO hold
out any longer VIC would have blown our
selves up and all gon9 out Of life tOS3ther."
"Show me-" sIid, ''the rooms where the
women and children staid during those
aw .ul months" Then we crossed over AMI
went down into the cellar of tho resi1ency.
With slu ider of horror indescribable [ en-
tered tue cellars Wher0 622 women an | ctiI-
IL bod hnnn ll1u nfi hn yh0t HNn =
was full. l know the ex Ict number, for [
counted their names on the roll. As ono OF
the ladies wrote in her diary-SpeakinG OF
these women she said, ''They lay upOl the
floor fitting into elcl other like bits il d
puzzle" Wives had obtained from their
husbands the promise that the aus
bands would shoot them rathor than let
them fall into the hanis o; these de5per-
adocs. The women within thu residency
were kept on tho smallest allowance that
would maintain life. No opportunity OF
privacy. The death angel AMI the birtl
angel touched wings as they passed. Flies,
mosquitoes, yer min in full possession of tho
place an these women in mOmentary ex-
pectation that the enragei savaSes wOIh
rush upon them. in a violence OF which c!u)
AMI sword and torch AMI throat cu;tin.;
would be the milder forms.
Our escort told US az lin and again Of the
bravery of these women. They did not de-
sp4ir. They encouraged the so!dery. They
waited on the wounded AMI dying in the
hospital They gave up their stockings for
holIer5 of the grap9Shot. They SolRcad
each other when their children died. When
a husband or father fell, such prayers Of
sympathy were offered as only women can
offer. They endured without complaint.
They prepared their own children for burial.
They were inspired for the men who stood
at their posts fighting till they dropped.
Our escort told Us that again and again
had fh0S How lOal- md nI1fr
were on the why to fetch these besIegeI
ones out o. their wretchednes. They had
received a letter from Haveock rolled up In
a quill an carried in the mouth OF dis
gused messenger, a letter telling them that
he was on the way, but the next news was
that HavelOck had been compella to r.
treat. 1t was constant vacillatlon between
hope and despair. But one day they heard
the guns of relief sounding nearer and
nearer. Yet ali the houses of Lucknow were
fortresses filed with armed miscreants, and
every step of Havelock and his army was
contested-firing from hOusetOps, firing
from windows, firing from doorways.
l asked our friend If he thought that the
world famous story OF a Scotch lass in her
delrium hearing the Scotch baGpipes 3d-
Yancing with the Scotch regiment was true
story. He said he did not know but that it
was true. Without this mans telling me
knew from my own observation that de-
lirium sometimes quickens some Of the fac
u!ties and l rather think the Scotch lass in
her delirium was the first to hear tho bag
pipes. L decline to believe that class OF
people who would like to kill all the poetry
of the world anl Danish all the fine SON.
timent. They tell Us that Whit
tiers poem about Barbara Freitchie was
founded on delusion, and that Longfellow's
poems immortalized things that never oc-
Cured. The Scotch lass did hear the slo-
gan. almost heard it myself as L stool iu-
side the resdencY while my escort told OF
the coming Of the Seventy eighth Highland
Regiment.
"Were you present when Havelock camo
in?' asked, for l could suppress the ques-
tion no longer. His answer came:
4 was not at the moment present, but
with some other young fellows I saw SOL
diers dancing while two highian1 pip 3r5
played, and l said, what is all this excite
ment?' Then we came up AMI saw that
Havelock was in, and OutrIm WAS in, an
the regiments were pouring in"
''Show us where they came in" l eX-
claimed, for Iknew that they did not enter
through the gate of the resIdency, that be-
ing banked uo inside to keep the murderer5
out. ''Here it is" answered my escort.
''Here it is-the embrasure through which
they came"
We walked up to the spot. 1t is now a
broken down pile of bricks a dozen yarls
from the gate. Long grass now, but then Il
blood spattered, bullet scltteret opening in
the wall.
AS we stood there, although the scene was
thirty seven years ago, saw them cone i'll
-Have!ock pale and. sick, but triumphant,
and Outram, whom all the equestrian statues
in Calcutta and Europe cannot too grandIy
present.
"wh:,: then haPpereG?" Sal: &C ny es-
cort. cob" he said, ''that is impossible 10
tell The earth was removed from the gate,
and soon all the army OF relief entered, and
some OF US laughed, and some cried, and
some prayed, and some danced. Hfghlan-
ders so dust covered and enough blood and
wounds on their faces to make them un-
recognizable snatched the babes out of
their mothers arms and kissed them an
passed the babies along for other SOL
diers TO. kiss, and the wounded men
crawled out Of the hospital to join in the
cheering, and it was wild jubilee until, the
first excitement passed, the story of how
many of the advancing army had been
slain on the way began to have fearful
effect and the story of suffering that had