The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-30
PENN G$kovE. n. ]. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 80. 1894.

s1s soon as Sir Henry was told that h,
had not many hours no live he asked tn
chaplain to administer 10 him the holy com
nuniop. He felt particularly anxLna. 70
he safety OF the womrn in tisf residsncy
Who, at any moment, might ba srSftcs-t Il
:hs eavagss who howiei around the resi-
irncy, their breAking III on,y q mutt r. o
line unlsss reinforcement snonld come
| he wouil frequ~n.ly say 10 those wAo sur
'onuisl his death couch .says tn,
adtes. Col aelp The poor women an icii.
irenn He gave directions for the sicsperit,
iefensa Of the place. He asked ~forgivens -,
u all those whom he might uniutentionall,
lave n elected or OF MEL. He left a mas.
,lge for MI his Irienis. He forgot NOT "a
We directions for the caro- OF his favorits
lorse. He chargei his Officers, saying sB,
10 means surrender. Make no treaty OF
,ompron'ss with the desperadoes. D;s
ishting.' Hstook charge OF tho asylum b.
lad established for the children OF soldiers.
He gave directions for his burial, say
ing No nonsense, no fuss. Lei
ns DO buried with the men. He dictated
ais NJ epitsph, which I reai abovs his
:ombs Here lies Henry Lawrence, who
.rlsd to Go his duty. My the Lori hays
| mercy on hts soul. He said Il would like
% have u p usage OF Scripture added to the
words on my grave, such as, $40 tho Lori
sur God belong mercies and forglyenesses
:hougli we lave rabslied against Him.
Isn't it from Danislr SO as brave 4 man as
Enylen or India ever saw expired. The
soldiers lifted the cover from his face
mi kissed him before they carried him
,ut. The chaplain offered a prayer. Then
| hey removed the great hero amid the rat-
ling hail OF the guns an put him down
imong other soldiers buried at the same
ime." All OF which l state for the benefit
II those who would have US believe that ths
Christian religion IL At only for women In
he eighties an | childrea under seven, There
vas glory n n In that departure to halo
Jhristendom.
.Tnere," sail oE escort. sBob III,
Sailer did the WORK" 'sWno was Bob ths
Sailer?' "Ol, he was the African who sal
At that point, and " lsn any ono 81 our men
sentured across the roai he would drop
him by a ride ball. Bob was a sure marks
nan. The only way to get across the road
Tor water from the well was to wait until
mis- u flashed and then Instantly cross
oefore he had time to load. The only vay
We could get rid of him was by digging 4
nine under the house waere he was
iitden. When the house was blown IN.
Bob the Mailer went with it," 1 SALT TO him.
Had you made up your min Is what Won
and the other sufferers would do in case tha
lends actually broke fn?" 90 j, YES !" said
NY escort. 1--WE had 1t ali piannsi. for the
probability WAS every hour for nearly Ave
months that they would break in. You must
remember it was 1909 against 60, 900, and
Tor The latter part OF the time 1t was
900 against $4,000, an the residency and
the earthworks arounI 1t were not put 10
for sush an attacs. 1t was only from the
mercy OF Col TINT we vera not mastered
soon after the b~esiegement, We were re-
solved not to allow ourselves TO get into thu
hands OF those desporadoes. You must re-
member that we and all the women had
heard OF the bu,chery at Cawnpur, and we
knew what defeat meant. II unable 10 hold
out any longer W. would have blown our.
1elyes up and all gone out Of life together
"Show me-" I said, s'the rooms where the
women and children staij during those
aw 'ul months" Then we crossed over and
went down into the cellar OF tho rssidency.
With q shuider Of horror indescribaSle | en-.
tered the cellars where 622 women and chill.
dren had been crowded until the whole aoot
was full, | know TIE exact number, for ]
counted thsir name} on the roll. As one o
the ladies' wrote inther diary-sp -asing OF
these women she sid, ssThey lay upoa the
floor fittins into eldl other Itke bits In q
puzzle" Wives had obtained from tueii
husbands the promise that the hus-
bands would shoot them rather than lei
them fall Into the han Is OF these desper-
adoes. The women within ths residency
wsre kept on the smallest allowance thai
would maintain life, No opportunity o.
privacy. Tao death angel and the birth
Angel roachei wings as they passed, Flies
~-nosquitoes, yernin In full possession OF The
1laoe, an these women In, momentary ~.
oectatIon that the enraged ssyaees woald
ash upon them, in q violence of which c.u
n sworl and torch and throat cutting
you'll be the niider fo-ms.
Our escort told us again anil again OF Ia,
bravery otthsss wo They did nor de.
,oair, They encouraged tue so.diery, They
rated o. tho woanisi and dying In ths
,osp,tal, They gave u, their stockings for
noliers of the grapsshor, They soiacsd
sacl other when their children died. When
4 huslani or father fell, sich PRAYERS OF
" npathy wsrs Oh .rsi as only women cln
,rar. They endured without complaint.
They prepare | their oxa children for burial.
They wers inspired for the men WHO sfoo
Our escort told US that again and again
lsws had come that Hsvelock and Outram
Fere on the why to fetch these bssleeed
pnes out o. their w~retchednes. Thev had
received q letter from Havelock rolled up ii
4 quill and CARRIE in the mouth OF a dis
gu'ssd messenger, a letter telling them that
ne was on the way, but the next news was
that Haveloek had been compelled to r.
treat. II was constant vacillation between
pope and despair. But one day they heard
The guns Of relfet sounding nearer and
bearer. YET all the houses OF Lucknow were
lortresses niled with armed miscreants, and
every step o. Hayelock IL his army was
,ontested=rhring IRON housstops, Aring
rom windows, hiring from doorways. /
asked our friend II he Thought that the
Torld famous story OF a Scotch lass IN herl
teliT1qn hearing the Scotch bagpipes ads
vancing with tho Scotch regiment was a true
was true. Without this mans tellins me
Ihew from my own observation that de-
lirium sometimes qnickeus some OF the lac
ulties, n | rather think the Scotch lass In