Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-05-16


was as Won can imaeinc. pretty
down on nv luck at this tirlc, for /
WINS a useless cripple, though not vet
In INV tyoptieth veor. However. nv
misfortune soon proved TO be n bless
ino In discuise. man named Abel
white who had come ont there as al
indipo.planter, wanted an ovei~ccr to-
look after his coolies and keep them "
10 their work. lie happened to he
friend of our coloncl's. who had taken
An interest in me since The accident.
10 make a long story short, the colonel
recommended me strongly for the post
and, as the work was mostly to be
done on horseback, my leg was no
great obstacle, for ! had enough knee
left to keep a good grip on the saddle.
What had to do was to ride over the
plantation, to keep an eye on the men
Is they worked, and to report the
oilers. The pay was fair had com
Portable quarters, and altogether was
content to spend the remainder OF my
life in indigo.planting Mr. Abelwhlte
was a kind man, and he wonld often
drop into my little shanty and smokca
pipe with me, for white folk out there
feel their hearts warm TO each other as
they never do here at home
swell | was never in uck's way
,onv suddenly without Il note Of
warning the treat mutiny broke upon
us ono month Ipdin law as still and
,eacefnl IN all annearance. as Surrey
or Kent. the next there were two hun.
drod tbonsond block devils let loose.
and the country was Il perfect hell Of
course Won ,now MI about it. gentle,
mer-o dcnl uorc than do we're like.
ly sncc reodinr IL not in nv line. 1
on,v kn,w whot saw with nv own
ewes Our plantation WIS at place
called Nluttrn. near the border Of the
northwest nroyinccs Mint after
nicht the whole sky was aIirht with
the burning bungalows. and day after
dav we had small companies Of Euro
means passinr through our estate with
their wivcsand children, on their wayto
Agra, where were the nearest troops.
Mr. Abelwhite was an obstinate man.
lie had it in his head that the affair
had been exaggerated, and that would
blow over as suddenly MS IL had sprung
up There he sat ON his vcranda,
drinking whisky pegs and smoking
cheroots, while the country was in II
blaze about him, OF course we stuck
by him, and Dawson, who with his
wife, used to do the boolswork and the
managing Well one fine day tho
crash came I had been away on d
distant plantation, and was riding
slowly home in the evening, when my
oye fell upon something all huddled
together ut the bottom Of steep
uullah rode down to see what
IL was, and the cold struck
through my heart when found
II was Dawsons wife, all cut
into ribbons, mud half-cuten by jackals
and native dogs A little further up
the road Dawson himself was lying
on his face. quite dead, with I'm
empty revolver In his hand and four
Scpoys y lng aeros each other ia 'r1nt
OF him. ! reiacd up NY hore. wonder
Ing which way should turn, but at
that moment saw thick smoke curl
Ing up from Ahclwhl,es bungalow and
the flames beginning to burst through
the roof. knew then that could do
my employer no good out would only
throw my own NE away II nodded
IN the matter, from where ! slood
could sec hundreds OF 'he olae9
LENDS with their red coats sun on
their backs dancing ana howling
round the burning house some OF
them pointed at me- and a couple OF
bullets sang past my head; so l
broke away across the paddy-helds, and
found myself late at night safe within
the walls at Agra.
"As 1t proved, however, there was no
-xn.t .o 3d., 4Lo,n a,ti,au frho ,,h Ia