New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17

deDi"- s,ane and altogether made the name
mp~sona as the Sikhs put II. one 10 be re-
OF 80 Naturally, he shared in the ambig-
mem a,i,e ~ the time and place. When Ran
uO.s :. ,reietod that a steamer be built at once
III '-- ]sr,ed the 10000 rupees advanced for the
d. a. cheerfully RENTED 10000 to the bear
r,en they demanded this douceur' ana with
~, hear, built the steamer for 2ooO rupees
.o,,e nothing more nor less than Two
,.a barge. with padde-wheels worked by
w, vet as We have said, he fought well, and
his masters with unninching loyalty.
60 &c one passage in this book telling now
certain gate against the Afghans. and
cine simultaneously ten Of his guns blew
,.,s-eds Of them 10 pieces 1t Is sanguinary
-, heroic picture. There is another hardly
-. moody q good deal less heroic, but equally
o.;,.a ~ the mans savage devotion. After
49, death OF Ranjit Singh our adventurer served
~ a,.,as,v as the special officer and ally Of
-,,e-,s Prime Minister, Dhyan Singh. Chef
c,ch the Prime Minister and favorite OF the
~ vabaraia Kharrak Singh, plotted against
q. ,-oaecessor. and even threatened him aloud.
.o,.i,r. See what will become Of you In TWEEN
- torr hours" Dhyan Singh imperturbably re-
rred. Your humble servant, sir; we shall
.se" He then instantly brought his own In
.,,c,,es 10 a head and with about fifteen sup
,orters. including Gardner, entered the palace
..c-etly and by force that night Here LET
Gardner take up the story:
rao torches had TO be lit. and on entering the
-,ou where we expected to find the Minister, 1t
snpeared to be empty; II was very long and mar
nv Ial Singh. however. called out that he saw
In nna
snwered the wretched man, his hand upon his
srord We were armed only with daggers. The
.ves az Dhyan Singh seemed 10 shoot fire as his
gaze alghted and fixed itself on ms deadly Zoe;
cnab singh was for interposng to do the deed
~ hood himself. fearing for his brother (who
was short NAM In the desperate defence he
counted on: but Dhyan Singh roughly shook
s,ro or and dagger in hand, slowly advancing
toward his enemy said: The twenty -four
hou-s Won were courteous enough to mention 10
me have not yet elapsed" Then with the spring
of a tiger the successful counter-plotter DASHED
A his enemy and plunged his dagger into MS
heart CRYING out Take this in memory OF
Ranit Singh" Dhyan Singh then turned ROUND
70 his party. his face radiant with grained pur-
pose and courteously thanked US FOR our ald-
Well NAV II be said Of Gardner. in the words
a, Sir Henry Edwardes, that "he had wild moods
=, talking letting the corners Of dark things
peep out and then shutting them up again with
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strange and fearful" The man. with his Euro
pean ancestry and civilized training. might well
have shuddered at the pictures engraved by
hundred tragedies upon his memory we nave
mentioned only a few Of the terrible episodes he
relates. There are many more There Is inc
rory OF Maharata Sher Singh. who was talking
smiably with Alt Singh and leaned over 10
examine the latters new gun. ALI Singh ingen-
icusly pulled both triggers and the hahara)a
fell Ait Singh also murdered Garcners be-
loved protector Dhyan Singh, shooting him In
the back Dhyan Singh's widow vowed she
would not mount the funeral pyre until the
heads OF her husbands murderer and the latters
brother were before her Gardner. though not
himself cutting them Of brought them and laid
them at the feet o, Dhyan Singh's corpse that
evening He tells how the brother Of the RAM
Jindan. Jawahir Singh, was murdered publicly
BY the army practically in her presence, and
how she sought revenge by throwing the soldiers
against the British knowing that they could
not endure the shock. The Sikhs sent deputa-
tor from the front 70 interview the RAM They
began by begging for rat!ons and ended by de-
manding powder and shot Behind her royal
screen she moved about. shifting her petticoat.
She rolled II into ball and hurled II over the
barrier az the heads OF the ENJOYS. crying:
Wear that. you towards III go in trousers and
fight mysef"' There vas moments hesitation
and then The RAMS audacity carried all before
It The Sikhs reared out their devotion and went
back 10 their comrades The days Of the dynasty
were numbered. however. Soon the British were
&; the gates Of Lahore.
In the new shuttle OF the cards Gardner was
sbu gfa,e 81 70 ,rif
the city Tel Singh his personal enemy, was