New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
An INCIDENT OF THE MTTINY.
HOW MUNGUI. PANDY MET HIS MATCH
From The CornhIlI Magazine.

HOW MUNGUI. PANDY MET HIS MATCH.
From The CornhIrI Magazine.
How the white teeth Gieam. and the black eyes
flash through the crowd OF excited SepOys, The
clamOr of voices takes 4 new ShrilnesS. Two
sahibs down before their eyes under the
victorious arm of one of their comrades, The
men WI" form the quarter guard of the %ith. at
the orders ot their native officer. forward
few PAGES at the double. but they do not at
tempt 20 seize III" mutiEeer. Their sympa athies
are with him. They halt, they sway 10 and fro.
The nearest sinitc with the butt ends Of their
muskets at The two wounded Enelishruen.
clCster of British officers hy this time
the scene; IN. Colonel of tn :;ith himself has
come up. dnd naturally takes command Hr
orders che men of the quarter guard to- seize the
mutineers. and Is told by the native officer in
charge that the men will not S1 on The
Colonel l.. unh1pTiy, not OF the stuff of which
heroes made. He looks through his spec
tacl~s al MUuSu! Pandy. \ six foCt SepOy in
open revolt loaded MuSket in han! himself
'oadtd more dangerously by faH.,jiC.Sfl strongly
Favored with hhauS hike a thoU-1ud excited
S.-pt.tS look ON trembling with auer, VlupatnV
does not make a cheerful! spectacle" - felt ia
useless, says the h~WiIdgTvd Cul,nri. in his
further ir the matter. II would ha
h,eu Us less saCri:iCe Of lit" o. urder :. Euro
Ioau officer of th~ -uar,i t' SEIZE him.
elt tht guard ard V.l'"rtrt TIL matter % the
brigadier" Unhappy Colonel, f5e r:ay have had
his red tape virtues. hut he was clearly nos the
man To suppress uutlny- The UutIny. IN "A
word. suppressed him. And let il be- imagined
how thr spectacle of hat hcsitatinE Coi"asl
added = new elem, at Cf wondering delight t. thr
hug" crowd Of sWayin% Srp"ys.
AT this moment General HaaEScY. the hriEadlvT
in charge rides To the parad, ground; a red
faced WTathful. hand fighting. iyon n"rVrG Vet
CTan. with two sons. Of blood a. Wariike aS their
fathers. riding behind him as aids. Hcacsey.
with quick military glance. takes in the whole
scrne-tha mob Of excited Stpoys, the 81 len
quarter guard the I'VE TCdCOatS lying in the
road. aai me victorious NunEul Fandy musket
in hand AS he rode up somebody called VCt.
Have care his mUsktt Is padtd," To which
the General replied with military br-V it|-
Damn MS nusketY' An cath. says TrcNrl-
yam concerning which every true Enslishnan
viii make the customary Invocation To the re-
CordiaS angel"
MuuEul Pandy covered the General with his
rrjISktt HeaTScv found time tC say his
If | fall John, rush IN and put him To d'tth
somehow Then, pulling Tp his horse ON the
flank 80 thc quarter guard h. plucked pst"!
fTCn his holster l~VCllcG 10 straight at tins hcttd
of the native officer. ani @Urtly ordered the laeu
% advance and seize the IoUtinrUr. The leVclltd
pistol. doubt. had its oWn IoEiC: hut more
effective than even the steady and tiny tube
the face that looked from behind il with COM
Tnand and iron courage in every line. That mas
terful British viii instantly asserted itself Fhe
loose line of the quarter guard Stiffened with
instructive 0bedienCc, the men stepped forward.
aud MungUl Pandy. with unsteady glance at
Hedrsry'S stern VisaGc. turned with qUirk
movement the muGzle of his gun to his
breast thrust his naked toe into the trigger and
fell scIf-shot He survived 10 be hanged. with
due official eereInanieS. seven days afterWart:-
lt a true instinct which, after this. taught
the British soldier To- call eVerN mutinOuS Scl0Y
"Pandy." That incident Barravkporv is
really thr history of the Indian mutiny in 'it-
he.