Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-18

ford, were a noble pair of brothers,
built of the stuff that Jasons were
made of. Perhaps it is the Irish that
is in the blood. The name Poer was
originally Poher, and later Power
, Lord Charles is heir presumptive to
/ his great-nephew, the Earl of Tyrone
a lively youngster of two years, who
/ will be Marquis of Waterford on the
the death of his father. The difference
| between their ages is fifty-fve years.
Lord Charles has earned high honors
| md decorations on both land and sea.
and in peace times is up to any sport
| going. He is an expert at the lathe,
is able to earn living as carpenter,
and can shoot, fish, Wheel golf and
| swim about as well as any man of his
age.
When Lord "Bill' Beresford married
our first Duchess of Marlborough the
st. James's Gazette wrote of him.:
"In India he has been the soul OF the
vice-regal court. AS an organizer of
! vice-regal tours, as promoter of
races (and the most reckless rider in
! them), as a hunter of tigers, n driver
of four-in-hands, the manager of anna
teur theatricals (and an actor in them),
player at polo and the entrepreneur
| at innumerablc picnics, he has no
equal among military secretaries. In
Lady Dufferin's book Lord William
appears on every other page-a dash
Ing, CHEEKY man, overlooking with high
spirits and of ineXhaustible energy; at
one moment coming as near as possible
to breaking his neck in q steeplechase,
| at another organizing an extensive
tour to Southern India, to Burmah or
to the Northwest; at another making
himself good naturedly ridiculous at
private theatricals. And in England
he is as popular as he was in india.
Every one knows Lord Bill, and every
one likes him. AS soldier, sportsman,
courtier, and man of the world, he IS
one of the most attractive and con-
genial figures on the stage Of life"
Lord Bill was the subject Of an arti-
Gle entitled "The Bravest Deed l Ever
| Saw" by Archibald Forbes. In sud-
den attack by Zulus several scouts un-
der Beresford We're killed. and in the
retreat a wounded soldier fell from his
horse, which slipped. Beresford, rid
Ing behind the party, looked back and
saw that the fallen man was trying to
rise from the ground, and that his
horse had run away. The Zulus We're
perilously close to the poor fellow, but
Beresford galloped back, dismounted,
covered his adversaries with his re-
volver and ordered the soldier to get
on his own horse. II refuse, my lord"
said the wounded man. "Why should
two men die, when one may escape?"
Beresford turned upon him: "My
manr' he cried, 'by all that's holy, If
you don't help me save your life, I'll
punch your head to jellyw He part
ly lifted, partly hustled the soldier
into the saddle, scrambled up himself
and set the chestnut a-going after the
rest Of the command.
Sergeant O'Toole, missing his COM
mander, rode back and shot down
Zulu after Zulu with cool courage, and
then aided Beresford to keep the
wounded man in the saddle, till the
laager was reached, where no one
could tell whether 1t was the rescuer or
the rescued who was wounded, so
smeared was Lord Bill with borrowed
blood. When he was summoned to
Windsor to receive the reward for
"valor" from the Queen, Lord Bill de-
clined the honor unless he were per-
mitted to share it with Sergeant
O'Toole, who, he persisted, deserved
the greater credit. Her Majesty, gra-
ciously yielding, the brave Sergeant
was ordered to appear with his COM
mander to receive the proudest reward
n British soldier can aspire to.-New
York Press.
TINIEKEEPERS PERILOUS TRIT.
W. A. Smith is timekeeper for the