The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-11-17

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NAL and overlooking we
seasons and feyers and n dozen Other
dlsagreeable things to make life mlscr
able.
There was an uprising in n neigh.
boring petty state, and a detachment
Of the Forty fifth was ordered there
post haste, Which does not mean
much rs to speed in Il country with
roads and temperature such as India
has.
We duly arrived, however, and found
that there was a pretty mess Of 1t.
The petty prince OF the little prov
ince had been raising and keeping a
standing army consisting Of thirty or
forty lower caste IIindoos, whom he
had armed with as many guns Of an
old-fashloned design, probably worked
Off on him by some junk dealer on the
coast.
Whether the Oriental inclination for
despotism had got to be little harder
than usual on the members OF the
standing army, or whether the army
had found itself getting more powerful
than its sovereign-for some reason 1t
had reyolted and deserted in body,
plundered the royal bungalow and
some Of the native residents OF the sta.
tion, and was at that time living a sort
Of bandit life In the neighbOrng jungle,
sw0oping down on the place whenever
provisions ran short, and taking what.
ever they wanted, with an incidental
murder here and there.
Major Barker, on learning all the
circumstances and the amount Of the
force from the few English residents,
said.
wen put an end 10 this at once,
sir; wen stamp the rebellion out like
that, sir" and he stamped his foot
sharply on the mating, by sheer good
luck catching one Of the big reaches Of
that cline under his sole, which lent
objective force to his declaration,
Well, We did stamp them out very
much like that--when we found them.
But the finding of the rebels was the
hardest part Of the job, and in spite Of
the majors contempt for the quality Of
the foe, II happened that he was to be
the man who was TO come the nearest
to losing his life in n short campaign
which was all but bloodlcss on our
side.
The undercurrent Of rebellion against
our English rule in India is well illus.
trated by the conduct Of some Of the
natives Of this station, from whom we
tried to find out the whereabouts Of
the rebelllous standing army.
Much as they were in fear OF their
fellow countrymcn's raids and barbar.
GUS atrocities, rs between them and us
their aid was given to the rebels.
In few days Major Barker had be.
come furious.
"They think they can fool us, do
they? by CAD, sir, III show them!
Wen hunt them out, sir, and hunt
them down, slr-in short order, too, by
Jovew
So the major divided his detachment
into several small accommodating par.
ties TO beat up the jungle very much
as he would have done on n tiger hunt,
with n systematic plan Of progress and
series Of stated rendezvous.
The major, on his part, took two
men with him, and | was one OF them.
Our party was smaller than any Of |
the others, and think the reason was |
That he wanted to express to the mon, !
in striking way, his utter contempt |
for the nature Cf the enemy.
The majors zeal and bravery wore
beyond question; these and his hot.
headedness were apt to be sources OF
misfortune to him occasionally.
At the time referred to he dragged
us on so eagerly and impatiently into
the forest that on the very first day we
completely lost ourselves, through not
having time to take proper precautions
to mark our path.
The fact worried Dick Brace and me
considerably, and we began TO discuss
the matter over tine IRE we built nj
dark that night with a view to keeping
off the wild denizens Of this Indian /
forest. lu4mt1'0o. s.r !af,sf .u A.
We could not get much satisfaction
from the major '" '''
"Lost sirP said he. "Iost! Absurd
These rascally Hlndoos find their way
back through these forests; how dare
you imply, sir, that our Christian in