Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-12-09

A Gentle Servant
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


lOrginall
Colonel COlinwood commanded the
til IIaidarahad native infantry The
colonel was a large tlOrid man who
well Illustrated the English proclivity
for not being able to learn from others
His father had been Il small tradcSman
il London who in some way had put a
member Of the cabinet under obligation
to him and the obligation was repaid
by commission for the son. Nearly
all the youug mans brother officers
We're gentlemen born, and many Of
them younger sons of mobiles. Colin.
wood was SnubbCd for twenty years.
and rs soon as he was promoted to the
command of Il regiment commenced II
systematic snuhbing of every officer
beneath him in rank excepting those
connected with the nobility
The colonel was especially hard on
his servants. He seemed to consider
any servant as Il necessary evil and Il
native Indian servant as Il worm of the
dust. Among those who attended him
w.r,. an Irishmnn named NoIouv and
a native named lIaroutunc. Mallory
treated all natives as his master treat
''' Ms ''''' '''' 'i"''''' '''' was ''''
inherent from p"'n inc coioi''' ana tn'
lrINhlIah' lie was aS gentle as Wom-
an. IL" was married TO soft eyed
young Indian. and they had three chill
drcn. on whom they both dotted. They
were very frugal. their one supreme
object briun tn lrcumuIat. sometime
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Wh"l Ne returned To England. Inc ON
~ wv" persons VINO hl" access |" III"
room Nl'Te II WIS kept Wcf" MaLohy
ana li'Fo'l'u ulle. 'lI' colonel VINO hAd
perfect coilli'llce III Mal"llE' had Ia
F'''Ille 't''N''"' ana inc courts III lhe
hoISll""rl''"l were :" aIF'Id Oh lh' au-
lo'Fa'lr S"IuI'f 'h"l II" h'ld iIliI" tr"u-
il'I"u'u u'i' WIS N'I' 10 prison 10 serve
Term "' l''''''' years.
N"' Ioii| aiI'F 'Il' loss Oh the ula-
hioll'' M"I"h! l'Il 'h' co.'h'i service
l" '''u,'' - 'l'' h."'>" l''''- +. '.l'
!'"'H l'''' "l''N"'''' h"Nl"S p'e'' Ill
N"IIu'u NOME I""ild MS loflh' servant
lN'llS III ''oI''. H'''ihS "'''''iF''
'IN.
l"'' III u nc il''u "'Nl'"N'" Oh Il Na.u'hie
u'""l"Il"' '"l ms prosperity hal'.i
from ''l' sane. oi'ilN"ou' HaNi'S II I"
ms interest I" acr"P' III" remainder OF
'l' L'i'I i"llu on 'ollul'lnl 'Ilat lie
N"ulu NOT prosecute hlade tLe cohlpro
hll%'-
"A l'W years aller inns Tine r"IoN"I re-
lurI'el u Il'"la WIN wire ana TWO
ut''e 'h"E'"h. lie dHbai"u lhe MA ie-
as 10 WHAT he Hlluuiu ii" III making
amends To llar"utuhr ANA GeriIIrd THAT
TO say anything about In" mistake
would pIa'" hl,h III an uhplcA ant post
tlon. Haroutun" now had but few
years to serve. :"S.dr5. he was no h
ing but Il IoN rISle native, and prs
VA Cos O. = '''' '' l'i'''' IVA iilii' a. ''IiH
where else. so the colonel concluded
TO do nothing i'll ihc way of ju ii e
Meanwhile liarou!unc WA; la"cu SA
ing in prison. He was 50 g"nt.r in his
manner that one of Tie pr.SoI officials
took him into his service. Ih,S gave
the poor fellow Il great deal OF liberty
Not long before his term expired a
snake charmer gave an exhibition at
the prison, and Hlrputmr saw him
perform. Among OF. ,r ,hiug,. the
snake charMcr would place Il bird in
the same apartment with Il snake. On
/ its masters order the snake would
steal M to the bird and strange if.
one day when Colonel CoIinwood
WAS at dinner with some friends n,
remarked that the time for thr rxrira.
tinu of the man who hod stolen his
/ diumouI must h,vo arrival Same of
the marty said that fine natives were
prone to take revenge FIR puufshmcut
and if bchooyrd the colonel to he ON
his ,ruord ro,invnnd La,I,rnI that if
no vnrn iurIinn,I tn f,,, ,u, Indian he
cnrtoinlv would NOT fr,r U,rnut,ne
who was mara ,vnm,u th,u u,u JI,d
the ro,onrI rn,IiynL th,t tha nrisnner
who had S,,..nl tir,.,u v,,re f,,. or
ofrarso of which Lo l,u.,r hin.oIf n
he irnnrnnt. th,t br b,L cam, nut ot
nrison to find his wifi. and ,hiI,lrap