The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-16
A NARROW ESCAPE.
oressnee Of Mind In tho Face O p
Terrible Danger

One Of the strangest incident
the sepoy rebellion is told by 81
liam Forbes Mitchellsin his "Rem
iniscences Of the Great Mutinr
Mr.. Mitchell, who was sergeant oi
hiehland regiment, had the m-I.f-
tune Gtting a battle to lose
proatcoat which every soldier
ried folded in what was known
"Crimean roll" and strapped 80
the shoulders in such manner taal
il crossed the breast:
Many a man owed his life to .e
fact that bullets became spent
passing through these rolls. II 7n-
pened thai in the heat OF the
nv roll was cut right through wne
the two ends we're fastened toce
rr bv the stroke Of a keen ca.
trlwar. which was intended e eat
me-
As the dav was warm, ] wa u
e. alad 70 Get rid Of it, but , y
81 ioeS * night there was
, ence I'm temperature, and wl. 4
wa. re sod from patrol duty
wanted rs lie down TO sleep / let
tie coll. wet grass anythlnE e
comfor BE. for a kilt IS not TIE
most suitable article Of dress on p
cold November night in upper n-
! dla.
Nv company was encamne.
and about the tomb of the frs
of Oudh. 4 large inclosure
rounded the building of the
itself. and on the inside ot
4 we're small rooms built for the
= commodation Of pilgrims. N
: entered the inclosure l no
those apartments and asked pcm
= sion to sleep in one of them
was refused. / had to maAe
, best OF my position, but was TOO tn
!. comfortable to sleep.
= II struck me that some of the
= povs might have droppe 3
- blankets in their hurried dena
:. With this hope / went into
=, the rooms where lamp w7s at
~ inr. took it off the shelf and VIZ
: TO the door Of the great do
:. mosque or tomb.
ef q / peered into the dark, but %
, see nothing, so advanced SLOW
holding the lamp over my hca
" looking cautiously around unti
was in the center Of the great van
:, where my progress was oostrncte
81, by a big black heap about four
!. ~ FIVE feet high, which felt to my ~
like loose sand.
70 / lowered my lamp and discove
i1' ed was standing ankle deep
loose gunpowder. About forty huI
'h' dredveight Of it lay under my nos
"a and q hasty glance around show,
su s me twenty or thirty barrels OF q
nv same substance, over a hundr'
'ea eight-inch shells, all loaded ai
with fuses fixed, and profusion
..y spare fuses and slow matches yl
about.
/ took in my danger at a glan'
There / was, up to my knees neai
to in gunpowder, with 9 naked lie
orv in nv hand. My hair. literally sio
ate on END, and my knees Knocked
gether. Cold perspiration br0
hat out all over me. l had nei..
mt cloth nor handkerchief in my po,
| i ct with which to eIinguish
light, and the next moment me
odv be INV last, for the overhane.
the wick already threatened to send
smoldering red top to my feet,
cad consequences too dreadful 10 g.
&c template.
Quick as thought l put M I
hand under the down dropp
nah fame and, clasping it firmly, s.o'
turned to the door.
busy Fear so overcame all other
nica sation that / felt no pain q
TX burn until l was outside. Ihe1
was sharp enough. | poured tAe
- from the lamp into my bu
hand. Then knelt down
"a thanked God.
n Next | aggered to Captain y
I-b son and told him. lie did no'
lieve me and told me ] had v
N up from, n dream. | showed hm
~ powder stiil sticking on my
n 4 feet. He Instantly reused the
II ing men AID quenched every
IL Iof fre nm rho nrpmises.