-- THR - DAILY BRITISR WHIG SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913. F. --- ""Akhab Khan stretched out'Bis arms again, "Forgive me, my soul, if I did doubt thee," he almost sobbed. The girl was the first to recover her self-control. y er "Put away your pletol" she sald, fishy her tine yes oh Malcolm, with n their Hmpld ths that he had never seen there opti | We can contrive, my plighted husband and I; you will not need it to-night. | was rejoiced to hear that you were. within our gates. We are beaten, | know it. We have lost a kingdom, be- wretches like Nana Dundhu Punt of Bithoor, have forgotten their oaths -and preferred drunken revels to empire. Were they of my mind, were they 'as loyal and honorable as the man 1 hope to marry, we would have driven you and yours into the sea, Malcolm-sahib. But Allah willed otherwise and we can only bow to his decree. It is Kismet. | am content. Say, then, if you are sent:in safety to yolr camp, do you in refurn guarantee the two lives I ask of you? Malcolm could not help looking at Akhab Khan béfore he answered. The handsome young soldier had fold ed his arms, and his eyes dwelt on Roshinara's animated face with a sac fixity that bespoke at once his love and his despair. : Then the Englishman placed the revolver. in his belt and howed low be fore the woman who reposed suet confidence in him, "i the issue rested with me, Prin cess," he sald, "you need have no fea for the future, 1 am only a poor offi cer and I have small influence. Yet 1 promise that such power as 1 pos sess shall be exerted In your hehalf, and I would remind you that we Eng: lish neither makd war on woman mor treat honorable enemies as felons." "My father is a febble old man," she cried vehemently, "It was not by his command that your people were slain, And Akhab Khan has never drawn his + sword save in fair fight." "I can vouch for ' Akhab Khan's treatment of those who were at his mercy," said Maf¢olm, generously. "Nay, sahib, you repaid me that night," said the other, not to be out done In this exchange of. compliments, "But if I have the happiness to find such favor with my lady that she plots to save me against my will I cannot forget that 1 lead some thousands of sepoys who have faith In me. Yin have been examining our defensss al} day. Sgoner would I fall on my sword here and now than that I should con. nive «at "the giving of mformation to an enemy which should lead to (he destruction of my men." Malcolm had foreseen this pitfall m the smooth road that was seemingly opening before him. "I would prefer to become the bearer of terms"than of information," he said. "Terms? What terms? How many hands in this city are free of innocent blood? Nyete 1 or any other to pro- pose a surrender we shoul or limb from limb." he tara "Then I must tell you that I cannot accept your help at the price of silence. When § undertook this mission 1 knew its penalties. I am still prepared to abide by them. Let me remind you that it is I, not you, who can impose conditions within these four walls." Akhadb Khan paled again. His was 'the temperament that shows anger by the token which reveals cowardice in some men; It is well to beware of him who enters a fight with bloodless cheeks and gray lips. But Roshinars sprang between them with an eager ery: "What folly is this that exhausts itself on a point of honor? Does rot every spy who brings us details of each gun and picket on the Ridge tell the sahib-log all they wish to know of our strength. and our dissensions? Will, not the man who warned us of the presence of an officer-sahib in our midst to-day go back and sell the news of a sepoy regiment's threat to murder the King? Have done with these idle words--let us to acts! Nawab-ji!" "Heaven-born!" Malcolm's guide advanced with a deep salaam. "See to It that my orders are car ried out. Mayhap thine own head may rest easier on its shoulders if ue nAWapl bowed e nawabji again, and as- sured the Presence that there would hope. , "Go, Malcolm-sahib," she whispered, oud may Allsh guard you on the way!" "I have one favor to ask," he sald. "My devoted servant, a man named rip She smiled with the air of a Woman jis, dll i i 0 i =5 crooked gaze fell on Malcolm. "B, times when women are useful." on the river face of the Jumna above Ludiow Castle, while the nawab undertook fo t horses next day at the camp. He car did he forget to put forth a plea in his own behalf ¢ recesses of the fort and its occupants. 'When Nicholson came out of the mess after Supper he found Malcolm waiting for an" audience. Chumty, #till wearing the servant's livery in which the fa brigadier had last seen him, was squatting on the ground apt to waste time in talk, 'and he had a singular knack of reading men's thoughts by a look. he EE "Glad to see yau back again, Major Malcolm," he cried. "I hope you were successful?" at "it is for'you to decide, sir, When you have heard my story," and without further preamble Frank 'gave a clear narrative of his adventures since dawn. Not a word did he say apput the very things he had been sent to report on, and Nicholson understood that a direct order alone would unlock his lips, Frank ended the gen- eril frowned and was silent. In those days men did pot hold honer lightly, and Nicholson was a fine type of sol- dier and gentleman, . "Confound it!" he growled, "this is awkward, very mwkward," and Mal colm felt bitterly that the extraordi- nary turn taken bY dvents in the palace was in a fair way towards depriving his superiors of the facts théy were 80 anxious to learn, . Suddenly the big man's deep eyes fell on Chumru. "Here, you," he gjemied, "was aught said to thee whereby thou hast a scruple to toll me how many guns de- fend the Cashmere Gate?" "Muzoor," said Chumrn, "there are but two things that concern me, my master's' safety and the size of that Jaghir your honor promised me." Nicholson laughed with an almost a DOYyISn Mira. "By gad," he cried, "you are fortu- nate in your friends, Malcolm. Then he turned to Chumru again. "The jag- hir is of no mean size," he said, "but 1 shall see to it that a field is added for every useful fact you make known." ; Frank listened to his servant's enu- merat of the guns and troops at the Lahore, Mori, and Cashmere Gates, and he 'was surprised at the accuracy of Chumru's mental note-taking, "I need not have gone at all, sir," he could not help commenting when the bearer had answered Nicholson's final question. "I seem to have a Napoleon for a valet." The brigadier laid a kindly hand on Frank's shoulder. . "You forget that you have brought me the most important news of all" he sald. "The enemy is defeated be- fore the first ladder is planted against their walls. They knpw it, and, thanks to you, now we know it. My only re- maining difficulty is not to take Delhi, but te screw up our Chief to make the effort." EE re---- * Then his voice sank to a deep growl, "But I'll bring him to reason, will, by Heaven, even it I risk being cash. in big fered for insubordination: CHAPTER XVII The Expiation Two hours after. midnight--that is a time of rest and peace in most lands. Men have either ceased or not yet be- gun their toil. Even warfase, the deadliest task of all, slackens its energy, and the ghostly reaper leaps on his scythe while wearied soldiers sleep. Wellington kfew this when he said that the bravest man was he who possessed "two-o'clock-in-the-morning" courage, for shadows then become real, and dangers anticipated but un- seen are magnified tenfold, Yet, soon after two o'clock in the morning of September 14, 1857, four thousand five hundred soldiers assem- bled behind the Ridge for the greatest achievement that the Mutiny had de- manded during the four months of its wonderful history. They were divided into five columns, one being a reserve, and the task before them was to carry by assault a strongly fortified city, surrounded by seven miles of wall and ditch, held by forty thousand trained soldiers and equipped with ample store of guns And amihunition, Success meant the' certain: loss of one man among four----failure would carry with it a rout ahd massacre unexampled in modern war. Men had fallen in greater numbers in the Crimea, it is true--a British army had been swallowed alive in the wild Khyber Pass---but these were only incidents in prolonged campaigns, whereas the collapse of the assailants , rapine and pi hv a8 Surge, triumph of has, hs a yet produced, : The Punjab, tha whole of the North: west, Central Tndia, and tana, all northern Ben the tomb of Nizam-ud-din, there are They were let down from & winGow stacy and taken by a boat to the béivk of the fMiVer their ried out his promise to the létter, nor against the, hour.-w British bayonets wouid be ib near his master. The general was not of Delhi would set free 3 torrent of mortal were dimmed Ly bursting sheus eo... rockeis "hissing in glowing c#rves across the sky, the columns moved {or ward. : English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh-- swarthy Pathans, bearded Sikhs. dap per little Ghoorkahs--marched side by side, from the first column on the left, commanded by Nicholson, to the fourth, on the extreme right, led by Reid. > The plan of attack was daring and soldier-like. John Nicholson, ever claiming the post of utmost danger, breach made by the big guns 'n ihe Cashmere Bastion, the strongest of the many strong positions held by th enemy. The second column, under Brigadier Jones, was to storm the second breach in the walls at the Water Bastion. The third, headed by Colonel Campbell, was to pass throug) the Cashmere Gatz when the gallant six who had promised to blow open the gate itself had accomplished their tack, while the fourth column, under Major Reid, undertook to clear the suburbs of Kishenginge and Pabadunpore and force its way into the city by wey of the Lahore Gate. Brigadier Longfield, commanding 1 I reserve, had to follow and sot Nicholson. Generally speaking i each separate attack made good its objective, the different columne were and combine for the bombardmen: and escalade of the fortregspintace, Nich olson, who directed th: wmgsault, bad not forgotten the hall-implied bargain made between Maleolm aud the ¥ cess Roshinara, Strict orders wire given that the King and members of the royal family were to be téken pi soners if possible. Ag for Akbab soan and other leaders of reba] brigades, it was impossible to distinguish them among so many. Not even Nicholson {could ask his mon to be generous in giving quarter, when nine out of every ten mutineers they encountered were less soldiers than slayers of wom:n and children, At last, in the darkness, the columns reached their allottéd stations and halted. The engineers, carrying lad- ders, crept to the front. Nicholson placed a hand on Jones's shoulder. "Are you ready?" he asked, with the quiet confidence in the success of his self-imposed misgion that' caused all men to trust in him implieitly. "Yes," answered Jones. * Nicholson turned to Malcolm and two others of his aides. "Tell the gunners to cease fire," he said. 2 Left and right they hurried; stumb- ling over the broken ground to reach the batteries, which were -thundering at short range against the fast crumb- ling walls: In No. 2, which Malcolm entered, he found a young lientenant of artillery, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, working a heavy gun almost singie- handed, so terrfbly had the royal regi ment suffered in the contest waged with the rebel gunners during .the seven days and nights. Almost simultaneously the three batteries became silent. With a heart stirring cheer the Rifles dashed for ward and fired a volley to cover the advance of the ladder-men;, and the first step was taken in the actual cap- ture of Delhi. The loud yell of the Rifles served as a signal to the other columns. The second, gallantly led by Jones, rushed up to the Water Bastion and entered Mt, but not uzntil twenty-nine out of thirty-nine men carrying ladders were killed or wounded. On Jones's right, Nicholson, ever in the van, seemed to lft his column by sheer strength of will through an avalanche of musketry, heavy stones, grape-shot and bayonet thrusts, while the rebels, swarming like wasps to the breach, inspired each other by. hurling threats and curses at the Nazarenes. But to stop Nicholson and his host they must kill every man, and be killed themselves in the killing, and, not having the sto- .mach for that sort of fight, they ran. Thus far a magnificent success had been achieved. It was carried further, almost perfected, by the splendid self- sacrifice displayed by the six who had promised to blow open the Cashmere Gate. To this day their names are blazoned on a tablet between its two arches--""Lielitenants Home and Sal- keld of the Engineers, Bugler Haw- thorne of the 52nd and Sergeants Car- michael, Smith and Burgess of the Bengal Sappers." Smith snd Haw- thorne lived to wear the Victoria Crosses awarded for their feat. The others, while death glazed their eyes and dimmed their ears, may have known by the rush of men past where they lay that their sacrifice had mot been in vain. The stout timbers and fron bands were rent by the powder bags, and the third: column fought a passage through the double gateway into the tiny square in front of St. James's Church. Then, as if the story of Delhi were to serve as a microcosm of fortune's smiles and frowns in human the ' victorious career of the a deribus, al full "rétrept, terrorstricken and dis- mayed. | a were crossing the of boats when the that the Feringhis ¢ [against which Nicholson had railed the failure of the second column to the Lahore Gate when vital position VET © elected to hur! his men across the to line up Along the walls; form poste. | | : © and fu The mutineers 'were in = When umns and tried to storm the Lahore Bastion at all tazards. It was asking too much, but those gallant hearts df not falter. They followed their beloved leader into a narrow lane, the only way from the one point to the other. They fell in scores, but Nich- olson's giant figure still towered in front. With sword raised he shouted to the survivors to come on. Then a Bullet struck him in the chest and he © With him, for a time, drooped the flag of Britain. The utter confusion which followed is shown by Lord Rob- ert's statement in his Memoirs that he James McParland 339-341 King Street found Nicholson lying in a dhooly near |® the Cashmere Gate, the native carriers | 'having fled. Although Baird Smith, a |§ skilled engineer and artillerist, had | secured against a coup de main that J] small portion of the city occupied by the minded to withdraw the Baird Smith insisted that he should hoid on, Nicholson sent a typical mes- | sage from his deathbed on the Ridg that he still had strength enough lef to struggle to his feet and pistol the } first man who counseled retreat, anc | the harassed cotmanderin-chlef con sented to 'the nghting. Although his judgment was mistaken he had good reasons for it. Akhal Khan, on whom the real léadershiy devolved when it became known tha' besiegers, General Wilson Je i en |i now he considered the task of subdu- | ing Delhi to be beyond their powers | continuance of th: Ales Stouts Wines the King and his sons had fled from Hi «the palace, tried a ruse that might well have proved fatal to his adver || saries. 0 the British and the privations they hed endured during the long months on the H Countibg on the exhaustion of | Ridge, he cdused the aeserted streets, H between the Cashmere and Mori Gates, to be strewn with bottles of wine, be:r and spirits. heat and want of food the liquor wa: more deadly than lead or steel. Were it not that Akhab Kahn himself was shot through the forehead while trying to repel the advance of Taylor's engi- neers along the main road to the palace from the Cashmere Gate, it was well ' within the bounds of possibility that the afternoon of tha 14th might havo witnessed a British debacle In one respect the sepoy command- er's death was as serious to his cause as the loss of Nicholson to the Eng lish. The rebels, fighting fiercely enough in gmall detachments, but no lpnger contiolled by & man who knew ow to use their vastly superior nnm- bers, al "themselves to be dealt With in detail. Soon the British at'- tack was properly orgenized, and a six days' orgy of destruction began. Although no Briton was seen to in- jure a woman or child in the streets of Delhi, the avenging army passed no man. Unhappily thousands of harm- less citizens were slaughtered side by side with the mutineers. The British had received a great provocation and they exacted a terrible payment. On the 20th the gates of the palace were battered in and the British flag was hoisted from its topmost turret. Then, and not till then, did Delhi fall. Tre last of the Moguls was driven from the || balls which had witnessed the grand- eur and poinp of his imperial prede- cessol's, and the great city had passed into the haids of the mew race thot had come 10 lcaven the decaying East. It was a dearly-bought triumpn. Cn September 14 the conquering army lost sixty-six officers and eleven hun- dred and four mea. Between May 30 and Septeniber 20 the total, British casualties were neariy four thousand. Malcolm sbon learnod that the Prin- cess Rochinara had fled with her father and brothers. Probably the death of Akhab Khan had unnerved ! her, and she dared not trust to tlre of the victors. Frank was among the first to enter the palace. After p few fanatical ghazees were made an end of, he hurrled toward$ the zenena. It was empty, Me searched its glittering apartments with feverish anxiety, but he met no human being mer some men of the 756th entered aud bégan to prise open boxed dnd cupboards in tre search for loot. ' After that his duties took him fo tha Ridge, aud it was not until li' wes over that he heard how Hodson had captured the King and shot the royal princes with his own hand. This tra- gedy took place on the road from Humayun"s Tomb, Whither the wretched monarch retreated when it was seen that Delhi must yield. sloc- son claimed to be an executioner, not a murderer. He held that he acted under the pressure of a-mob, intent on rescuing Mirza Moghul, the heir ap- parent, and his brother and son. That all three Were cowardly ruffians and merciless in their treatment of the English captured in Delhi on May 11, cannot be denied, but Hodson"s action Th was condemned by many, and it was perhaps as well that he found a sol- dier's grave during Colin Campbell's advance pu Lucknow. : It was 'there that the fortune of war next brought Malcolm. Delhi had scarce quieted down after the storm of the week's street fighting velock, re-enforced by Out. ram, drove the relief forge through the insurgent ring around the Lesidency like some stout ship forcing her way to port through a ragihg sca. No sooner had he entered the en- frenchment on the 25th of Sept. than | the rebel waves surged together again rear, and on the 27th the Resi- again invested almost as ever. . 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FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE WHAT WHIG CORRESPONDENTS HAVE TO TELL News From Villages and Farms Taroughout the Adjoining Com ties--Itural Events, and Move ments of the People. News From Bethel. Bethel, Dec. 10.--Buyers for potatoes are very plentiful these last few weeks and good prices are being offered. "hose having turkeys realised fine pri- ces at Napanee turkey fair. The Boy (Seout concert was a success and they are to be congratulated in every way. I Miss Grace Danford visited her friend Miss Olive Salsbury, from Friday till Monday and attended the concert at Camden, East, also the entertainment at Yarker on Saturday evening. Uuite a pumber attended court in Napanee last week. George Rose has leit these parts for the Northern country to work in a mine. Ross McWilliams and sister, Leta, attended the tea-meeting at Desmond on Tuesday evening. Stella Reports. Stella, Dee. 10.-+A dance was herd in Victoria hall on Friday eve- ning last under the auspices of the "tela baseball club. Music was fur- nished by Davis and MeDonald's or- =hestra. A good crowd was presept. fine day to make the special trip | rom the island to Kingston on Sat- urday last; 106 return tickets were sold, also a large amount of freight »'| vas handled. W. J. Fleming, LH.C., agent, Kingston, has been spending a few days on the island. WwW. H. Preston, tax collector, has been mak- ped. | ing his rounds. Mrs. R. Filson ' and loner, rept in to the re- announced the com- He was not belicved. worn and pallid Wini- | , sought him and He had Delhj 1d Ralph 'Filson, Kingston, spent Satur- fay on the island. Visitors: JoseplL Saunders, Buffalo; F. Addis, Wolly Island. R. D. Glenn has returned home from the west. At Evergreen Valley, Pwergreen Valley, Dee. 11." Mr.* and Mrs. Walter adorn and family spopt Monday the guests af Mrs. W. McQuay, Murvale. An epidemic of measles has been raging through here of late, but ix dying out. Mrs. James Hegwdorn has gome-on an extended visit to her daughters, Mrs. 'arks, Kingston, and Mrs, Tolls, Inverary. John Schermerhorn has moved to Odessa and is selling his farm implements and stock. . Mrs. The sir. Pierrepont was favored by a | ex- Labatt's Ale and fully-equipped once more to fill all orders' with Holiday orders given special Jamiel Baheock, Holleford, who ia her daughfer's, Mrs. Charles cock's, is. in a very dangerous eon- dition. © There is little hope of her recovery. Bmerson Babcock and Mrs. E. Pero, Hellelord, are at their sister's, Mrs. Chavles Babeock's. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Babcock, Wilton, have moved on Mrs. 1. Walker's farm. Marshall Bifhicook is again operating his sawing . machine through the neighbbrhood. Fletcher Shannon; Kingston, is at her brother's, James Shannon's. : at Bab- News From Verona. Verona, Dec.. 10. -- Frederick Scales has moved to the place pur ch: from James McKeever. Mrs. Thomas Ryder has gone to New- burgh to be with her son-in-law, T. H. Quinn, who was badly injured in his mill last week. A party was held at Zara Balls'. Dr. and Mrs. George @pent Sunday 'at Parham, Miss Nellie Medcop, Holleford, is a guest at R. E. Curl's. H. C. Bur- leigh, employed in the government mint, is home on a visit. Mark Davey, Almeda, Man., is here on a visit to relatives. Dr. W. Nichols, was here from Kingston yesterday. Mise Eloise Dupuis, Yarker, is visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. J.-A: Wells. Elisha Martin has bought a horse {rom Wil liam Melkroy. Mrs. J. Meo-Naugh- ten, Perth, is viziting her sister, Mrs. C. W. Leadley. Elmer Good- berry, Watertown, N.Y., is visiting relatives here. Long Point Locals. Long Point, Dee. 11.--Miss Florence Townsend Bae rtrgal fom Yisiting friends in Berryton. Timothy ins, of Chaumont, N.Y., is the t of his sister, Mrs. Burns. Mrs. M. J. Kava- nagh visited at A. Slack's, and Charles' O'Connor's last week. Mrs. A. Slack and Mrs. M. J. Kavanagh visited at Frank Slack's, Lansdowne, Thursday and Friday of last week. Johnston Moorhead made a trip to Lingston last week. Master Ethel Haskins is very ill of pneumonia. Miss Madeline O'Connor spent last week in Delta, the gurstsof Miss Darley Flood. Miss Rose Fodey, Outlet, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. Slack. Recent visitors : Messrs. Charles and Nelson Fodey, Ontlet, at A. Slack's; RB. Ber- y, Berryton, at D. Townsend's, Miss bara Mcleod, Miss Margaret, Mas- ter Maurice and Dr. F. J. O'Connor, at Charles O'Connor's; Miss Geraldine Wilson and Miss Mabel Moorhead, Out- let, at John Moorhead's. Budget From Bethany. Bethany, Dec. 10.---The entértain- ment given by thé members'. of the Mission Circle of Bay éirewit was 2 well attended; proceeds, $33. Ber: ett Miller is home from the west. He is much pleased i with the country .. and expects to return im the spring. .. | Mr. and Mrs. John Jaynes, Camden East, visited friends at Gretna and Gosport last week. Rev, Mr. Barne: B.A., . of Tamworth, preached 1 Shans structive sermons in Bethany chur morning and evening on Sunday last, W. B. Nolan spent a couple of deys last week in Peterboro, the guest of his sister. Mrs. J. Stillman. B. Huyek spent |© © week in Toronto. Geofge' Hawley sent to Lindsay on Saturday = and spent a couple of days in Toronto this week. The W.M.S. met at the home of Mrs. George Burch on Wed- | nesday. Several from this place have" '* been working on the building on Neo. , 1 road, latsly purchased from Mn'! Post, which is being fitted up for an Orange hall. Rev. W. Down, of Sel." by, was present at the Orange lodge meeting on Monday evening. Huy «+ ow 0H wo REMEDY FOR HIGH PRICES] ' Dr. Mary Pennington Can Smadh" Cold Storage Corners. Washington, Dec. 13.~Dr. Mary E. Pennington, in char of food re search work of the artment of sags vii riculture, told the House Agricultural committee that frozen and dried would solve the problem of priess and cold-storage corners. Eid ak "Frozen and dried eggs," seid Dr... | Pennington. "soon will be marketed {in small packages so as to be avsil- lable to every household instead of for bakers and other manufacturers, -as at present. Hard frozen eggs will kesp a year and there is no question but what dried and frozen will 4. ultimately displace thy col age o ariety. + wal cannot be kept ip cold x A v. 4 Eggs wtoragas .. and be fit for foed longer than ten months, she asserted, and thet... dried and frozem eggs did not lose aby of thew putritive value. oad 1 Philosophical Issues. o At the meeting of Queen' Philoso- phical Society, on Monday, lat 4 pam, 4 in the new arte building, some import. ant questions of human interest will be discussed. Final homor philosophy students will read papers on the sub- jeet of "Philosophy and Life," specifically with the following ae of the subject : Philosophy and Litera ture, Philosophy and Science, Philoso- phy and Politics, mnd Philiosophy and Common-sense. The meetings 'are open. to the public. The papers are written in a popular style, 3E 2 F 4