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CIIAPTER XV.
Thule valley, Oct 1, 1841: -Tho Fifth Ben-
gal and the Thirty-third Queen's .paused
through tine morning ou their way to the
iron. Rad titan with the Bongalese. Lat-
est news from home that two attempts
ltsd been made on the Quoeu's We by
semi -maniacs named Francis and Bean.
It promisee to be a hard winter. The
snow lion baa deevended a thousand feet
upon the peake, but the pantos will be
open for weeke to come, and eveu if they
were blocked, we have established so many
depots in the country that Pollock end
Nott will have 00 didteulty in holding
their own. They shah not meet with the
fate of-Elphinetane'e urine. One each
tragedy is enough for a centm.y.
Elliott, of the Artillery, and I, are
answerable for the safety of the com-
munications for a distance of twenty
melee or more, from the month of the
valley to this side of the wooden bridge
over the Lotar. Goodenough, of the Rifles,
1e responsible on the other ,side; and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sidney Herbert, of the En-
gineers, has a general supervision over
hands upon him, We expect the convoy
tomorrow morning, and need anticipate
uo attack until it comes up, for these fel-
low( fight for plunder, not for 'glory,
though, to do them justice,. they huve
plenty of Pluck when they get started.
I have devised an excellent plan, and it
has Elliott's hearty obvert. By Jove!
if we can only manage it, it will be as
pretty a rues as ever I heard of! Our
intention is to give out that uo are go-
ing down the valley to meat the convoy
and to block the mouth of a Pah,' from
which we profess to expect an '.neck.
Very good. We shall make a night march
to -night and reach their camp. Once
there I shall conceal my two hundred
men in tap wagons and travel up with
the convoy again. Our friends the enemy
having heard that we iutended to go
south, and seeing the caravan going north
without us, will naturally swoop down up-
on it under the impression that we are
twenty miles away. We shall teach them
sueh a lesson that tbey would as soon
think of stopping a thunderbolt as of in-
terfering again with one of Her Britan-
both sections. Our force ie not eating oic h 1s provision trains. I am all
on chaiins nn to be off.
enough for the work which has to be Elliott hoe rigged up two of bis guns
done. I have a company and' a half of so ingeniously that they look more like
our own regiment, and a squadron of ecstcrmougera' barrows than anytiting
Sowers, who are of no use at all among else. To toe artillery ready for action 1n
. the rocks. Elliott has three guns, brit the convoy might arouse suspicion. The
several of kis men are down with cholera, artillerymen will be in the wagons. next
and I doubt if he has enough to serve the gulls, all ready to uulimber and. 00e11
MOM than two. (Note: Capsicum for ;Mel-, fire. Infantry in front and rear. Rate
era --tried it.) On the other hand each told our confidential and discreet SePOY
convoy ie usually provided with scute servants the plan whieh wo do not 1n-
guatd of its own, though it is often ab- tend to adopt. N. B.—If you wish a thing ,. .._
acidly inefficient. Those valleys and revto be ,aided over a whole province always other.
iu•
eee. which branch out of the main pass whisper it under a vow of secrecy to your I At last the came in sight of the place.
are alive with Afreede'ca and Path::ns, confidential native servant. A great pile of boulders were heaped up
who are keen robbers ee well as relt(ious 8.46 p.m.—Just, starting for the convoy. at the very end of the pass, and among
fanatics. -I wonder they don't 0,voop May luckgo with mil these our fugitives were t:kulking, entire -
down on some of our caravans. They October 5. --Bevan o'clock in the evening. ly demoralized apparently. and ineaP-
eould plunder them and get back to their Io triumphs! Crown us with laurel— able of resistance. They were useless as
mountain fastnesses before we could in- Elliott and myself! Who can compare prisoners, and It was out of the question
terfere or overtake them. Nothing but with vermin killers' I have only to let them go. so there was no choice but
fear will restrain them. If I had my j g b k ti d rid tveery sta red to 1>n ti m men on when we a
a I would hang one atthe mous
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BLACK, MIXED & GREEN.
so as to leave a very narrow slit of day
light above us, which was farther re-
duced by the feathery fringe of Palm trees
and aloes which hung over each hp of
the chasm. The cliff's were not more
thaat
thenentrance, butcouple of hu0d we yards;
nuced they
grew nearer and nearer, until a half cora•
pany is close order could hardly march
abreast. A sort of twilighht reignedin
this strange valley, and
uncer-
tain light made the great basalt reeks
loom up vague and fantastic. There wne
no path, and the ground wan meet- un-
even, but I pushed on briskly, cautioning
my fellows to have their lingers on their
triggers, for I could see that we were
nearing the point where the two cliifn
fain an acute angle with each
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Poultry Pointers.
Beep Me eggs in a cool, dry room
or cellar, -
Attend to the machine carefully
and at regular hours.
Always test the hen on china or
nest eggs before setting,
Proper ventilation and sunlight
mean a dry house and healthy birds.
The hopper system is all right,
provided you have the proper
things in the hopper,
Sickness and lice are scarce art-
icles where poultry houses are kepb
dry and clean.
Look out for hidden nests. At this
season hens that are on range are
very apt to steal their nests.
A quiet, gentle hen with the
mother instinct strongly developed
is worth money in the chicken busi-
ness.
Give the fowls, old and young,
all the water they want, with oc-
casionally some milk if you would
get best results.
Overfeeding must be avoided as
must also underfeeding. Either ex-
treme Will stunt the growth of the
young stock.
A dust bath three feet square
filled with common road dust or sift-
ed ashes, should be placed in one
corner of the poultry house.
Crippled chickens should be put
out of their misery with a good
sharp axe. They spoil the looks of
tot us ae 1 li h them off. Waving my ewer
con -
just of ac re n h d a the flock and the food they . con-
y 1 gang.
. with blood r w shin, but I have at down was lending y shale is a loss.
every ravine as a warning to the gang• before either washing or changing to have Frost dramatic interruption of a sort
They are personifications of the devil to the eatiefaction of seeing our deeds set whieh I have seen once or twice on the In your spl'itlg Campaign do not
look at, hawknosed, full -lipped, with a forth in black and white—if only in my boards of Drury Lane, but never in real foI et the importance of keeping
mane of tangled hair• and most Satanic private log for no eye but my own. I Tito. g
sneer. No news today from the front. eltall describe it all fully as a prepare: In the side of the cliff, close to the pilo clown lice. These pests will produce
October 2.—I tenet really eek Herbert tion for aur official account, which must of stones aspera the hillmen w•ero making
for another company at the very least. be drawn up when Elliott gets back. Billytheir last stand, there w•am a c olnewhlhd all the symptoms of disease in a
d oto or old.
I am convinced that the communication' Dawson used to say that there were de- looked more like the lair of s flock of fowls, young g
would be out off if any seriona attack grecs of comparison—a prevarication, a beast than a human habitation. Out of
were made upon us. No,v, thio morning lie, and an official account. We at leas'. tbis dark archway there suddenly enter -
two urgent messages were sent me .from cannot exaggerate our sueceea, for it ged an old mail—each a very. very old
two different points more than sixteen would be impoxt,ible to add anything to It. man that all the other veterans whom 1
miles apart, CO 0117 that there were signs We set out then, as per programme, and have sceu were as chickens compared to
of a descent of the tribes. Elliott, with came upon the camp near the head of bite. His hair and beard were both as
one gun and the Sowers, went to the the valley. They bad two weak compan- white as snow, and .each reached more
farther ravine, while I, with the infantry, les of the 54th with them who migbt no than half way to his waiet. His face was
have.
hurried to the other; but we found it wne doubt bavo held their own with warning, wrinkled and brown and bony, a ere as It will not take long, if you watch
a false alarm. I saw no signs of tbe but an unexpected rush of weld bllimen between n monkey and a mummy, and so I
liflimen and though we were greeted by is a very difficult thing to stand against. thin and emaciated were his shriveled! out, to see what kind of food your
would hardly have given
betide themif theyfall into my handy' Chamberlain•ee in command—a floe were it not for hie eyes, which glia get it. Then furnish that kind
gen-
The strong vigorous April-hateb-
ed chicks should noiv be growing
well. A good growth now will bet-
ter fit them to stance the depressing
effects hot June suns are apt to
a sputter of jezan bullets we were un- With our reinforcement, might
however, and on limbs that you won ar y
able to capture any of the 18.1<ata. Rae our guard, we might defy the raeea!a. him orodit for having any vitality seed birds take the most of if they Can
eft a . • u.. -
I would give them ae short a shift as young fellow. We soon made him under- and sparkled with excitement, like two
ever a Highland veteran got from a Glee- .stand the situation, and were all ready diamontlo in a setting of mahogany, This er'ously. The hens need it and will
gow lodge. These continued alarms 13107 stand
a start by daybreak, though his wag- apparition came rushing qct of the cave, make good use of it.
mean nothing or they may be an indica- one were to full that we were compelled and, throwing himself between the Pngt' (rive special attention to the set -
ion that the hie men are assembling and to leave several' tone of fodder behind tives and our fellows, motioned ue bark
lave some plan in view. in order to make room for my,Sepoye and with as imperious a sweep of the hand ting hens. Have their nests so ar-
We have had no new•e from the front for the artillery, About live o'clock we as ever an emperor vend to his slaves. ranged that they can go on and off
fol• some time, but to -day a convoy of inepanned, to use an Africanism, and by 'hien of blood," he cried, in a voice of
wounded came through with the lntelli- six wo were well on our way, with our thunder, speaking excellent English, too— at will. Do not fuss with them, but
.and medita' keep a watch on their supplies—
vitae that Nott had taken IKhunnee• I escort as straggling and unconcerned as "this le a place for prayer
hope he warmed up any of tbe black ran• peaeible—as helplese looking a caravan an tion, not for murder. Desist. lest tbe rale and water should be constant -
of
that fell.into his hands. No word ever invited attack. wrath of the gods fall upon you." g
of Pollock. An elephant battery came UP I could see that it was to be no false Stand aside, old man, I. shouted. lou ly before them
from the Pardee*, looking in a very good alarm this time, and that the tribeq will moot with n hu During the summer months when
condition. There were several convalea' really meant bu..5aes0. From m7 post of f illy fowls have free longe and can p
cents with it going up to rejoin their observation under the canvas screen of
regiments. Knew none of then except one of the wagons I could make out bar-
ley,
of the Ifue1008 and young Blakey- band heads popping up to have a look
ley, who wne my fag at Circe. boveo, at tut from among the rocks, and au ce-
and whom I have never teen since. Punch easional scout hurrying northward with
and rigors alfresco up to eleven o'clock. the news of our approach. It wee not,
Letters to -day from Wills .k Co, about however, until we came abreast of tho
Choir little bill forwarded on from Deihl. Tirade. Pase, u gloomy defile bounded by
Thought a campaign freed a man from gigantic cliffs, that the Afreedees began
these .aunoYancee. Wills says in his note W show in (arca, though they had am -
beet since his written applications have bushed themselves so cleverly that had
been in vain, he moat cal] upon mo in we not been keenly en the lookout for
Person, 71 he calla upon me now he w111 them, we might have walked right into
assuredly be the boldest and moat per -
upon
100», As it was, the convoy halted,
severing of cellars. A lino from Calcutta upon which tbe hilimen seeing that they
Daisy and auother from Itobhouse to say were observed, opened a heavy but ill -
that Matilda comes in for all the money directed fire upon us. I had tasked Cham -
under the will. I am glad of it. heeled!' to throw out hie men iu skirm-
October 3.—Glorious newo from the fishing 8rder, and give them directiono to
front to -day. Barclay, of the Madras retreat slowly upon the wagons so as to
Cavalry, galloped through with dispat,hes. draw the Afreedeee on. The rhea sue -
Pollock entered Cabal triumphantly on 'ceded to perfection, As the redcoats
the 16th of last month. and, better still, steadily retired, keeping behind cover as
Lady Sale Itae been remitted by Shaken• much ae possible, the enemy followed
pear, and brought safe into the British them up with yells of exultation, epring-
ramp. together with the other ho: tagce. tug from rock to reek, waving their je•
"Te Deum laudamoel" 'Me should end tails in the air, and howling like a pack
the whole wretched business--th!s sad the of osteone. With their black, contorted,
sack of rho city. I. hope Pollock won't mocking faces, their fierce gestures, and
be squeamish, or truckle to the hysteriwli their fluttering garments,. they would have
party at home. Tho town should be laid made a study for any painter who wished
in ashes and tbe fields sown with salt. to portray Milton's conception of the
Above. all, the Residency and the Palace army of the damned. From every aide
must come dawn. foo shall Bui•ns. Me' they proceed in until seeing, as they
Naughton, and many another gallant fel-
thought, nothing between them and vie -
ler know that hie countrymen could tory, they left the sachem of the racks and
avenge if they could not save him!
came rushing down a furious, howling
It ie hard when Where are gaining glory throng, with the green banner of the
and experience to be stuck in this miner- Prophet in then' van. New WILE oar
able valley. 7 luxe been out of It cam- chance, and gloriously we utilized it,
pletely, bar a few petty. skirmishes. flow- From every cranny and slit of the wag -
ever, we may see some service yet. A one Dame a.'blaze of tire, eter7 shot of
jemidar of ours brought in a hillman to- which told among the close•packod mob.
day, who says that the tribes are nave- Two or three score rolled over like rah-
ing in the Terada ravine, ten miles to the bite sed the rest reeled for a moment,
north of ue, and intend attacking the and then, with their 'chiefs at their tread,
next convoy. We can't rely on information came on again in a magnificent ruoh.
of this sort, but there may prove to be It was useless, however, for undisciplined
Kone truth in it. Proposed to shoot our men to attempt to face such a well -di.
informant, eo as t0 Prevent his playing reefed file. The leaders were bowled over,
the double traitor and reporting our pro- and the others, after.. hesitating for a few
ceodings. Elliott demurred. If you are moments, turned anal made for the roan.
making war you a1tonld throw no chance It was our turn 1100 to assume the effort -
away. I hate balf-and-half mea0Uree. The sive. The gime were unlimbered and
Children of Israel seem to have been the grape poured into them, while our litre
only people who ever carried war to its infantry force advanced at the double,
logical. conclusion --except Cro,nwell in Ira- - shooting and stabbing all whom tbey over-
land—made a compromise at last by which tools. Never have I known the tide of
the man is to bo detained ae a prisoner battle to turn so rapidly and so doeleive•
and executed if hie information roams to ly, The sullen retreat become it flight,
be false. I only hope we got a fair chance and the flight a panic•elricken rout, un -
of fallowing
owlnawwhat we a at the cant 110.w14havodoubt
til there was nothing left of the tribes•
la's and knighthoods showering upon then mon except a scattered alive resumes
a sfor
thick and fast, while we poor devils, flying ele wildly o ctior native !'astness for
who have had ,most cd the reeponsibility shelter w and protection.
I wee by no means inclined to let them
and anxiety, will be massed over 00m• off cheaply now that I bad them in my
pletely. Elliott has a whitlow. The lent power. On the contrary, 7 determined to
convoy left ue a large packet of sauces. :teach them such a lesson that the eight
but as they forgot to leave anything to of a tingle scarlet uniform would in fu -
eat with them, we have handed them time be a 00001ort in itself, We followed
over to the Sowers, who drink them out herd amen the track of the fugitives and
of their pannikins as if they ware lidnors. entered the 'foredo defile at their very
We hear that another large 000707 may. ],axle. (laving detached Chamberlain and
be expected from the plains 111 the course
of a day or two. Took memo to four on Elliott with a company on either aide to
Cleopatra for the Calcutta Cup. protect my win liar ul of rt with my
October 4.—Tho )admen really moan giving and a hm no andfto ul of artillerymen,
to re-
businons thio time, I think. We have hnd giving
themselves 1m We were
ysor luandi'
two of oar spies route in thin morning capiied, however, by our etilf Eurnpean
with the. santo account about the Bath- uniformf and by oar want of nruetie, in
Bring le the 'reradn quarter. That old elnnbfnq, that too should have been no-
raacal 7,ernaun is at the head of it, and able to overtake any of the ,nountimeers
I have recommended the Government to had it not been fora fortunate accident.
preeont him with a teleeeono 111 return for 7,hcre is mutineer ravine which ope110, in.
bis neutrnlityl There wil bo no 7,omann to 1,1,0'malu paws, and in their hurry and
to present it to if I can but lay 1017 tonlu ion some of the fugitives ruched
down this. I saw sixty el, seventy of
them turn down, but I nhonld have pe teed
them by 'and eenttuued ill 1)11000)14 of the
mein -body had not one of my stouts enure
runs mg up to tuform me that the smaller
ravine was a cal-de.shc, and that the
Afn,'41e4'11 w110 had gone up it hnt1 no
poseibie means OP gutting out again o8•
seed by , u 15, rs thein tray through our
Pall + litre was ao .'1pp0rtnt,lty of el Hit -
leg terror into the tribes. 'Laving Cheat.
1u•tl tin nod 1.11 oft to continue the your -
met of the stain MAY, I wil<',le•jl my
fienoya pito the narrow nave a kt pr0.
cotrled slowly dawn It in •t:ctend<d order,
(revering the wilolo Haemal from <111f to
cliff. Noir, 6• !Le nal 0on1,1 have peevel. to
1,21,1W. .rhe rebels ecru C/11411 1. 1111e t at.ir
;: n Iran.
The de14101h whlnh we tonna otrotT:<r.
wen flu, MOW, gloomy and Ptak. 113,1 al .1
. I have over teen, • On either rode t elmd
preelpieeI retie sheer- rip for a thou .,n,i
feat or mere, oonve'ging upon inch other at, tante ob de t.]oUrt.
rt if you don't get out
of the way." 1 could see that the hillmen - pro -
Sepias
were taking heart, and that some o
Sepias were flinching, ne if they did not cure insects and an abundance of
relish this now enemy. Clearly, I must!grass, meat andvegetables are not
act promptly if I wished to complete our
emcees. I dashed forward at tho bond of
the white artillerymen who had stuck to
me. The old fellow rushed at us with his
arms out as if to stop ue; but it was no
time to stick at trifles, so I passed MY
sword tltrough.hie body at the came mo-
ment that one of the gunners brought hie
carbine down upon iris head. Ire dropped
instantly, and the hillmen, at the sight
rP kis iaJb. sot up the most unearthly
howl of horror and consternation, The
Sepoys, who had been inclined to hang
haul[, came on again the moment he was
disposed of, and it did not lake us long
to consummate our victory. Ifardly a
man of the enemy got out of the defile
alive. What could linnnibal or Caesar
have done more? Our own loss in the
whole affair has been ineigniflcant—three
killed and about fifteen wounded. Got
their banner, a green wisp of a thing
with 11 sentence of the Koran engraved
upon it,
for
vcrybody
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animals this morning," he replied.
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In London the death rate last
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In thirty years the area of Man-
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There is measle, in nearly every
horse in Canford, according to the
statement at an inquest of Dr.
Hulbert.
The cemeteries around London
Cover 2,000 acres, and the land they
oceupy represents a capital of
$100,000,000.
The Duke of Connaught has been
reelected Master and Captain H.
Anton Blake Deputy Master- of
Trinity House.
The membership of the National
Union of Dock Laborers at Liver-
pool has risen in three years from
12,000 to 50,000.
Waltham, the quaint Essex town,
is a thousand years old this year,
and is about to keep its' birthday
with a large celebration.
Tilbury Urban Council have de-
cided to pay all men in their em-
ploy a minimum wage of 30s. ($7.20}
for a week of 48 hours.
In view of the possibility of a
suffragist outrage. St. Catharine's
lighthouse, Isle of Wight, has been
closed to the public.
Lord Treclegar has presented the
Friars and fourteen acres of land
to Newport Hospital, as a memor-
ial to the late Viscount Tredogar.
Owing to threats of suffragettes
to kidnap the children of Mr. Wins-
ton Churchill, a special detective
walks beside the two peranlbula-
to•rs.
In an attempt to avoid a dog
which was jumping up to her, a
little girl named Evans was killed
in King Street, Runngate, by a
passing motor car. When two women were charged
at Willesden with fighting, at con-
stable stated..that they drew long
hatpins from their hats and used -
them as bayonets.
Two mineral trains collided at
Alexandra dock, Hull, and one .en-
gine was thrown down an embank-
ment, but the driver and fireman
had is miraculous 4015410.
A stylishly dressed Italian wits
found shot in Trafalgar Square,
bleeding from 'a wound below the
heart. He died soon atter adonis-
sion to Charing Cross Hospital.
The Seaham Smallowuers• Com-
pany Have acquired nine-ae]res of
land from Lord Londonderry and
sixty-eight gardens have been ac-
quired chiefly by working men;
Mice nibbling at a box of match-..
es in a drawer are supposed to
have caused a fire in a Sheffield eons
fectioner's. Three women had a
narrow escape through a window.
Ail outbreak of fire occurred at,
the Isle of Man isolation hospital.,
near Douglas, and anuoh damage
was dorso, Fortunately there were
no patients in the hospital at the
time.
A hand of gypsies who refused to
novo from the village green at Up-
ham, Hampshire, were ejected by a
farce of sixty villagers, including a
number of Territorials.
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1' A.POL'EON'S SWORD 11.11STT.
Mit Emerald and Diamond Breast-
plane, lint Discarded It.
In recalling the sword which Na-
poleon presented to the Russian
Grand Duke Constantine at Tilsit
on the emission of the treaty , be-
twveerl. Napoleon and Russia in 1807,
a Paris newspaper easerlri. that, al: -
though Napoleon always' carried
two pistols in his saddle, he very
rarely 11130(1 them, -
Hi. service •sworxl, es 110 called it,
was so rusted in iia sheath thin 't•I,
the battle of Arcis-sol-Aube in 1131.1
he, had to call an aida-do•camp toy
help:' him draw it.
It is also said that the Tmpoi'or,
wloou e figure in a long grey cloak
lln,d "biorn•ne" is everywhere fa-
miliar, had media for himself ahel-
met 'and breaeiplate seb with CSTIer-
mitis atnd,dramontls.
But on fust trying thein m1 'he
found that 11e, looked too 1much like
a Roman warrior, and ho discarded
team. This armor that Naprsleen
had on but 011W 1s to -day to be ,,alt
under glary,{ -u the A my mama,
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