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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-7-3, Page 2,►„p,+sv►•�•v��$�ev� •s�atlavu'�e+.w.o •a►�a�o� evvsNa the Garrison: 'O Or, ''A Mysterious Affair. 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 IS TEA AT ITS BEST Its garden freshness and fine flavour are protected by the sealed lead packet, which keeps the goodness in, and all contamination out. ors 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 taaasiaeasettaiStatalesea-esenseee4sievealasati Onthe Farnl L9 Vr144eastr isaisse •o.O�s D 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 THE -PLS tPECT SHOR, FOR SUMMIT. $ ' ..I g A$K'8onfl itl1AIL0R, (To be continued.) N WHOOPING COUCH CURE. Paris Doctor Thinks Remedy Is In Sight. To submit to a headaoho is to waste energy, time and comfort. 8 To stop it at once simply take NA-DHU-CO Headache Wafers Your Druggist will oonflrm our statement that they do not contain anything that can harm heart or nervous system. 25o, a box. NATIONAL. 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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. —'I' 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. 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