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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1892-05-13, Page 3raw, Wilmer, CLION ',NENTIAT ERA, 189 d s havin with folded awns and bent heed,.as fl Hilf(E HEART if the STORM 1.6Nd up iTs •ornz MOM Men servants salaamed, there was ranch, talking in an unknown tongue, and many and strange ceremonies confusing to Phi- lip. The tall Hindoo having entered the house, soon came back,with ashes taken from the altar upon his brow; and turning to Philip, bowed himself tohitn'touched his feet in token of respect, and bid him welcome in the name of God to the house of Gosetunjee Bhose. Philip, wondering and half dazed, 'could only speak some words of thanks as he was taken from the litter and led into the house, through *which the sound of a female voice, softly singing was heard. He was conducted to a room containing a low bedstead of strange fashion, and furnished with all that was necessary for air and cool- ness. Ruksbhai Ghose, Gossanajee's wife, then appeared with some pleas- ant drink, and bid him welcome in words of which he could only distin- guish a few. Dishes of curiously cooked food were then brought, with warm water, a native dress, including a turban, in which Philip arrayed hhnself .with a sort of dreamy. incredulity. Having washed, dressed and eaten, he lay down upon his charpoy much refresh- od, and -half fearful lest a clap of hands shauld be heard and this strange Ara- bian Nights vision should vanish. In - 'stead of which, his kind host entered, surveyed him with benevolent satis- faction, saw to his bandages, and bid him rest, saying that he would come and talk to him on the morrow—which he did, bringing a nat ive doctor, who examined and dressed the wound and departed. 'All that you now require. sir," Gossarniee said, is a few days perfect rest am.I freedom from anxiety. The doctor thinks your! Ny4)4444415 Will then be quite healed." "Why are you so kind to me, a stranger and foreigner tight i ng against your fellow countrymen?" Philip ask- ed of this veritable Good Samarit at when he had told him his name and military rank, and briefly narrated his adventures of the last few days. Gossamjee Bhoe sat on a cushion on the ground, with his 411'1115 clasped round his knees, before Philip, who was sitting on the bedstead. He ob- served that it was a duty to succor the unfortunate and to exercise hospital- ity, and further that he loved the heart torn by pity, adnitration, sur- Feringhees. The English Rah, he said, prise, fear, he knew not what. He •••••••11.11•••••• BY MAXWELL (IRBY. CONTINUED. The poor lad rose and fell on his knees, echoing the prayer which he afterwards found written upon a wall in Oawnpore—"Have mercy uponals, and deliver us not into the hands of our enemies"—a prayer so pitiful iti the light of afterevents. Many Eng- lishmen and women in that awful year turned in extremity to the sure and certain refuge of souls, and turned not in vain. Frail women bore wit- ness during the siege of Lucknow to the strength procured from that un- failing source; brave men grew braver. Philip had often stood at handcrips with Death; he had volunteered in many a desperate deed before Sebasto- pol; he had earned, thoui. h never won, the Victoria Cross, but he was too im- aginative to go under fire without a full sense of peril such as had made him tremble and turn pale on his first experience at the Alma; and now, with the memory of Cuwnpore, Shah- jehanpore, and other places of horror fresh in his mind, his joints seemed loosened and his bones melted' like wax within him. Yet women and children had borne worse. Outside his dark prison house the infernal siege symphony, with the addition of a terrific explosion, crashed on; he heard the sound of elephants drawing guns. Jessie alone would mourn him; he could not fulfil the trust her dying father had laid on him. He had taken care to make a will leaving his small fortune to her. Perhaps, after all, she would be better withouthim; she was so young she would easily form fresh ties, and they had already been separ- ated so long. All was at an end; the strong, beautiful life, the perils and chances he loved so well; nameless as he was, he must sink nameless and un- named from the sight of living 01011, from darkness jje must pass to dark- ness, like a spark seen it moment in it night sky and then forever quenched, like the white spray cresting a wave and • dissipated in the waters, like a moonbeam shot through a breaking cloud and engulfed again in the night. How different was the going of Henry Lawrence but three months since; how different would it be with Havelock and Outram if they fell, as. for all he knew, they might already have done, each leaving the memory of a noble life and stainless name. Thus Philip lamented his youth. Soon he was led before commanding officers and questioned, though on most points the rebels knew far more than he. Insults and threats of tor- ture were sometimes his portion; twice or thrice he was returned to his prison and left in that awful suspense, which was not the least among the trials Englishmen endured during the rebel- lion. His prison, was changed, he was transported annlessly from place to place, led out to execution and cover- ed with muskets, which after all were not fired, or fired in the air. Often he felt that the bitterness of death Was past, but again and again the agony was prolonged, and he ex- pected no mercy in the end. His first acquaintance with the Indian people was made at an unfortunate time; in all those dark, fierce, turbaned faces round him, he saw only fiends of cru- elty, heathen fanatics, bound by devil- ish rites of all iniquity. As tragedy after tragedy had reached his tingling ears, his horror of those alien Asiatics _ _b_ad_grown, till he said things of them_ and the treatment due to them wiTieFx shocked Jessie then, and himself, in after years. He did not reflect that the revolt was, after all, but a military and partial outbreak; he had seen no- thing of the intelligence, the culture, the graceful manners of these interest- ing and picturesque peoples; had heard nothing of the magnificent fidelity and I noble generosity of which many of them gave- proof during the Mutiny. He did not remember that even the worst deeds of cruelty wrought upon conquerors of an alien race, a hated religion, and a different civilization, -Were eciitalle-d-b-y-whatthe. "most pol- - ished people" in Christendom did to their own countrymen and fellow - Christians in the French Revolution; nor did he know how dreadful some of the English reprisals had been. One day he found himself unbound inan abandoned house on the out- skirts of the city, by the river, guard- ed slightly and carelessly. Presently he discerned from his window a great tumult; natives, both sepoys and civi- lians, rushing headlong in wildest pan- ic, amid the thunder of a furious can- nonade and crash of the explosion of an English mine beneath a large build- ing held by the rebels; and taking ad- vantage of the tumult and confusion and flight of his guards, effected his escape through unlocked doors. He caught up a tulwar among the arms the soldiers had thrown away in their panic and made for the river "heed - awaiting emmeandS, This WKS indeed an unexpected and agreeable excite. meut in the monotony of his honorabis captivity. A strange combination of feelings thrilled him, and made him wonder that the sight of a pretty Wu- doo woman should so stir huti. "Mr Randal," said the lady, in it low thrilling voice which set his heart beating; "you do not, of course, re- member me?" The English accent was perfect, and Philip, in bewilderment, raised his downcast head and looked earnestly into the dark, beautiful face,. "Gossamjee Bhose is watching lest, the servants should know I am here," she said, in her low, clear voice; "speak softly, we have but a few minutes. I danced with you last winter at it ball given by the—th Dragoons. You had telegram—" "I danced with Miss Maynard," he faltered. "I am now called Malwai Bhose, Gossamjee's orphan niece. He is hid- ing me. 1 am the only survivor of Jellapore," she replied, any brother was deputy commissioner there, he and his wife and children—no Euro- pean was spared. My ayah concealed me in a stack of firewood, she had per- suaded Inc first to stain myself and masquerade in native dress—Ahl Mr Randal, I cannot speak of it --that time of suspense—my brother would have sent us away, but that might have precipitated things and the country was not safe. I did not think it was SO near when I first put on the ayah's dress. My brother ..Arthur,..0tain Arthur Maynard, is thei 0, have you seen h in?" "1 never reached the the position, Miss MaYnard. I fell in 1 he last rush and was taken prisoner," he replied; "but when Illy wound is healed I must get there somehow, when I may see your brother." 11e said may advisedly, for he knew that tlw loss during the siege must have been great. ••You will tell him my stor y, Mr Randal," she continned, "it was for this I wished to speak with you, and prevailed upon Ruksbhai to persuade (lossamjee to permit this hurried, visit. He—and indeed my poor mother and all my people --will have heard of the disaster of jellapore, and suppose me to have perished. Philip listened to this recital, his was just and merciful, and beneath it merchants, like himself, could carry on their trades in peace without molesta- tion. He trusted before long to see this outbreak subbued, and the Eng- lish rule restored; for the natives had suffered much from anarchy in some places, and despotism in others. Sir Henry Lawrence was a just man, and a lover of'the native races; his name was mentioned by many at the light- ing of lamps, his death was a calamity to all wholtdknown the beneficence of his sway; for his sake, all English were welcome to whatever aid (;- , ed in the general flight. Seeing a boat, he sprang into it, pushed off and before they came out, and whom Phi - floated down stream, for he had no lip had taken into his heart of hearts, oars. He saw the English flag waving would never more be amusing or anaus- still above the battered Residency, ed. Tears filled his ey es and he laid which was as fiercely bombarded as ever, though the besiegers had been beaten back from the iminediate vi- cinity of the position. He felt himself borne farther and farther from them, until the caprice of the current sent him ashore some miles away from the city, beneath it grove of mangoes, into the shade and shelter of which he was glad to crawl. The half closed wound had burst op- en again during his flight, he had been "Come in," he said, in the faltering linable to bind it properly; every mo- Hindostanee, of which he had of couree ment he grew fainter with loss of picked up a few words before his ar- blood beneath the scorching sun, until rival at Beelampore. he sank at last, unconscious, just with- The door opened quickly and softly, in the grove. and as quickly and softly closed again When he returned to consciousness behind a vision that struck him dumb dark, turbaned faces were bending over him, restoratives were given him, his wound was bound up, he was lifted gently into a patanqin well sheltered from the sun, and borne away, he knew not whither. Some time after darkness had fallen, they rettehed it small town; the bearers set down the palanquin before an arch- ed door which opened to admit them, and Philip presently found himself in a courtyard, surrounded by buildings; outside of which was a verandah light- ed by lamps from within, and partial- ly illumined by the slant rays of the moon from without. A Hindoo lady dressed in bright silks, with gold anklets and bangles, came out to welcome and receive a tall and dignified man in the prime of life, could scarcely identify the pretty, light hearted girl with whom he had danced but a few months before, and whom he had half despised, in spite of the spell she had cast upon him, with this stately Hindoo in her picturesque dress, with the look of tragic endur- ance stamped upon her face, and depths of thought and suffering in her eyes. The lamp -light shone directly upon her, playing upon the dark hair half concealed by the crimson and gold sari, and on the mournful dignity of the face, which looked as if the light of mirth could never move it from its samjee Bhose Gould give them. Out- deep sorrowful repose. She had de - ram was a good man, -he had charged veloped rapidly during the last few his people to "s are the holy places." months; experiences that would have The Mohamme an rule was very dif- ferent, as the people of Oude found to their cost. It must not be known that Gossamjee had an English officer in his house. Beelampore, the name of the town in which he lived, was groan- ing (under the oppression of a fanatical and intolerant moulvie, who had de- filed the temple with the abomination of cow's flesh. Gossamjee had taken the liberty of destroying Randal Sahib's dress, in which he had found a valuable jewel; he begged that his highness would Wear his turban when at..the WindoW,_nron ,.the house -top; and conform, so Ti.C.r- as This religion permitted him, to Hindoo customs, in some of which he at once instructed hint. He then left him, • sending his son, Chunia, a lad of sixteen. who taught him the mysteries of the lux- urious hubble-bubble and several use- ful Hindostanee phrases. CHAPTER II. THE HINDOO LADY. Philip sat smoking his hubbl ehubble by lamp -light that evening, pondering -ways and means of returning to Luc - know when he should be well enough and penetrating the rebel lines to the relieving force, which, as he now learn- ed, was closely besieged and in its turn awaiting relief, he wondered what Jessie would think if she could but peep through the latticed window up- on him. This amused him so much that he laughed and swallowed some of the rose-water through the tribe, half choking himself, this reminded him that the art of smoking the na- tive pipe was not to be learnt in a moment, any more than the native fashion of sitting which he was prac- tising, with his turban on, his slippers off, and an expression of profound gravity upon his face. Jessie would not recognize her brother in this dig- nified young Hindoo. How amused Campbell would be! Ah, no, he re- membered, Campbell, the bright boy ensign who had joined a few weeks crushed some Datums, had ripened hers. She had been called upon to endure physically and mentally; mind and body had equally responded to the sudden strain: her stature had increas- ed, and the girlish outlines of her fig- ure had rounded themselves to noble proportions. Her air and gestures were carefully studied and formed in the Hindoo mould; she dared not be herself one moment in the house of GoSsamje Bhose, where her assumed character needed most careful preser- vation, for his sake as well as her own. But though_ Ada -Maynard was sO changed amcl developed, and partially disguised, there was a nameless some- thing, the spell of an ineffable charm, which indentified her with the gay hearted girl of the ball -room, and thrilled Philip's heart to its depths. Some idea of the difficulty and desola- tion of her position amongst this strange heathen people, with their complicated caste prejudices, and their iron code of female subjection and re- striction flashed upon him as he ques- tioned her rapidly and incoherently, with exclamations of wonder, sym- pathy, and desire to help, scarcely knowing what he said in the tumult of his feelings, and half rnadd0ned "by-ifis- impotence to help her, wounded, hon- orably imprisoned, and alone among unknown enemies and doubtful friends as he was. the pipe aside, recalling his last sight of Charlie Campbell, cut almost in two by a round shot, as they passed the deadly Kaiser Bagh. Then he thought mournfully of others, officers and men, whom he had seen fall in the fierce rush to the Residency. As he was thus sadly musing and listening to a subdued chanting, which sounded pleasantly through the house, a low knrck was heard at his door. Children Cry tor VISIMMININNIMIMMIIIMMIllireMMI.M7=5MIMMEMIIMINAr TUE 131. %IWO' DIA 11 WIQX Jn South De4eie, will be, ppened molten, er about April 1,014i1 18,9a, reeervation eempriees f301410 Of 'the eho Jan ds in Dalsota for farming anet raising purpeees. For cletaite4 leterme address W. B. royal, oppersa xint0 tion Agent,.Ohloage, 4jbwank Ak .1tailwai, Menge, Ill.; Or A. J".. Tay Canadian Passenger Agent, 4 Pe4 House Block, Toronto, Out, • It Pays to go to the MO; ‘`e.4 \‘..1:•MMAN Caotoria. Is Dr. Elarnt!el peseri ptiou for Infants ft. and Children. It centn::; lac!: .C:" Opiurra,fitiorphilne nor other Narcotic substan(•e. I '; rt harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Coc;t1..7..:,..: f.-:,-rtips, and castor OIL It ls Pleasarat. ; thirty years° use by of Motile rt.). roya Wer ms and allays feverish:les:). C..rstorla, , vi • : ; ithi Sour Curd, cures Diarrlicea rata 1": 3 P..7 Custoria relieves teething troaable, ctLre:4 :;-to a and fialuilonoy.. Castoria, assint;1ate3 tho fuck:, r:r.-:;.:-Ltc .1 the stomach and boxYcla, gielreeua1thjt111,1 sleep. Casw toria 1 tho Ch.f.larou.):.; Nother's Friend. Ca ztoria,. vl '1 Area. 11-,t Ily 10 11 1:1 41.5 D.z. C. 0, OP10111", •(-2..1 te.netly f vv1.:•.'. 1 t. 1 h 5 : fur NO, •r•.. • • 1' , 1 01 r,, t 1_I• ir ha 1 trt,,C,...e..r. ,,f 1.. v 111nortrtur ir I.,vcd ones, by fore ing: ce,,1 a 1, inerphine, soothing syrup and other 1,..rtful af• (AS down their throat..., thortby totain...„; titiLlt4 LI pre:mature gt :trot." lIr.. in. J. F. P:c-nYt•on, Conway, Ar Ca storia. irett-atitTritedttfre-Hldirentibet-- 1 I' it ll1s1ip6riOrto0i1ypi eripti0D H. A. Aucnza, AI. D.. 1:1 co. 0 xfurd it, Brooitlyn, Y. ' TI•rs'oe'ans in tbo cbiLlreu.'s tit part, ..• •,;, 1,..•. I 1,....:crt highly of their exie:ri 11, 1lte!r outside nract.eo with 0.1101 lo wo only 11070 among. 0111 what is known as reguldr prodnota, yet wo aro frac to confess that the of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it." UNitran TiosrrrAL AND DtsPcusktcr, Boston, masa A LLIZIli C. SIIITU, The Centaur Company, TT Murray 1 l'Ait14.0.;,10311V4 Street, Now York City. OF CHATHAM, ONT., Stands without a worthy rival in Canada school of business training. Its Special Dep% went for SHORTHAND and 'IWENVIIIIIN has been particularly successful. Every grasua. of mu class, placed In a good position. 0,blitt a reeera we feel proud of. We do not ouaraute Situations, but are Inc position to find prod pie ces for ttll competent stenographers, partteulari those who have a good knowledge of booledtapp ing. March, April and May aro among the, DAS months in the year for making a start. _, IGOOM BOARD for gents at $2.60 per wools for ladies at $2. Railway fare sawed te �° dents from a distance. For catarapties ot one departmentaddress.D. McLA CELAN, .Cbaba BENMLLLER NUESE4 FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TEU NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE,. TUN LATTUR or WnICII WE KAKIS A aPMEABWit. LARG-E The aboye ornamental trees and shrubbery 1Y411,• sold at very low prices, end those weak g thing in this connection will save money purchasing here. Orden by Mail will be promptly WW1 to. Address, JOHN STEWART. — Planing . • —AND— DRY RILN!-- . won/ suBsoRIBEk HAVING JUST COIPT.4 .1. ED and furnished his new Rlaning machinery of the latest improved patterns le 11 MeM URRAY & WILTSE Desire to return thanks to their customers for past favors, their business during the year ending April 1st having shown a substantial increase over their first year's operations, and would ask all their old customers and others to remember that no house in town shall give you better value for your money than can be got from them. All kinds of Groceries as good and as cheap as is consistent with honest dealing. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the TEA trade with amazement. It was the figure of a tall, slim Hindoo girl, dressed in gay hued silk, with a brilliant silken sari thrown gracefully over her head and shoulders, and with golden orna- ments upon her round, brown arms, and slender ankles. Gossamjee's les- son on Hindoo manners not having included the etiquette proper to the reception of an uninvited lady in his private apartments, Philip was em- barrassed as to what he ought to do. He had only time, in his first startled gaze at her, to observe that dark as she was her features were refined and intelligent, and that something in her sorrowful dark eyes not only entr n- eed him, but evoked it tumult of m ory and feeling, before he rose, a d milking his newly learnt salaam, st,o d Pitcher's Castoria. English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, soft or calloused Lumps and Blem- ishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Ring Bone, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains, Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. War- ranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by J. H. Combe, Drug- gist. Joseph Silberg, who was confined in the Queen's county, N. Y., jail, committed suicide on Tuesday by stuffing his mouth full of smoked beef and choking himself to death. "German Syrup Vor children a medi- cine should be 'abso- lutely reliable. A mother must be able to pin her faith to it as to her Bible. It must contain nothing violent, uncertain, or dangerous. It must be standard in material and manufacture. It must be plain and simple to admin- ister; easy and pleasant to take. The child must like it. It must be prompt in action, giving immedi- ate relief, as childrens' troubles come quick, grow fast, and end fatally or otherwise in a very short time. It must not only relieve qui& but bring them around quick, as children chafe and fret and spoil their conStitutions under long con- finement. It must do its work in moderate doses. A large quantity of medicine in a child is not desira- ble. It must not interfere with the child's spirits, appetite or general health. The things suit old as well as young folks, and make Bo- schee's German Syrupt the favorite family medicine. (t4 A Cough and Croup Medicine. 99 and as our business in this branch is steadily growing, we conclude that our goods auclprices must be right. SPECIAL PRICES TO THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY NOW, FOR CASH, THEIR SEASoN'S SUPPLY OF SUGAR,. CROCKERY away down in price and away up in quality. A fresh stock of all kinds of FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. A trial respectfully solicited. M'MURRAY & WILTSE, NEAR THE POST OFFICE, CLINTON HOUSE PAINTING ` PAPER HANGING RECORATINGazo CHAS. WILSON PERSONS wishing to have their -House Papered or Decorated inside, or Painted outside, will find it to their advantage to engage CHAS. WJLSON, as ha is a thoroughly ex- perienced Painter and Decorator. Special attention given to Decorating and Paper Ranging. All work done at the lowest prices. Shop on Rattenbury Street. GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IS NOW OVER, BUT— SUGAR IS ADVANCING. prepared to attend to all orders ID hie line in most prompt and satisfactory rr BUM r and tenable rates. He would also return thanka 0 wko patronized the old n ill before they werehn gd out, and now being in a hater position to o ate ordersexpeditiowdy and feels confidenthe; ve satisfaction to all. ' FACTORY—Near the Grand 7,:r Railway,Clinton. THOMAS MaKENZI', HAVING PURCHASED TWO CARS at the lowest prices this year direct from REDPATHS AND ST. LAWRENCE REFINERIES, Montreal, I am giving my old customers and as many new as will come, SUGAR AT WHOLESALE PRICES. arSpecial Cuts in Barrel Lots to the Trade and Jobbers. -al Just arrived 50 boxes of good sound Raisins, 28 lb., only 90o per box Sole Agent for the noted Ram Lal's Pure Indian Tea, and St Leon Water. J.W. IRWIN, CLINTON WALL PAPER 000 Our Wall Paper for the spring trade is in, and comprises the newest designs in American Pa- per hangings. from 5 cents up to the highest priced. BORDERS to match all papers ex- quisite in design and low in price. CEILING DECORATIONS of all kinds. W. H. Simpson, Clinton Bookseller and Stationer COPP'S WALL -PAF and Paint Shop Is stocked with a Select Assortment of. American and Canadian Wall 'Pa WITH BORDERS TO MATCH, from five rolls to the finest gilt IPtving bought my P and Paints for Spot Cash, and my praette perienee justify me in saying that all wanti decorate their houses inside or paint them side will find it to their advantage to give call, iteShop, south Oliver Johnston's blacks shop, and directly opposite Er. J. chi residence. —7 JOSEPH COPP [Practical Paper Hanger and Painter. APPLICATIONS THOROUGHLY REMOVES DANDRUFF Ilia b. L. OAVMN. Termite, Travelling Passenger Bays: Anti•Muidniffis perfect tednoVer of Dan. druff —its action Is niaryeliantf—in mywn case feW apslicatimia net only thatongblyiemoved TEED exceadve dandruff accumulation but stopped O 1' 51 W 4 ing the hair, 0,211011*Mend pliable and inouload a Visible grawl.b. Stiff' Restores Fading hair foils original eider. Stops falling of hair. Keeps the Scalp clean. Makes hair soft and PIM% Prornetos growth. ROBERT DO OLIN Maimfacturer and Prop NMI Dog in use. Ag_!) cation ',of the terFIBUBIL PA Cidassiin. STEAM FITTING ed on short • ce, Mailers. Engines. iti6d all Machinery repaired espediti and In a satisfactory rnanne Farm implements manufactured' and re Steam and water pumps furnished an positipu. Dry Kilns fitted up on ap Charges moderate. If you are interested i Advertising e a subserib. RS' INK: dvertisers. you ought to b er to PRINTE journal for a Printers' Ink is is and is fille utions an stions fto minds in th u sued weekly with contrib helpful sugge the brightest advertising bsiness. Pri nters' I nk cOS only a dollar a .year. will be s five cents. ELL & sample copy e on receipt of GEO. P. ROW to Spruce St., - New Yu COIGN Ti Ihave a positive remedy for the above dIstiaisii nee thousands of eases of the worst kind and standing hove heen owed. Indeed so strong I5. In its alma, , that I win send TWO BOTTLE with a VALIJA.ILE TREATISE on Oda tilisfa sufferer who will send =their IIIICIMEDI and P. T. A. SLoOuen, M. C., 186 Ao Sr., WEST, TORONTO, ONT. ' Illutchering - Bust To the Public. Subscriber having bought out the bus successfully conducted by Mr Confab., a continuance of the liberal patronage b on hie predecessor. No panel or OrpenS spared to procure the very beat ineateoltn Will be promptly and carefully Ailed. nese will still be conducted at the Bathe heretofore. *Highest prite paid for HIde skins, etc. JAMS At