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Descended on her father's pale from a race of isoldiers and •diplomats, her mother was a Yorkshire Trenholrae, and it 10 mild Ha.mbledois Moor that there were Trenholmes in Yorkshire before thee° wait a king in England. In spite of the terrific heat and the din. comfort of her new surroundings elle made light of difficulties, found solace herself by cheering others, and quick-. ly attained a prominent place in that small band of devoted women whole; names will live until the story of Lucknow la forgotten. Sne Met Frank only occasionalle and by chance, their days being full of work and striving. A smile, rew tender words, perhaps nothing more than. a hurried wave of the hand in Pateting, Constituted their love idyll, for Lawrence fell ill and his aid* were kept busy, day and night, in passing to and fro between the bedside of the stricken leader and the many poste where hie counsel was souglat or -the hasty provision of defense lagged for his orders. The Chief was so worn out with 'HOMAS BROWN, LICENSED Astiee anxiety and sleePless Miser that on tioneer for the . counties of Huron June 9 he delegated Me authority to a and Perth. Correspondence prompt- .provisional council. Thee the impe- tuous and thivalric Martin Gubbine, Financial Commissioner of Oudh, saw a means of attaining by. compromise that which he had .vainly urged on Lawrence—he persuaded the com- manding officers; Of the native regi- ments in Luctetkow to tell their men to go hortte on furlough until November. This. was Actually done, but Law- rence wee so indignant when he heard of it that ha dissolved tbe coun- cil on June 12 and sent Malcolm and other officers to recall the sepoys. Five hundred came back, vowing that they would stand by "Lar-rence-sahib Baleadur" till the last. * They kept their word; they shared the danger and glory of the siege with the 22nd and the British Artillery. . Clubbins, a born firebrand, then pressed his superior to• attack a rebel force. that had gathered at the village of Chinlint, ten miles northeast of Lueknow. Unfortunately Lawrence yielded, mat -cited 'out with seven hun- dred men, half of whom were Euro - peens, and was badly defeated, owing to the 'desertioti of some native gun- ners a -a critical moment. • A ellaastrous rout followed. Colonel Case, of the 32nd; trying vainly with his men to stop the natiye runaways, was shot dead. For three miles the enemy's horse artillery pelted the helpless troops with grape, and the massacre of 'every man in the small relumn was preventee only by the bravery of a tiny squadron of volua- leer cavalry, which held a bridge until the harassed infantry were able to roes, Lawrence, when. the day was lost, seee back to prepare the hapless Euro - t. ens in the city for the .hazard that - now threatened. • The investment of tee Residency could not be prevented. 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TO THE SUNNY SOUTH, ****************************** No mere desirable route than via Grand Trunk and connecting lines. VERY LOW RATES, seeteeseeesseeetessisee Secure ticketa and full particulars from :— • JOIIN RAN:4FM, Uptown Agt. A. O. PATTISON, Depot Agent. or address J.. D. MeDonald, District Amager Mott, Union Station, To - onto, Ont. From the windowa of the lofty build- ing which gave its name to the cluster of houses within the walls, the des- pairing women saw, their exhausted fellow -countrymen fighting a dogged rear -guard action against twenty times as many rebels. Some poorereatures, straining their eyes to find in the ranks of the survivors the husband they would never see again, clasped their children to their breasts and shrieked in agony. Others, Ike Lady Inglis, knelt anderead the Litany. A • few, and among them was Winifred, ran out with vessels full onevater and tended the wants of the almost chok- • ing soldiers who were staggerng to the shelter of the veranda, •' • She had seen Lawrence gallop to Ws quarters, and his drawn, haggard face told her the wort. Ho was accom- panied by two staff officers, bat Mal- colm was not with him. 'rho pande- monium that reigned everywhere for mann minutes made it impossible that she should. obtain any news of her lover's fate. While the soldiers were flocking through the narrow streets that flanked �r enfiladed the walls, the native servants and coolies en- gaged on the defenses deserted en mane. •The rebel artillery was begin- ning to batter the more exposed build- ings; the British guns &reedy in posi- tion took up the challehge; gems seized the adjoining houses and com- menced a deadly musketry fire that was far more effective than tee terre fying cannonade; and the men of the garrison who had not taken part in that fatal sortie rushed to their pests, determined to stem at all Costs the imminent assault of the victorious mutineers. An officer seeing Winifred carrying water to some men who were lying in 'a position that would soon be swept by tvvo guniemottnted near a bridge across the Goointae, known as the Iron 13ridge, ordered the eoldiers to seek a safer refuge. "And sent, Miss Mayne,you must not remain here," he went on. "You will only lose your life, and we want brave women like you to live." Winifred recognized hint though hits face was blackened with powder and grime Her own wild imaginlege made death seem preferable to the anguish of her belief that Prank had fallen. "Oh, Captain Puiton," she said, "can you tell me Watt has become of —of Mr. Malerens?" "Yes," ne said, summoning a gal- lant smile'as an earliest of good news. "I heard the chief tell him to make the best of his way to Allahabad. That Is the only quarter from which help can be expeeted, and to -day's disaster renders help imperative. NOW, ray dear child, don't take it to heart in that way. Maleelm will win through, never fearl nis is Just the man for euch a task, and emit mile he covers means—" lie paused; a round shot crashed against a gable and brought down a chinteey st1i n loud rattle of railing brielte- "weans so many min. atcs has c ties sort of thing." Bet Winifred 1.1illar saw nor heard. escs 1,c:re blinded etlt tears, her brain dazed by the knowledge that her lover bad winertaken alone a journey declared Ineletesible from the mare flivorablY eittlated Itation of Csevapere Many days .0Miler. She managed somehow to find her uncle. Ferhepe Fulton spared a it10. meet to take. tier to him. She never knew. When next her ordered Mind appreciated ber environtnent that last day of June, 1857, wee drawing to its cloets and the glare of rebel watch fires, beightenete by the eonetent Hoek - es of an unceasing bembardment, told her that the siege of Lucknow had be- gun. Then she remembered that Mr. Mayne had taken her to one of the cellars' of the Reeidency in which the women and children were secure from, the leaden hall that was, beating on tbe walls. She had a vague notion that he carried a gun and a cartridge belt, and a new panic seized her lest the Molocid oe war had devoured her only relative, for her father bad been killed at the battle of Alma, and her mother's deatb. flYree years later, had led to her Sailing for nadis, to take charge of her uncle's houssehold, Thewomen near at hand were toe eorroveladen, to give any real informa- tion. They only knew that every man within the Reeidency walls, even the One-armed, one -legged, decrepit pen- sioners who had lost limbs or health In the service or the Company, were mustered behind the frail defenses. Toa girl ot her temperament in- action was the least ,endumble of evils., Now that the shock of Mal- colm's departure had passed she long- ed to seek oblivion in work, while sty- istence in that stifling underground atmosphere, with its dense crowd of heartbroken women and complaining children, was almost intolerable. .Jxr defiance of orders—of which, beWever, tele was then ignorant—she went to: the ground Hoar. Passing Out Into tbe darkness she creased an open space to the hospital, and it chanced that the first peril= she encountered was Chumru, Malcolm's bearer, The man's grim features changed their habitual scewl to a demoniac grin when he saw her, "Oh, miss -sahib," he cried, "this Meeting is nay good fortune, for surely you can tell me where my sahib is?" Winifred was not .Well versed in Hindustasti. but she caught some of the words, and, the contortions. of Chum- ru's expressive coentenalice were fa - melee to he', as she had laughed many a time -at Malcolm's recitals of his ill- favored servant's undeserved repute as a villiah of parts, "Your sahib is gone to Allahabad," she managed to say before the thought came tardily that perhaps it was not wise. to make known the Chief Com- missioner's behests In this manner. "To Illah-habadl Shade of Mahoin- et, how can he .0 that far Without me?" exclarmed Clauro.ru, "Whowill - Gook' hie food and bresh hisnelothes?' Who will 'see to it that he is not rob- bed on the Mad by every thief that ever reared a ehicken or ,milked, a cow? I feared that some evil thing had befallen him, but this is worse than aught that entered my head." this was lost on .Winitred.• She imaginedthat the nattee was bewail- ing his master's carotin death In striv- ing to carry out a desperate miesiore 'whereas; be was really thinking that the, most disturbing element about tbe sahib's journey was his own 'absence. Seeing the distress; in her face, Chumru was sure that she sympa- thized with his- views.. • "Never rated. missentleb," said he confidentially, "I will slip away now, steal a horse and follow him."' • Without another word _be hastened out of the building and left her wonder - Ing what he meant. She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she mild res call them, to a Eurasian whom she found *Mug as a water -carrier. - This man tranelated Chumru's part' Ing statement quite accurately, and when Mr. Mayne came at last from the Bailey Guard where he had been sta- tioned until relieved after nightfall, he horrifiedher by telling her the trute—that it was a hundred chances to one against the unfortunate bear- er's escape if he uld really endeavor to break through the investing lines. And indeed few men could have es- caped from the entrenchment that night. Any one who climbed to th third story of the Residency ---itself the highest building within the walls ahd •standing on the naost elevated site—would soon be dispossessed of the fantastic notion that any corner was left unguarded by the rebels. A few houses had been demolished by Lawrence's orders, it is true, but his deep respect for native ideals had left untouched the swarm of mosques and temples that steed between the Resi- dency and the river. • "Spare their holy plaees!"' he said, Yet Mohammedan men Hindu did not scruple now to maek guns in the sacred enclosures and loop -hole the hallowed walls for musketry. On the city side, narrow lanes, lofty houses and strongly-bldlt palaces offered se- cure protection to the besiegers. The British position was girt with the thousand gleams of a lightning more harmful than that devised by nature, for each spurt of flame meant that field -piece or rifle was' sending some messenger ot death Into the tiny area over which floated the flag of Eng- land. Within this outer circle of fire was a lesser one; the garrison made up for lack of numbers by a fixed resolVe to hold each post until every man fell. To tnodern ideas, the distance between these opposit:g • rings was aesurdly small. As the siege progressed 'be- siegers and besieged actually came to know each other by sight. Even front the first they were seldom separated by more than the width of an ordi- nary street, and conversation was al- • ways maintained, the threats of the mutineers being Countered by the scornful defiance of the defenders. Nevertheless Chunaru prevailed on Captain Weston to Allow hire to drop to the • ground outside the Bailey Guard. The Police Superintendent, a commander who was now fighting his own corps, accepted the bearer's pro. nese that if he were net killed or cap- tured he would make the best of his way to Allahabad, Dad oven if he did not find his master, tell the British officer iti charge there of the plight of Lucknow, Chutnru, who had no knowledge of warfare beyond his recent experiencee, wae acquainted with the golden rule that the shorter the time spent as an involuntary target the less chancehi there of being hit, As soon as he reached the earth from the top of the wall he took to his heels and ran like a hare in the direction of some houses that Stood near the Clock Tower. He was fired at, Of cottree, but mess- ed, ahd the flepoys soon ceased their efforts to put a bullet through him be- cause they fancied he Was a deserter. ,40 Soon as they tiaW his face they had no doubts 'whatever: n that Score. it" Indeed, were it his unhap 1 t to fall In Ninth the British patrl. already beginning to feel their way north from Bengal along the Grand Trunk Road be would assuredly have been betlred an Watt. 011 Me, more appear - *AOC * ' • Cliumries answers to the quotient* showered on him were magnifieentlY untrue. According to him the Rest, deney was already it ruin and ita pre- eine% a shambles. The ateursed For - nights might hold out till the morning, but he doubted it. Alhtit smite them! —that was why he thanced being shot by his brethren rather than be slain by inietake, next day when the men of Oudh took vengeance on their ole t)arerisreroreb.ecaBuesecohueldisnaost agettnisaowneary. locked tifi by the huzoors, forsootb,. for a trifling matter of a few rupees left behind by one of the white dogs who fell that day at Chinbut. In brief, Churam abused the Englisii with seen an air that be was regarded by the rebels as quite art 'acquisition. They had net learned, as yet, that it was better to Blioot a dozen belated friends than permit on spy to win Ida way through their lines. Watching his opportunity, he slip- ped off into the bazaar, Now be was quite safe, being one among two hun- dred thousand, But tiMe was passing; he wanted a horse, and might expect to Bud the canal bridge closely guarded. Having a true Eastern sense of hu- mor benind that saternine visage of his. he hit on a plan of surmounting both difficulties with ease. Singling out the firet well -mounted and half -intoxicated native officer he tet --though, to his.credit be it said, h_e ohsneu eadEihrailnni hbion josiuybadar of cavalrY "Brotber," said he, "I would have ;peed% with thee." Now, Chumru took hie life in his lands in this matter. For one wearing the livery of servitude to address a high -caste Brahmin thus was Incurring he risk or being sabered then and there. In fact the subadar was so amazed tbat he glared stupidly at the mohamtnedan who greeted hint as "brother," and it may be that those fierce eyes looking at him from din ferent angles had a mesmeric effect. "Thou?" he spluttered, reining in his horse, a Itardy country -bred, good for fifty miles without bait. "Even 1," said Chumru. • "I have occupation, but I want help. One will suffice, though there is goldenough foe many." "Gold, sayest thou?" "Ay, gold in plenty. The dog of a Peringhl whom I served has had it hidden these two months in the thatch of hie house near the Alumbagh. To- day be is safely bottled up there--" he jerked a thumb towards the sullen thunder of the bom:bardrnent. "I am a pobr man, and I may be stopped HI try to leave tbe city, Take me up be- hind thee, brother, and give me safe passage to the bungalow, and behold, we will share treasure of a lakh or morel" The Brab.min's bride was bemused with drink, but it took in two obvious :elements of the tale at once. Here wee a fortune to be gained by merely cutting a throat at the right moment. • "Tlutt is good talking," said he. "Mount, friend, and leave me to an- awer Chumm saw that he had eaged his man rightly, and the evil glint in the subadar's eyes told him the unspoken thought. He climbed up behind the high -peaked saddle and, • after the horse had showed his resentment of a tenable berthen, was taken through the bazaar as rapidly as its thronged streets Peruaitted. Sure enough, the canal bridge was watched. . . "Whither go.ye?" demanded the ()M- eer in charge. - "To bring in a Feringhl Who. is in said the Brahmin. "Shall I geed a fewman with.youe" "Nay, we two are plenty---" this with a laugh. •• . • .• • "Quite pleuty,".put in Cisme]. The officer glamed at hina •and was con- vinced. Being a Mohammedan, he took Chuntru's wore without question, which 'showed the exceeding .wisdom of Chumm iu selecting a Brainuiti for the sacrifice; thus' was he prepared to deal with either party in an. unholy allis.nces : -'• - They jogged in silence past the Alumbagle The Brahmin, on -reflec- tion,. decided' eat- he would stab Chumre Wore • the hoard was .dis. turbed and Oe could then devise an- • other • hiding -place. it his leisure. ClInneru had long. ego decided to send • the Brelimixt to the piece' where all unbelievers go, • at the *first suitable ePeortunity. Renee the *advantage lay with Mut, becausehe held a strategic position and could choose his own aim . • 'Beyond the Alurstbagh there were few helmets, and 'then() of mean dep- cription,. and each moment the 'sube.: ear's mind was growing .clearer miner the prospect of great wealth to be won so easily, • • • ' "Where is this bungalow, friend?" seld'he at last, seeing nothing "but a straight road at front. . • 'Patience, brother. 'TM now quite -ynoenadr.e• Dlelies behind that tope, of trees , 'The other half turned to ascertain e1/1 Whieh• direction his guide was point- ing... • • • ..' "It .is. not on tne main road, .then?" "No. .4 man who ha e gold worth the • keeping loves; not to dwell . whatu all met pasi.s.". . • ' A little farther, and Churaru an - flounced: . "We tern off here." • - It was dark. He thought he had bit upon e by -way, but no soener did the horse quit the shadow of the trees by ehe roadeide than he saw that -he had ibeen reelect .by the wheel -tracks of a .ryotes cart. The Brahmin stetted sus- piciously. ' els there no WOO. Way than ties?" he cried, when his." charger nearly stumbled into a deep ditch. . • "One isnly, but you may deem it too • far," was the quiet answer. and Churn- ru, placing hi left hand on, the Brah- min's mouth, plunged a long, thin knife up to the hilt between his ribs. •••••••••1•••••••••••••••••• • CHAPTER DC A Lang Chase lt was not- Lawrence's order but Me3colra's own suggestion that led to • the desperate task entrusted to the young aide by the chief. While these felv heroic volunteer horsemen, drove back the enemy's cavalry and held the bridge over the Kokrall until the beat' • en army made good its retreat, Sir Henry batted by the roadside and watched the Wising of his exhausted men. Ile had the aspect of one who hoped that sothe stray bullet would Mid the torineet of life. In that grief- stricken hour his indomtable spirit seemed to falter. Ere night be was the Lawrence of old, but the magni- tude of the calamity that had befallen him was ereehing and he winced be- neath it Out of three 'hundred and fifty white soldiers in the entente he hall lost one hundred and nineteen Every gun served by natives was captured by the enmity Worst of all, the moral effect of such a defeat outweighed a dozen victories. It not ouly brought about the tnstant beginning's of the siege, but its ,propertIone were grorsly ex- anlesrated OM For !he 7 maimamoramosmamosawammoir first nine In inaltY a Year tne white •soldiers had fled before a etrictlY Izi- -dma force. They were outnumbered, which W45 nothing Hew in the history ef the country, but it Met be eon- iLeasr• rcie n yueNs'vesrr t ahietgliseavaella Othl: bius's forward policy, silo wed unwont- • ed beeitaneY even during the merch to Chinhut: he haltvd, advanced and countermarched the troops in a way that was foreiga to a man of his de- cisive character. Where he was un-. accouutably timid the enemy were un- • usually bold, and the outcome was dis- aster.et Yin this moment of bitterest ad- versity he displayed that sympathy for the sufferings of others that won chonnitaitchteweitshteierm.of all who came in some extraordinary blunder of the commissiariat the 32zul had set forth that morning without breaking their fast. Now, after a weary march and a prhtracted fight in the burning sun, soine of the men deliberately lay down to die. "We can go no farther," they salt]. " aWe fewyardsa as weltaway. And,eett1 death nhtehree sae -s poys overtake us, we shall at /east have breath enough left to die light- ing." • Lawrence, when finally he turned the horse will help you along. Mr. .way. Another mile will being us to the ,.11.,,31i,tseye.,11,erarseee'ano'lleacaduse ttoowdaerdsitailjr.uckelia°t: hold of the leathers, two of you, and Malcolm, you can assist in the Setae came upon such a group.. He shoot his feet free of the stirrups. "Now, any lads," he said quietly, One of the men, finding it in his heart to pity his haggard -faced gen- eral, thought to console him by edyingt "We'll try, if Ws only to please ye% your honor, but it's all up with us, I'm afraid. If the end doesn't come to- day it will surely be with us to -mor- row." "Wise do you , think that?" asked Lawrence. "We must hold the Ftese deucy entil the last mart falls. What else can we do?" 'I know that, your honor, but we haven't got that ghost of a cb,ance. They're a huedred to one, and as well armed as We are. It 'ud be a different thing if help could come, but it can't. I. what people are saying is true, eir. the nearest red -coats are at Allaha- bad, au' p'raps they're bard pressed, too." "That is not the way to look at a difficulty. In war it is the unexpected that harpens. Keep your Writs up and may live to tell your grand- children how you fought the rebels at Lucknow. I w .nt ;mu and every man In the ranks to know that my motto -Is 'NI Surrender.' You have heard what. happened at caavnpore. Here, in Luck - now, depite eo-days's afsaster, we shall tight to a fiush." • An English battery came thunder- ing down the road to take up a fresh pi:seinen and assist in covering the re- treat •The guns unlimbered near a w• eIrTLhere!" said Lawrence, "You see hew tny words have come true. A min- ute ago you were ready to fall before the firet sower Who lined his saber over your head. GO new and hells by drawing water for the gunners and yourselves. Then you Can ride back on the carriages when • they limber Malcolm, to whom the soldier's words brought inspiration, spurred Ne\dialLnuptrai gsiClellitm sletto cie • "Villt ride to Ana Imbed. see and tell General Neill how tnatters stand here?" he said, Lawrence looked at him as though tbe request, were so fantastic that he had not fully grasped its meaning.' • "To Allahabad?" be repeated, turn- ing in the saddle to watch the effect of the first shot fired by the battery. "Yes, sir," cried Malcohn, eagerly. "I know the odds are against me, but Hodson rode as far through ,the enemy's country only six weeks ago, and I did something of the kind. though . not so successfully, • when- I • went from Meerut to Agra and from Agra to CaWnpore." "You had an escort, and I can spare slot a man." off"eIr,w1bilut"tlairlete'ssiidie:cy "I would gladly avail mys:ilfiobf your vestedin- in testi thae an hour." • "Let me go now, sir. am well tnounted. In the cenfusion 1 may ba able to reach :the open couutry •with- out being noticed." "Go, the.n. in God's name, and may your errand prosper, for you have many precious lives in your keeping." Lawrence held out his hand, and Malcolm claSPed It. Neill," sah] the Chief Com- • missioner in a low tone of intense sig. nificanee, "that we can \ hold out a fortnight, a mouth perhaps, or even a few days longer if buoyed up with hope. That is all. It you succeed, I. shall not forget your services. The Vicetoy ha' given me plenary powers. and I shall place your name in orders to -night, Captain Malcolm." • He kept bis promise. When Luck - now was evacuated after the Second Relief, the official gazettes recorded that Lieutenant Frank Malcolm of the 3rd Cavalry hadbeen promoted to a eaptaincy, supereureerary on the staff, for gallantry on the field on June 20, while. e special minute provided that he should attain the rank of major if he reached Allahabad on or before July 4. From the point on the road to Chin - hut Where Malcolm bade his chief fare- well, he could see the tower of tbe • Residency, gray among • the white donaes and minarets that tined the south bank of the Ooeneee. He had no flimflam now as to the course the mutineers would follow. Native ru- mors had brought the news of the massacre at Cawapore, though the ghastly tragedy of the Well vas yet to come. Ile knew that this elegant city, resplendent and glorious in the sheen of the setting sue, would soon be a living hen. A fearsome struggle would surge around that tower where the British fIag was Being- A few hundreds of Europeans would strive to keep at bay tens of thousands of eager rebels.Would they succeed? Pray Heaven for that rehire Winifred lived! And in all hanum probability their fate rested with him. If he were able to stir the British authorities in the south to almost superhuman effort, a relieving force might arrive before the end of Julys It was a great under- taking he hae set himself. Yet he would hetet attempted it for Wnifredei sake alone, and the thought of her anguish, when she should hear that le Wtte gone, gave hint a pang that was not solaced by the deerest honor a stioelldd.ier eau attain—promotion on the It was out of the question that he should return to the Residency before he began his self-imposed mission. Already the enemy's eavalry were swooping along both flanks of the routed troOps. In a few minutes the only availesable road, which iosscd the tloomtee by a bridge of boats and lcd through the suburbs by way of the t. 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Though he had never before travel. - ed that mad he was acquainted itemain features. Thirty miles from his present position was the small town of Rai Bareilly, Fitty miles be the southeast of Pertabgaat, • rift," miles due south of Partabgarh lay •Allahabad. The scheme roughly out- lined in his mind was, In the first'. place, to buy, borrow, or steal a native pony which would carry bim to the outskirts of Rai Bareilly before dawn. Then remounting Nejdi he wOulte either ride rapidly through the town, cr make a detour, whichever method e seemed preferable after inquiry froze such peaceful natives as he met cm - the road. Four hours beyond. Rat Bareilly he would leave the main road, strike. due south for the Ganges, •ante follow the left bank of the river untie he was opposite Allahabad. • He re- fused to ask himself what he would day if Allahabad were in the hands of the. rebels. "I shall tackle thet.ditfloulty abate: this hour to -morrow," he communed. with a laugh at •his own expense.. Just now, when a hundred miles or unknown territory face me, 1 bare enough to contend with. So, steady he the word! good horse! Cleparem in.- vehis et fortune's Oust" Thugs far the wayfarers encountereti during Ms journey had treated him; civilly. The ryots, peasant proprietor* of the soil, drew their rough carte aside and :salaamed as he passed.. These men knew little or -nothing, at . yet, of the great events that were- • taking place on the south and west: of the Ganges, A few •educated bun- . Mates and zemindars, who doubtlesis had heard of wild doings in the cities, glanced at him curiously, and would. have Asked for news if he hadnot la- • variably ridden by at a rapid pace. • As it happened, the .route he fol- lowed was far removed from the trade ef murder and rapitie that marked nue early prorgess of the Mutiny, and the - mere sight of a British Officer, moving • a With such speed and confidence, must have set these worthy folk a. - wondering. Between Rai Barenly and. the Grand Trunk Road stood the wide* barrier ot the sacred river. while the town itself must not be confused with Bareilly---situated nearly .a bundretil miles north of Lucknow—which be- •catne notorious as the headquartere of. Kbaa Bala:Ala: Khan, n 'pensioner pf the British Government, and a ruf.: flan second only to Nana 'Sahib les merciless cruelty. • All unkriown to Molcolm, and In- deed little recognized as yet in India -save by a few district officials, 'there was a man in Rai Bareilly that night:: who was destined to test the chivalry of Britain • on tnany a hard-foughtt field. .Alimed ITIlah, famous in -history. ss the Moutvie of Fyzabadhad crossedi the young officer'S path once already When Malcolm took his untrainod. charger for the first Wild gallop out DE Meerut—the ride that ended igs0- • miniously • in the, moat of the King** se Delhi hunting lodge—lie nearly rode )ver a Mohammedan priest, as he tore along the Grand Trunk Road some five utiles south of the station. • It would have been well for India if Monies •hoofs bad then and there. struck the breath out of that ascetic' trame. Of "ell the firebrands raise4 by the Mutiny, the ltioulvie of Fyza.- bad was the fiercest and most danger - Due. Early in the year he was inapei- speed f ir preaching sedition. Un - 'happily be was liberated too soon, and, . 3 fanaticism only inflamed the morse by punishment, he went to the Punjab and solved disaffection far and wide by his burning zeal for the spread of Islam. By chanee he returned to Pyzabad before the outbreak at Mee- rut. The feeble loyalty of the native regimeets at Lucknow sufficed to keels all the borderland of Nepaul quiet for nearly two months.But the reports brought by his disciples warned the (TO I3E CONTINUElee Whooping Coug CROUP__ ASTIEVIA COMM E.- BRoNCHITIS CATARRH COLDS tirrAtitimists ism Aeimplo, safe and effective trMttnient for hewn* eitial troublee. avoiding drums. „Ystpotized Crease+, term (top e ttse parozwisna sof Whooping Costae and relieves entity- at ottea. It bra boon to aut, term froth A/stands. 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