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His favorite amusement was to sit alone for haute in a sbaft, wait pa- tiently until the rebels bored a way up to him, and then shoot the foremost workers, And in such fashion the siege went on, with houses collapsing, because they were so riddled with cannon balls that the walls gave way, and ever -nearing *lapping of the fortifica- tions, and intolerable breaks in the monsoon, when the heat became so overpowering that even the natives yielded to the strain—and the days passed, and the weeks and the months, until, on September 16, Ungud, tempt- ed by a bribe of five thousand rupees, swept away for the last time with des- patches for Havelock. CHAPTER XIV. Why Malcolm Did Npt Write It was the saddest hour in Have - lock's life whenhe decided that his Invincibles must retreat. Yet, after another week's fighting, that course was forced on him. On July 25 heolmiged fearlessly Into Oudh, leaving a wide and rapid river in his rear, with ether rivers, canals, and fortified towns and villages in front, on three sides swarms .of de- termined enemies gathered 'leder the standards of Nana Sahib and the Oudh Taluqdars, and .everywhere a hostile if not actually mutinous peasantry. With his usual daring, trusting to the unsurpassed elan of his troops, he fought battles at Onao and Busseerue gunge. Then when the thunder of the fighting was faintly heard by lititeners in the - Resicienpy, Havelock took. thought and regretted that be had ventured to leave Cawnpore. His force numbered about belt the men who marched out of Allahabad on the 7th. Cholera Wad broken . out; stores were scanty; there was not a single litter for another wounded man; and, worst of all, ammunition was fail- ing. To advance farther meant the total destruction ef his little army, the sure and instant fall of the Residency, and the disappearance of the British flag froth an enormous territory. Yet he hesitated before he gave the final order. He .fell back a couple of marches and wrote tie Neill on the 31st that he could "do nothing for the re- lief of Lucnn,ow," until he received a re -enforcement of a 'thousand men and a new battery. . Neill, • who was holding , Cawnpore with three nundred rifles, returned the most amazing reply that ever a sub- ordinate officer addressed to his chief. "The .natives delft believe you have won any real victories," be wrote, in effect. "Your retreat has destroyed the prestige of England.. While you are waiting for re -enforcements that cannot arrive Lucknow will be dost. You must advance again and not halt until you have rescued the garrison. .Then return here sharp, as there is much to be done between this and Agra and Delhi." Neill's zeal outran his discretion. Havelock told him in plain language his opinion of this curious epistle. ' Your letter isthe most extraoree nary I have ever.perused," he said. "Coasideration of the obstruetion Which would arise in the •public. ser- vice alone prevents me from placing Yon under immediate arrest. Wu now stand warned. Attempt no fur- ther dictation." Yet Neill's adyice rankled and there' ,were men on Havelock's staff who; agreed with theoutspoken Irishman. Neill, however, coolly • bottled his wrath and sent on a company of the 64th and three guns. . They brought" despatches from Sir Patrick Grant, Commander -in -Chief at Calcutta, tellieg Havelock that the troops sent from the capital had been turned aside to deal with Mutineers in 13ehar. • The gallant Crimean eeteran there- fore hardened his heart, set out once more for Lucknow and fought another most successful battle at Busseerue gunge. There could be no questioning either the. victory or it's cost.. ' Another such seccess and his column would not number a half battalion. That night he watched tho. weary soldiers digging graves for their fallen comrades, and, while his brain was torn with conflicting .problems, a spy brought news thee the powerful Gwa- tier Contingent wai marching to seize Cawnpore. Ine hesitated no longer. As a general he had no right to be swayed by entotion. He must protect Cawnpore as a base and trust to the fortune of War that Lucknow might keep the flag fiy1ng. • Malcolm was with him when he formed this resolution. Outwardly void, Sir Henry seemed to his yeuth- ful observy, who now knew him bet- ter, to resemble a Volcano coated with Inc. "Major," he said, "the column will retreat at daybreak. But I will get my other aides to 'make .arrangements. Are you quite recovered from your wound? Are you eapable of ender - going somewhat. severe exertion, I mean?" Prank answered modestly that he thought he had never been better in health or strength, though he won- dered inwardly what sort of exertion eould be more "severe" than his ex- periences of the preeediug three weelm. But Havelock knew what he was talking about, as shall be seen. "I want you to make the best of your way to Delhi," he said in his unbending way. "1 leave details to you, ext.ept that I Wduld like you to start to -night. if possible. Of course any kind of es- cort that is available would be fatal to your success, but, if I remember his 'record rightly, that servant of youre may be useful. I do not propose to give you any despatches. If you get through toll the Commander -in - Chief in the Punjab exactly how we are situated here. Tell hint Lucknow will not be relieved for nearly two Menthe, but that .1 will hold Cawnpore till the last man falls. I hope and trust you may b) spared to make the journey in ,afrtY. It you seeetd you will twelve 1, gratuity ard "0 eel) 10 lank. Good- ry!" lie or t 'hie heel, and bis tithe yee nietlite, for 8 moment. Then fatei.1 linrself walking to hie 45/1411146"A nil -0411M tent and reviewing all that this Meant to Winifred Sad himself. Re was none the less a braVe man if bis lips trent- bled 001newbat and there. canie a tightening Of tbe throat dist ousel- elotuale 3'000011)1ml 2 Sob. Two Months! Could a delicate girl live 00 long in ailtether seek Inferno at Lucknow as be had seen in Wheeler' abandoned entrenchment At Cawre pore? "God help us both!" he raurmured bitterla, passing a hand involuntarily over his misty eyes. With the action be brutthed away doubt and fears. Ile was a rendier again, one to whom hear- ing and obedience were identical, "Chumru," he mid, when he found hits domestic scratelxing mud off a coat with his nails for lack of a clothes -brush, "WO set out for Delhi to-nigk*, you an:fithib"," was the unex- pected parry to this astounding thrust, and Chumru kept on -with his task. "It is a true thing," said Malcolm, who knew full well that the Moham- medan understood dm extraordinary difficulty Of such a mission. "It is the General -sahib's order, and he wishes you to go with me, W111 you come?" "Huzoor, have you ever gone any- where without me Educe you came to my hut that night when I was stricken with the smallpox—?" "Only once, you rascal, and then you came after me to ray great good fornine. Very well, then; that es set- tled. Stop raising dust and listen. We ride to -night.. Let HS discuss the man- ner of our traveling, for 'Us a long road and full of mischief." Chumru laid aside the garment and tielded Ills wiry hair underneath hie turban, "By the Kaaba," be growled, "such roads lead to Jehaunum more easily than to Delhi. DO you go to the Prin- cess Roshinara, sahib?" Malcolm's overwrought feelings found vent in a hearty laugh. "What fiend tempted thee to think of her, owl?" he cried. "Nay, sahib, no fiend other than a woman. What else would bring your honor to Delhi? Is there not occupa- tion here in plenty?" . "I tell thee, image, that the Gen:ral. sahib hath ordered it. And I am, mak- ing for the British camp on the Ridge, not for the city." Chumru dismissed the point. He was a fatalist and ha probably re- served his opinion. Malcohn had be: gulled the long night after they left Rai Bareilly with the story of his strange meetings with tbe daughter. • To the Eastern mindthere was Kismet in such happenings: "I Would you had not lost 13ahadur Shah's pase, huzoor," he said. "That would be worth a bagful of gold mo. hurs on the nerth road now. But,as matters stand, we must' fall back on walnut juice. You have blue eyes and fair hale, Mack, yet must we—" "What! Wouldst thou make me a brother Of thine?" demanded Mal- colm, understanding that the walnut juice was intended to darken his skin. "There is no, other way, liuzoor. This is no ride of a night. We shall be seven days, let us go at the best, and meeting budmashes at every mile. :If you did not talk Urdu like one of us, sahib. I should bid you die here in peace rather than fall in the first vil- lage, Still, we may have luck, and you can bandage your hair and fore- head and Swear that those cursed leen inghis nearly cut your scalp off. But you must be rubbed all over; sahib, until you are the color of brown lea- ther, for We. can hv rio patches -oe white skin showing where, perchanCe, your garments are rent." • Malcolm saw the wisdom.of the sug- gestion and foil in with it. While Chuniru went to compound walnut juice in the nearest bazaar, he, in pur- suance of the plan they had concocted together, got a, native writer to coine pile a letter which purported to ema- nate from Nana Sahib, and was ad- dressed to Elahadur Shah. It Was •a very convincing document. Malcolm contributed a garbled history of recent events,- and one of the Brahmin's seals, which: came Havelock's pos•essien when Cawnpore was occupied-, lent veresitniltude to the script. Then the Englishman bovered him- self with an.olly compound that. Chum- ru 'assured him would darken his skin affectually before morning, though the present effect Was More obvious te the nose than to the eye. Chumrn donn d his rissaldar Brahmin's uniform and Malcolm secured a similar outfit from e native Officer on the. staff. Well armed and well -mounted the pair crossed the Ganges north of Bithoor, gained the Grand Trunk Road and were far frorn the British column when they drew rein for their first halt of More than an hoines duration. They had adventures galore on the road to Delhi, but Chuinru'a repertory ef oaths atiteit tbe Nazarenes, and Mal- . colm's .dignifiea hauteur 8$ a messen- ger of the man who ranked higher in the native world -than the octogenarian king, carried them .theough without 'grave risk, True, they had a close shave or twin. • ' ()nee a seepicious sepoy who knew avery native officer in the 7th Clavalre, to which corps "Risealdar Ali Khan" • was -supposed to belong, bad to be quietly choked to 'death Within ear- ahot 'on a score of his own comrades who were ittarchieg to the Mogul cape On another OftitSl011, a moulvie, sr Mohammedan priest, was nearly elie cause of their undoing. Malcohn was not sufficiently expert in the 7itua1 of the Reka, and this snortcom- .ng aroused the devotee's ire, but he was calmed by Chumru's assurance hat his exeellent friend, Late Ahmed, nes still suffering from the wetted in - :Holed by the condemned tneours, and .he stor lablew over. These incidents simply served to enliven a tedious journey. Its main 'eatures were climatic disoomfort and easitive starvation. Rain storms, hot winds, sweltering Intervale of intoler- Able beat—these were vagaries of na- nre and might be endured. But tha absence of food was a more serious tatter. The passage to and fro of ^ebel detachments had converted the erand Trunk Road into a wilderness. Phe sepoys paid for nothing Ind loetzd Vieliammedans and Mules alike. At- er two months of constant pilfeeing he unhappy ryots had little lett, nor he most part they deserted their lovels, gathered Buell few valualnes as lad escaped the human locusts who levoured their substance, and either .e.treated to remote villages or boldly ;ought a living in scene other pro.. Vince. Indeed, it 'May be tiald in all candor that the Mutiny caused far more misery to the great Mass of the people than to the foreign rulers against whom it was supposed to be directed. The sufferings of the Eng- lish residents in India were terrible and the treatmeut meted out to them Wes unSpettlettbly Vile, but for one English life sacrificed during the countryto red 'year there were five hundred natives killed by the Very men wile professed to defend their Interests. Idaleohn and Chaim Were given proof in plenty of Bile fent as they rode along. GeneratiOne Of Wel, feuds had 'Amiga the Vneagerfe to eCtluitrUct their ✓ etie Whautioa in 'Melt wise that any place Of fairly large population formed • Strong fort. Where the ryots were 0011ected ill iiefficient numbers to ren- der such a proceeding poesible, they ermed themselves not only against the British but against all tbe world. e Many times the travelers Were fired at by men who took theta for sepoys, and they often found active hostilities In progress between a Harty 01 (leaver - ate rebels who wanted food and a horde of sturdy villagers who refused to treat with men in any sort of Uni- rormStill, they managed to live. In the fields they found ripening grain and an abundance of that small millet or pulse -pea keown ae gram, which is, the staple food 6f horses in India. Owe" atonally Malcolm shot a peacock, but shooting birds with a revolver is a diffieult Kieft and wastful Of aramuni- don. Where hares were plentiful Chumru seidene failed to snare one during the night. Therm were feast days. At other times they chewed millet and were thankful for small mercies. The journey occupied nearly twice the time of their original estimate. Nejdi, good horse as he was, wanted 5 rest; Chumru's steed was liable to break down any hour; and it was a sheer impossibility to obtain a re- mount in that wasted tract. ' All things considered it was a wow ierful achievement when, on the even- ing of the eleventh day, they began their iast march. They is:mined matters so that the %num lay bstween them and their goal. When they left the tope of trees :n which they had elept away the hot hours their ostensible aim was the bridge of boats which carried the Mee- rut road across the river into the im- perial city. That was their story if they fell in with eorapany. In reality they meant to leave the dangerous locality with the best speed their horses were capa- ble of, There could be no doubt that Delhi was the stronghold of the muti- neers. Even discounting by ninety per cent the grandiloquent stories they heard, it wasevident that the British still held the ridge, but were rather be- sieged than besiegers. For the rest, the natives were assured that the for- eign rule had passed forever. Their version of the position was that "great fighting took piece ,daily and the Nazarenes were being slaughtered in hundreds." The ooe statement nullified the other. Malcolm reasoned, correctly as it happened, that the British force Was able to hold its own, but not strong sneugh to take the city; that the .Pun - Jab was quiet and that the general in aommand on theridge was biding his time until re -enforcements arrived, Therefore if Chumru and he could strike the left bank of the Jumna, a Few miles above Delhi, there should be no .difficulty in crossing the stream and reaching the British camp. •Fononce, a wild -laid scheme did riot reveal unforeseen pitfall. He had the good fortune to fall in with a corps of irregular horse scouting for a half - expected flank attack by the rebels, in the gray dawn of the morning of Aug- ust 1L Chumru and lie were nearly shot by 'mistake, but. that is ever the risk of those viho wear an enemy's uniform, and .by this time, John Com- pany's livery was .quite discredited in the laud which he, in his corporate capacity, had openedup to Europeans. Moreover, between dirt and walnut - stein Malcolm was like an animatedbronte statue, and it was good to see the incredulous expression on a bro: eher officer's face when he rode pp. with the cheery cry: • "Be Jove,. Old fellow, I am glad to tee you. I am Malcolm of the 31'd Cav- alry,. and et have brought news from :lettere' Havelock." ' Theleader of the scouting party, a stalwart stibaltern of dragoons,' thought that it was a piece of impu- 'knee on the part of this "dark" stran- eer to address him so familiarly. "I happen to be acquainted with Mr.' Malcolm—" he began. • "Not so wen as I know him, Samna- raz," said Prank, laughing. He had 'tot counted on his disguise being so .30mplete. But the laugh proved his identity, tor there is a more distinctive Tharacter in a man's mirth than in any ether inflection of the voice. Saumarez testified to anamazed re, 7ognit1on in the approved manner of a iragoon. - "Either you are Malcolm or I am be- witched," ho cried. Then he looked at Oh umne • "This gentleman, no doubt; ia at .least a brigadier," he went on. "But, joking apart, have you really ridden from Allahabad?" • • The question showed the lack of in - Formation of eveuts farther south that Dbtained ie the Punjab. By. this time the sepoys had torn dawn the tele- graph posts and cut the wires in all directions. Elven between Cawnpore and Calcutta, whenever' they crossed the Grand Trunk Road they destroyed the telegraph. As . one of them said, looking up at a damaged pole which was about to serve as his gallows:. "Ah, you are able to bang me now because that mirsed wire strangled all of us in our sleep." ' His metaphor was correct enough. There is no telling what might have been the course of history in India if the sepoys had stepped telegraphic communication from the North to Cal- cutta early in May. , Malcolne gave Saumarez' a summary of affairs in .the Northwest Provinces as they rode on ahead of the troops. "And now," he said, "how do mat- ters stand here?" "You have used the. right WOrd," said the other. "Stand! That is just what we are doing. We've had three corn, Mander-in-chiefs and each one is more timid than his predecessor. Thank goodness, Nicholson arrived four days ago. Things will begin to move now." "le that the Peshawar Nicholson?" asked Frank, remembering that Hod- son had Spoken of a man of that name, a man who Would "horse -Whip into the saddle" a general who feared to as- sume responsibility. "Yes. Haven't you Seen him? By gad, he's a wonder. A giant of a fel- loW with an eye like a hawk and a big black beard that seems, soMehoW, to suggest a blacksmith. He turned tip at our mess on the first evening he was in ce..p. Everybody was laugh- ing and joking as usual and he never said a word. I didn't understand it at the time, but I noticed that Nichol- son just glowrred at each man who told a funny story, and, by degrees, we were all sitting like mutes at a funeral. Then he said, in a deep voice that made tis jump: 'When some of you gentlemen can spare inc a mo - molt I shall be glad to beer what You have been doing here the last ten weeks.' Mere was no sneer in bis words. We have hari fighting enough, Heaven knows, but we felt that by 'doing' he meant 'attacking,' not 'de- fending.' Sure as death, he win create 0. stir. ledeed, the kaven is working already. He sent me out here this tnetene: a, ns he has -none. to meet the MO1 trom 'Laliore," and there was a rumor of a, sortie frOm Delhi to cut it off." Malcolm fresh from aseoclation with Havelock realized that a grave and seriouseninded soldier could 111 brook the jests and idle talk that domi- nated the average military mils of the period. a "Nicholson sounds like tbe right man in the right place," he coMmented. The dragoon vouched for it ernplsa- neatly. "He has put an end to pony -racing and (mite," said he, "and there is to be no more fighting la our shirt sleeves. Bear in mind, we have had a deuce of a time. I've been in, twenty- one fights myself, and that is not all. The sepoys 'usually swarm out hell -for - leather and we rush to meet them. There is a scrimmage for an 'hour or so, we shove 'era back, Elerbson gets in a bit of sabre -work, we pick up the wounded, tell off a burial party, and start a cricket match or a gymkhana. Of eourse the fighting is stiff while it lasts and my regiment has lost its two best bowlers, a really sound bat and a erack rider in the pony heath. Still if we don't lose any ground we gain none, and I can't help agreeing with Nichol- son that war isn'ta picnic." Frank managed not to smile at the naivete 'of his compauion. Though Saumarez was nearly his own 'age he felt that their difference in rank was not nearly so great as the divergence in their conception of the magnitude of the task before' Britain in India. Nevertheless Saumarez saw that Nick- elson was it force, and tbat was some- thing, "Is the Hodson you mention tite man who rode from Kurnaul to Mee- rutbefore the affair of Glutei-lid-din- Nuggur?" he asked. "Yes, same chap. A ' regular fire- brand and no mistake. He has gene ared a crewd of dare -devils known as Hodson's Horse, and they go into ac- tion, with a dash that thought was only to be 'found in regular cavalry. But here we are at our ghat, That is weedy-lookinti Arab you are riding— plenty of bone, though. Will he go aboard a budgerow 'without auy fuss?" "Oh, yes. He will do most tbiugs," was the quiet reply. . . Malcolm dismounted and fondled Nejdi's black muzzle.. How little the light-hearted dragoon guessed what those • two had endured together! Nejdi as a weed was a new role. For an instant Frank thought of making a match with his friend's best charger eftor Nejdi had had a Week's rest. . It was altogether a 'changed audience that- Havelock's messenger secured that evening when • Nicholson rode to the ridge with the troops sent from the north by Sir John Lawrence, Edwardes and Montgomery. while the generosity Jf Bartle lei -ere in sending from Sciride regiments he could i11. spare should be mentiouect in the same breath, '• Saumarez's "giant of it fellow" was /here. and Archdale Wilson, the com- nander-in-chief, and Neville Chamber- 4in, and Baird -Smith, and Hervey.. nreathed. Inspired by the presence 811011 'men .Malcolui entered upon a full account of occurrences at Lucke Cawnpore and elsewhere during the preceding nionth. His hearers were aware of. Henry Lawrence's death Ind the beginniag of the stege of Luck - low: They had heard of Massacre "Shan 'the Well, and Havelock's 'ad- eance, but: they Were dependent on uitive rumoe and an occasional spy for • their inforthation, 'and "I.‘rank's epica narrative .was the first complete and :rue history that hed..beere given them. ' He was seldom interrupted. Occa- sionally when,be was tempted V) elur versome of the clangers•he had over- come personally, a question from •one cr oilier of the five would force him :o be more explicit.. Naturally, Ile spoke freely :of the nagnificent exploits of Havelock's eoltinin and he saw Nicholson tick - 'ng off each engagement, each tremen- leas march; each fine display of stra- tegic genius on the port of the gen- Iran. With an approving nod andshake ef his great. beard. -You bane dente well. Yonne- lean," said General Wilsoie when Ferank's leng 7ecital came to • an end. "What reek lid you hold .on ,G'eneral. Havelock s staff?" "That Of major, sir."• "You are confirmed. in the • same 7ank here. I have no .doubt your ser- vices will bd further recognized at the noseo( the campaign." . "If Havelock had the second thou-i- s:3,nd men he asked for be would now be marching • here," growled Nichble son. NO one spoke for a little while.. The under meaning of the giant's Words was plain. .Havelodk hadmoVed while they stood 'still. The criticism' was a trifle unjust. perhaps, but men with Napoleonic ideas are impatient )f the limitaticnis that afflict their lees powerful brethren. If. India were gov- srned exclusively' by Nicholsons, Law- :ences, Havelooks, Hoasons, and Neills there wciuld never have been aenutiny. it. was Britain's rare good fortune .that they existed at 'all- and came to. the '.:ront when the 'fierybreath of War lad scorched and enriveled nenere Aides Who held power and place at the outbreak Of hostilities. • 'Then some one passed a remark on Prank's appearance. •. He was bare - beaded. The fair hair and blue eyes that had . perplexed Chumru looked strangely out of keeping with his, brown skin. . ."How itt the- world did You manage to escape detection during your ride north?' be was asked. • He explained Churnru's device, and they laughed. Like Havelock, Baird - Smith thought the Mohammedan would make a good soldier. "With all his pluck, sir, he is abso- lutely afraid of using a pistol," said Frank. "He wat offered. the 1,2...nest rank' at a neete6 eiliden'eutle "Mimed "Then, by gad, we must make him a zemindar. Tell him I said so and that we all agree on that point." When Prank gave the message to Chumru it was received with a demo- niac grin. "By the Hely Kaaba," came the gleeful cry, "I told the Moulvie of Fee zabad that I was in the way of earn- ing a ja,ehir, and behold, it is promised to mel" Next day Malcolm, someWhat lighter In tint after a hot bath, made himself acquainted with the camp. 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Toronto, 57 silence with a heok-nosed Afghan, and the two would rise cheerfully after an hour pessed in that fashion with noth- ing itt common between them save the memory of some deadly thrust averted. when they fought one day in the hollow' below Hindu Rao's house, or a draught of water tendered when oue er other lay gasping and almost done to deatlt In a struggle for the village of Subsea- Mundee. The British soldier, who has fought and bled, in so many lands, showed his remarkable adaptability to circum- stances by the way in which he made himielf at home on the reverse slope of the Ridge. A compact town liad sprung up there with its orderly lines of huts and tents, its long TOWS of picketed horses, commissariat bullocks and elephants, its churches, hospitals, playgrounds, race -course and ceme- tery, • Malcolm took in the general scheme of things while he walked along the - Ridge towards the most advanced. picket 'at 'Hindu Rao's House. On the - loft front lay Delhi, beautiful -as a dream in the brilliant sunshine. The intervening valley was scarred and riven with water -courses, strewn' witk rocks, covered with ruined mosques,. temples, tombs, and houses, and smoth- ered in an overgrowth of trees, shrubs and long grasses. Ronda were few, but tortuous paths ran everywhere, and it was easy to see how the rebels couldt steal out unobserved during the night and creep close up to the pickets be- fore they revealed their whereabouts-. by a burst of musketry. Happily they - never learnt to reserve their fire - Every man would blaze away at the first alarm, and then,: of course, 3m those days of .muzzle -loaders, the more • resolute British troops could get to, close quarters without serious loss_ Still the men who heal the Ridge had many casualties, and until Nicholson. came the rebel artillery was infinitely more powerful thee the British. Be- hind his movable. column. however, ' marched a strong siege train. Wben that arrived- the gunners could make - their presence felt. Thus far not one of the enemy's guns had been dis- mounted. . Frank had ocular proof of their strength in this arm before he reached Hindu Rao's house. The Guides, pic- turesque in their loose, gray -colored shirte and big turbans, sent one of their cavalry squadrons over the Ridge on some errand. They moved at a. sharp canter, but the Delhi ,gunners had got the range and were readyInuf half a dozen eighteen -pound baits crashed into the trees and rocks al- most in the exact line of advance. A: couple of guns on the British right took up the challenge, and the duet went on long after the Guides were: swallowed 'up itt the green depths or the valley. . . At last Malcolm stood in the shelter - Creech. of the picket and gazed at the city which was the hub of the Mutiny_ Beyond the hieh, red -brick walls. he saw the graceful dome and 'minarets of the ..Tum.ma Musjid, while to the left towered the frowning battlements of the King's palace. To the left again, and nearer, was the small dome of St. James's Church with its ;lead roof riddled then, as it remains to this day„. with the bullets fired by the rebels itx the effort to dislodge the ball and cross. • which surmounted it. For the rest hits Dyes 'wandered over a noble array of mosques and temples, flat -roofed houses of nobles of the court and resi- dences of the wealthy merchants who. dwelt in the imperial city.' The far-flung panorama behind the - malls had a curiously peaceful aspects Even the puffs of white smoke from, the guns, curling upwards like tiny clouds in the lazy air, had no tremors until a heavy shot hurtled overhead or struck a resounding blow at the ai-. ready ruined walls of the big house near the post. The 61st were on picket that day„ • and one of the men, speaking with a strong GleuCestershireaccent, said to. Idalcolna: "Well, zur, they zay we'll be a -loot - in' there zoon." , • "I hope so," was the reply, but the phrase set him a -thinking. Within that shining palace most probably was a woman to Whom he owed his life. In another palace, many a hundred miles away, was another woman for whom be would willingly - risk that life if only he could save her from the fate that the private of the 51st was gloating over in antleipation. What a mad jumble cif opposites was Ibis useless and hdrrible war! 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