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Clinton New Era, 1892-05-27, Page 3•mr•-••••-e-s THE CLINTON NEW- , itay 27, 1.892, Wh9 waS half eupPerted by the QUI )3n44en1y uttered a cry and ;at telVard AtUman clad in a ragged, (hay flan- nel shirt, shabby treasers and slippers, but accoutred as a private soldier, and wealing an officer's sword, "Arthur, don't you know me?" sob- bed the boy, throwing himself upon the astonished ellicer. "She escaped from Jellypore in dis- guise," the other fugitive explained. "You may be sure of your sister by this token, -Captain Maynard," he add- ed, producing_ a large ruby from his clothing. "Miss Maynard dropped this waile dancing with me, Philip Randal, of the 10th, last winter, and I took it in charge for her until now." Then ensued a scene in which recog- nition, doubt, fear' and hope, sorrow and joy, were tumultuously mingled, one of many similar scenes enacted in Lucknow that year, when the suppos- ed dead suddenly reappeared after long wanderings, and tnose reputed living were as suddenly discovered to have been loog dead; when reunited friends met wita terror, framing ques- tions their lips almost refused to utter, and their ears dreaded to hear an- swered. "Is father alive? And mother? - Where is your wife? Algernon was killed and Ethel and all the children - None were saved, civilians or soldiers -My children are gone -My wife still lives -Her baby- is a month old -There is still food in the garrison -We have lost all we possessed -We left can- tonments in the clothes we stood in - You are ill -I am starved -Ah. poor child, and worn mit-And Havelock is ill -Sir Colin is corning -A little pa- tience -thank God how sad -How sweet, -" and such like mingled questions and answers amid teals and smiles, and ejaculations of sorrow and wond- er, to the crashing of the grim siege - symphony overhead. The fugitives separated without fare- well; Acta was taken to her brother's wife, and Philip, with a keen pang at a parting he felt to be final, at, least as far as the close and pleasant compan- ionship in the last days of suffering and danger was concerned, went to ihe quarters assignee to his reginie_nt, where another equally ghastly but less emotional scene of recognition, in- quiry, sad response, and half sorrow- ful welcome occurred, in the midst of which the diabolical war music rose in a deafening fortissimo; the wall of the temporary mess room crashed in, ad- mitting a heavy exploding body, men fell in various directions like so many ninepins, the sound of smashing crock- ery and shattering furniture was mingled with groans, and followed by silence and darkness. Philip, stunned by the noise, and blinded by the thick dust -cloud, wond- ered that he was still alive, and sup- posed himself the only survivor of the explosion; when the cloud began to dissipate itself, a light was struck, and a voicequiet1 y remarked. "Their practice is improving. The last only ploughed the conrpound `What I hate is their confounde stink -pots," said another voice, and th whole assembly, the officers being the at dinner, was soon on its feet, and making use of such furniture as was not smashed, adapting broken things and coffrituting the repast, as far as circurfaa :owes permitted, which was not vi y far. The body of a poor na- tive s, :ant, the only victim ot' the ex- plodina shell was, quietly removed wit:left it comfnent a few minutes later. ThgiPhui heard -7.31- We -terrific loss on September 25th, and during the following week, when amputated limbs lay in heaps in the hospital, of the continued fury of the siege and ap- parently undiminished numbers of the enemy, who had rolled back for a shot distance round the original entrenched position as the sea would roll -back from cliffs rising out of the water, but who invested the reinforced garrison as closely as ever. Outram had not yet heard of Sir Colin Campbell's ap- proach, and thanks to Lawrence's pro- ' videnee there were_ still..provisions for a month.' An English paper, smug- gled in by a servant, proclaiiMed the interest and sympathy of England, and the starting of large bodies of troops overland. Two or three days in hospital, where a round shot killed a man sitting on his bed, and several of duty of most active description, followed, and Phi- lip saw and heard nothing of the com- rade of his late adventures. He con- trived to send out a note for Jessie, concealed in a quill, saying that he was alive and well, and then one evening when he had an hour to spare, he made his way, to the Maynards' quar- ters, telling himself that, little as con- ventionalities could be observed by people whose scanty leisure was spent in dodging round shots and musket balls, it was absolutely incumbent on him to ask how Miss Maynard fared after her adventurous journey. He found a quiet circle of ladies in shabby clothes, sitting in a veranda to breathe a little air in the comparative lull:of the iron tempest, which usually occurred after sunset. Faded, hag- gard, and languid these ladies were; one wore a bit of crape at her neck, the nearest approach to widow's weeds „. that she could procrire; one was hush- ing a young fretful baby. This lady received hini cordially. and thanked him for his care of her sister-in-law, while Capt ain Maynard took the IN SE HEART• II Ihe ST011 13 IllaXWALL GRIST, COMINITED. 0 AAA'S Spiritei had been rising with the eense Of freedom, and the stimulus of actiOn, the terrible sorrow and elle- pentie of the last few months was suc- ceeded by a natural reaction. She could have sung in the lightness of her heart. "Hew beautiful the world is?" she exclaimed, as she watched the glory of tb,e sunrise with tears in her eyes, "and how beautiful it is only just to be alive. I alai sure that we shall get through the lines, Mr Randal. I think that Gocl xneans to deal more gently now -I have suffered so much, and you have suffered, too. And how shall I ever be able to thank you?" "It I can help you I shall need no ' other thanks," he replied; "but it strikee rue that if I get Into Lucknow alike 1 shall owe it to you." They went into a grove of mangoes for concealment rather than shade, to rest awhile, and eat some of the food Ada had brought with her; and a more paradisaic breakfast perhaps had never been taken. Tlap world lying before them in the beauty of the morning was sq fresh, so young, and so bright; the experience was so new and so ro- mantic. ' Philip scarcely knew Ada in her fresh disguise; the merry Hindoo lad vvitla the sparkling eyes differed as much from the dignified, deep -voiced Indian lady telling him her sad story, as the latter contrasted with the light- hearted girl in the ball -room. -His spirits rose with the glory of the fresh morning, and the infection of Ada's, but he could not, forget the extreme peril of their position, and his own heavy responalbility, and ate the chupatties and fruit he found in his bundle with an undercurrent of serious thought. "Brother Bassamjee," Ada said hur- riedly, after a time, `I wonder in which direction Lucknow lies." ,Then it struck Philip that, having walked for so many hours. .they ought by this time to be within hearing of the siege guns. He looked over the prospect before him, a rich plain dotted with villages among corn -fields, groves and paddy fields, with the eternal palm springing here and there; he could see no sign of a large city, or large river. Beelampore was left far behind out of sight. He had no idea where he was. "We shall soon find the road," he said in a reassuring voice. "Only keep up your heart, Miss Maynard." Their frugal meal finished, and their feet washed in a stream, the travellers went refreshed upon their way toward a village, where Ada's inquiries pro- cured the disquieting information that they had been diligently walking away from Lucknow all night, and must now retrace their steps, though they were not obliged to pass Beelanapore again. The sun waxed warmer as they walk- ed, and both began to flag, Phihp even limping as the effort told upon his wounded leg. "It would have been nothing without an adventure," Ada commented joy- ously; "you didn't suppose we were going to walk across to Lucknow as one walks across the fields to church at home, Mr Randal? And he certainly did not. - They had now reached a ravine form- ed by a cascade dashing from a height; the steep sides were partly clothed with wood, and as it was evident that both were tired out, they rested in this cool and pleasant retreat till the sun's wotst force should be expended. Here Philip prepared a couch with leaves and undergrowth, but before he had made much way with it Ada, who had thrown herself at the foot of a tree and begun to discuss their plans, suddenly became silent, her head drooping on her breast. She had_ fallen_ asleep,_ dead beat. She scarcely stirred when he lifted her gently from the earth and placed her on the greenwood couch, himself sitting near and fanning the insects off with a green bough. He sat thus for many hours, battling with the drowsiness that threatened to over- come him, and pondering their situa- tion and plans, a perfect passion of pity and tenderness sweeping over Ihim whenever his eyes rested upon the sleeping girl, and he thought of her courage and patience, her utter deso- lation and dependence upon him. They had decided to sleep by turns in the day, and travel again at night; but Ada, who had taken no exercise for many months, was so exhausted that the day wore on and nearly away while she slept, and Philip could only keep himself awake by pacing toand fro,to the discomfort of his wounded leg. But at last the sleep faded from her face, she sighed. stirred, and woke, springing to her feet when her eyes opened upon Philip'sbaggard face, and reproaching him for letting her sleep on -for they did not think it safe to sleep without a watch, a temple above the cascade giving evidence of hunaan habitation near. Then Philip took her place for A,11 hour, and she watched and fanned in turn, and her heart •in turn melted with pity when she looked upon the bronzed tired face and the strong limbs relaxed in the helplessness of sleep. If wild beasts ceased to harm each other. and unite to face a common danger, how much more binding is the tie of endurance and peril when shared "He ought to grow into a distiu- by human beings? And these had to guished soldier," Philip replied, glanc- each other the subtle charms of youth ing with a sort of awed pity at the and sex, together with diversity of frail creature, who had chosen such a character and beauty; they, were alone Perilous time for his first entrance up - together in the wide world, surround- on the world's stage, and doubting if ed by cruel and treacherous enemies, he would grow into anything. at the mercy of elemental forces, hot Then he heard the low clear voice noons, chill nights, beasts of prey and which had of late become so familiar, venomous reptiles, malaria, hunger, though not less thrilling to him, and and the pestilence that slays and almost feared lo look up to the face he wastes at that season in those climates. had seen in such varied aspects when Each felt something cf the tremendous Ada came on to the veranda. forces drawing them together, but "I am so glad to see you," she said. their youth and the exigencies of the "I was afraid you would not have time momenthinderedthem from seeing how to come. You were in hospital; I was deep and subtle those forces were. so sorry. I hear you have been on Another night's walking, they, hoped duty. I hope not too soon." would bring them to the rebel lines; The young widow's eyes clouded but it was not so. What with sickness when she saw Philip rise from the and other mischances, it was days later block of wood he was sitting on to When two yonng English-speaking shake his former comrade's hand; she Hindoos were suffered to pass the Eng- had heard the story of their wander- lish outposts in the 'evening, and ing with a sort of tender envy, and the brought guarded ir to the entrench. expression Ada's appearance brought ments. to Philip's face gave him a momentary Foot -sore and weary, thin and hag. resemblame to her owe soldier slain gard, their white clothing stained and during the siege. It happened that torn, they Were led before Europeans Phil! Was clad- in it shabby, stained a1mogt tattered,, soiled, 'and Wasted 'eta that she recognized too Well; fls hernselVest Whett the younger lad, she h • refused to Sell it, but placed it at th disposal of a °Meer 0 I might need it. Ada had now recovered her natural hue, tkpcl though unsuitably Clad in at rich colored silk gown g,iven her by a )44 low lived in the Itesideney, and therefore had all her wardrobe with her when thellight thither took place, she made a graceful and feminine lig- nee in the dim. light. Her dark hair was coiled about her head like that of a Greek statue, her eyes were bright with pleasant welcome; she, carried a sleeping child in her arms, a wasted, ailing creature, yet no light burden, being at least three years old. "Ada," her sister-in-law said, "can't you put Willie to bed now? He has been in your arms the whole long day. He will wear you out." "The moment I lay him down he cries," she replied, gathering him closer in her arms; "he is so good, he lets me work and wash the ciaina and do all sorts of things!" Philip wondered what "all sorts of things" might mean; without asking he took the child from her, and quick- ly hushed the feeble moan it made on being moved; then he learnt that its mother was too weak to tend it, and trusted it entirely to Ada. Just then a slight sibilant noise, followed by a crack, was heard, and a small object bounded from the chair on which Miss Maynard w as sitting and struck her on the side. "Spent, fortunately," she said, with a slight start, while a email leaden ball rolled harmlessly to the ground, whence Philip took it as a souvenir. "The chair Is none the worse," Cap- tain Maynard said, tranquilly examin- ing it; "i t was evidently a chance shot." Philip, whose low seat was one of those wooden blocks fired from mor- tars, at a high elevation into the gar- rison, keenly realized the brief and precarious tenure on which they all neld their lives; was it worth while to think of the future in the near face of death? Why not snatch a little joy from these fleeting .monients of peril? Therefore he hooked into Ada's deep eyes, and listened to the music of her voice, while the young widow watch- ed them with a sorrowful sympathy, and enjoyed a brief hour of Paradise. When he returned to his post he felt very low, and fell to regretting that he had no tidings of Jessie; he would give the world for a home letter. And tired as he was by the long day's duty, and weakened by poor food and hard- ships, he did not sleep that night, but lay looking through the darkness at a face which seemed to reproach him, the face that of all 'faces had looked most kindly Upon him all his life, the lined, worn gace of Matthew Meade, and remembered that good man's con- stant and surpassing love and kind- ness, and the perfect trust he had seen in his dying eyes. In the meanthne the guns boomed on; a ball might at any moment crash into his room, ending all responsibility. His visit was repeated once or twice before the position was evacrated few weeks later, in November, when Ada was one of the crowd of ladies d who took shelter in his regiment's e quarters, while passage was being n cleared for their carriages on their way. to the Dilkoosha Palace. The child was still in her arms; she begged a little milk for it, and Philip was hap- py and proud to be able to furnish some. A few days later, when the sick and wounded women and children were conveyed to Allahabad, he was oie of .their many her frequently during the fortnight's slow and difficult march, which was necessarily one of great hardship. A great crowd of sick and feeble people and their necessary baggage in bullock wagons and palanquins, with camels, elephants, pedestrians, and vehicles all mixed up together in the hot sun and stifling dust, involved much suffering and unspeakable confusion. With scanty and hastily organized commis- sariat, the Maynards were frequently without food or tents for the night, and, like others, were dependent upon the -sometimes lawless proceedings of male friends. "Brother Bassamjee," Ada said one night, when after long and weary waiting at their encampment he brought them some loaves filched from a commissariat wagon, "if you were in merry England I strongly suspect you would see 'more of the inside of a prisod than you liked." 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