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A Story of the Inner Visicn of the
Highlanders , Commonly Called
the Second sight.
By. GEORGE MACJONALD.
CIIAPTEIt IV ,
L.SDY ALICE.
\Vlten the bell rafg for dinner , I
managed to fiuQ niy way 10 the drnt : -
lugroom , where were assembled Lady
IIiltou , lies only daughter , a girl of
: thou [ ] 3 , 81)(1 the two boys , lily puil. ) .
Lady Ililt'on would have been pleasant ,
could sbe have been as halmtl as S11 ;
wis11vI to appear. Site reCiveI me wits
some degree of kizJIIa s ; but tic half
cordiality of her i nullier toward nl ,
w'is evlllentiy founded 011 the ihupass
: ib1 ii os of the gulf ICttVN 1 l1. i
111ew at once that w'o should never be
friends ; that $ he would never come
down fromn the lofty 1tble kut(1 111)011
V11i(1r she lvalkcd ; and that if , after
heng ! years in 111(1 house , I shoiild hap-
1)'n Io be ( lying. She would send : he
htI ) elerper to see mile. :111 right , l)0
+ 10111)1 ; I onlti'say chat it waS so. She
ihtrrnhuxd nie to mil } 1)Uli1s-li11c op(11-
'yed manly Iuglish hays , with Soil.-
1Itin ; , + a ! tile overbearing ill their man-
na. nhicll S1)ee(1ilY (1:11)1)(111' ! : ( ! n
their relation to 111 ( . lord IIIUr11 ! was
hot :11 home. Lady IIiltou ] 11'(1 the w.ay
L ( Ilie dinih : FOOhl ; the elder boy gave
his :1'111 to his sister , 511(1 I was a1)a11t
to follow with 111(1 } ouug ( ! . whu froa
nor of the deep hIy : w'ind0lvs glided
chat still in whit ( ' . tht' saute figur ( r\'hich
had paSSC(1 lilt' 111)011 i1) ( latvmi. I stu t-
ill. ; 11(1 drew bath.11 Ii : t slight bow ,
sit ( ' prnclded mil ( , :111(1 1'OllVetl the otll-
ei : . don'u t 11(1 gI(11t Staircas ( . Sctleri
: It rah ] ( , I ha ( I leisure to iua1 e my ) b-
st rratinns 111)011 111(111 all. but Most of
limy glances fourt(1 their \ ' \ 1o the lady
who. twice that lay had ; iffected 111(1
lik ( aim apparition.
Rime was about twenty year's of act
rather abOV ( tlu Middle height . :
rather slight in for111 : her ( umpiexi011
w ilite rathPI Iltut pi1e ; , 1)hr 1'acc bi-
in _ uuiy less white than the deep ulu ! l-
ly w 11itt'ns 01'1)r arms. 11(1 ( yes
were ltr : e , alid fall of liquid itight--n
tliglll tiirob1)iI1g with the light of in-
l : ; ! hle stars. tier hair S(1eulcd rayn
blit : . and in q11unity profuse. 1'11 (
PSprrwIOll Of gel' face. IIIweyt'1' . g(1)
ertiir partook store of \ 1gueh(1ss than
any other charaeteristie. Lady iPt-
10n called her Lady :11iee ; 811(1 she hv-
cr acidCSSC(1 Lady Ililtoli but in the
; ahlt eeremoniOUS Styl 1.
I. afterlyu(1 1arue(1 , frorn the old
f lgo11st' ketyx'r. llitt truly : Dice's position -
tion in the family was a very peculiar
oh' I. iistantly UOn11ct(1 with I.oi 1
* , t Iliitou's family on the Iuotber's side.
she was-the daughter of the late Lord
( . t it 1arrocil. :11111 step-(1aughter teL
L 1dy IIiltou. who ha ( become Lady
IhItit within a year after Lord Gklll _
4h1rr.eh's death. Lally Alice , then
alitil ( a child , had : Iccolnpunied
tennother ; . to whohl she was hloder-
: liely .ittaeheh , :111(1 who had been al-
lotrrltl to retain unhispute(1 possession
011' 1)She had 110 near relatives. else ,
110' fortune I afterward found to u1
: n her diSlOSal would have aroused
conlendiug claims to the right of guard-
iahship.
AIholgh ! she was ! u many respect ,
kiidly treated 1 - het Sthlmothe1 , cer
tern ueculiarities thdcd to her iso'a-
tion from the family pursuits :1111 :
lib asures. hdy Alice had no accoal-
1)liSllnulntS. She could neither Sp(11
Itet ow n laiig11age , nor even read it
:1h ud. Yett he delighted iII reading to
hr'rself.bough 1101 the most part 1)00.4 !
which 111 : . 1Vilso11 chlaracter ! re(1 'IS
odd. Mot' voice when she SIoe :
Ima(1 a ( , nit. indt's'ribalde music in it ;
y ( : Shc rOithI sang nor played. IIer
hialdtuai Ifti011 tt 8S more like a
I'll ; fIlilil ] 1 ! lidiiii. Ilitlt an ordiliary
wtik , yet Sim ( ( o11ld not dun'e : , llr ;
1Vilson hinted : It oilier a11d more
4110115 pecnlilrities , which sit ( either
( O1I l 1)01 of wOtlld not desctil ) ( ; al-
uars shakiiig llet head gravely : ind
Sadly. a11(1 1)(1rauilg ( l11ite silent , w1) n
1 pt "SStH1 1'o1 further explanation ; so
titat , a t last. 1 .rive up ail attculpts to
: I1-1 i 'C at : ttl lilld'i-talltlillg of the lliy5-
lery by her Means.
1'here was SOUIthiIig to m ( exceed-
ii1ly ton'hliug in t1 ! ( solitariness of this
gir ! : for no one spoke to her as if she
were like other people. 01 if any heart- !
41 ueYS were poslh1C brlt VCett them. 1'e-
' . - 1 o one ( 0111(1 have felt quite at
11Ur.1r' with 11(11- but a mother , whose
heart had he(11 one with hei's front a
ruasrl long anterior to the development
'of any VCIUIS1\'e oddity. But IIer. post
1oa : was one o1 peculiar isolation. for
nu ( lie really approachel het inlivid-
tual being : and that she 5110111(1 be ti1i-
nwire of this loneliness Seemed to me
saddest of a ! ! .
ftcr slaking alTahgements for COIlI-
niicing wt + rl ; iii the morning" . I took
111 } leave. ahti 1'PIird to I1)3 OW' ) ) room ,
illif lit 11pO11 carrying Out with lnol'e
sllinotcuess the survey I had already 1
eOnnlCnced ; Sects ! cupboards in the
we1I. and 0l ( or t V ( ) (1)015. apparently +
of ( losets , 1iI 1 ( : Specially attracted miry'
: : ltcIlion. Strange was its look as I t
ett 'rcd-:1S of :1 roO11a hOhlowe'(1 out of w
the past , for a ulc1 0rial of dead tinges.
' 'h- re had sunk low. Ind lay snlol- I
irin : beneath the white ashes , like
i1) ( life of the world beneath the snow.
u1 1111 ? heart of a man henealh COId and
gray agoughts. I li.rht(1 the Cul(1le 1
zcli'h ; stood 111)011 111(1 table. hot the
; oem , iliStCad of being brightened.
90u1 e3 blacker t11111) before. for the
light revealed its essential blackness , t
Witil the ialidle f11 hy Inuui. I pr01
c'ee(1ed to open the vario11s cupboards i
; mud closets. At tiiSt t found nothing I
relu:1riable 'aboiit any of them. T11 ( 1 ,
latter we1C quite empty , except the last 1
' ripic to , which was a piece of very
old elaborate tajOSt1 y hanging at the t
balt of it. Lifting tills up I saw what
Snl'd at first to 1I)1 l)11le15. corre1
spondhrg to those which formed the i
; O0ni : but. 011 1ookiug more closely , 1 1
,1jSCOteI ( ' ( that this back of the closet
Vs : or had been. a door. 'I here was
eOthinr : tulaspal in this , esl > cially in (
: arch : u ! 01(1 house , but the discovery
'roascd in 1111' a strong desire to know.
1nat lay behind the 0(1 door. I found
that it was scenrd oily by an ot(1in- .
aI . bolt , from which tit ( handle had
1)Ye11 rem0yd. SUOthing niy Cou-
, SCiitc0 with the rliectiotl Ihat.I had a 1
1 ! clit to 1iOw what sort of a place had
coihinniiicatio11 with it ' 'ro01n. I sue-l I
ccdC(1 by the help of my deer knife ,
1
7
In forcing back the rusty bolt ; and
though , from the stiffness of the lunges
I rlrealed a crack , they yielded at last
with only a creak.
The opening ( lees revealed a large
hall , elnpty utterly , save of dust and
cobwebs , which festoone(1 It i11 all
quarter's , nut ! gave it an appeuuIcc of
u11 utterable d'so 1 , t tr'on , 'rime now
( anlilittr ferliii that I had seen the
place before , lille(1 1)1y 11)111(1 the first
nlonlenlut(1 passed away the next A
broad right anled staircase , with massive -
sive lniiusters , rose ( roll the nlid(11e of
the hall. The staircash could not have
originally helms ; ed to the ancient wiIIg
11'hich I had observed on my first :1p-
pr0aeh , beiIIg much more uaoderii but
I was couvlnccd. from the observations
I had made as to the situation of the
1 00111 , that I'as bordering upon , if
not tyitlin , the ollest portion of the
pile. Iii 511(1(1(111 horror lest I shoul(1
! tear a light footfall 11pOh the awful
stair , I vIthdrew htu'rietlly , 811(1 , having -
ing Secured both the doors , betook myself -
self to my bed-roost , in w ltose dingy
four-post bed , with its carving and
plumes reninding nie of a hearse , I
was 5001) ensconced : upon ; ; the snowiest -
iest linen , with the sweet am ! clean
0(10e of lavender.
1 made 110 use of my discovered door
althiugh I ulw ays intended Going So ,
( 'specially after : ! a talking about the
hiiildiiig with Lady IIiltou , I found
that I was at perfect liberty to make
what exc11rsfo11S I pleased into the de
Sel'teI pot'tions.
: i pupils tlll'lleI out to be teachable ,
:111l l ht'tefot'e Illy oCClipat1011 1vaS
licasaiit. 'Ilieir sister frequently came
to sic for help , as there happ(11C(1 to
be , jest tl' 'h 811 iuterregiiutn of gover-
iiessr's ; So011 she ScttleI into a regular
pupil.
After a few. weeks Lord IIiltou re-
lnr11el. ( Though ii' room w8S So far
fl'oin the great hall , I heard the clank
of his sputa on the pavement.
lie received me with some appear-
: utcc of interest , which immediately
St iline(1 and froze. Beginning to
shake hands with me as if he meant it
lie inslalltfy dropped my hand as if it
Lad stung hint. his nobility was of
that soij which stands in constant
need of repair. Like a weakly co11sti-
tutio11 it reluired peeping up , 811(1 his
lordship coull not be said to neglect it ;
for he seemed to 1111(1 his principal en1-
pl0ylnllt in adiliillistering con tillllotis
closes of obsequiousness to his owlt
pride.
. CIIAP'rEn V.
'I'IIE LIBRARY.
One dlly. a w c'ck after his arrival ,
Lord Ililtoll gave a dinner party , to
soul ( of his neighbors 811(1 tenants. I
entered the drawing-room rather late ,
and snthat , though there were many
guests not one was talking to Lady
Alice. She apeared , however , altogether -
gether unconscious of neglect. Pres-
Cntiy dinner was announced , and the
COmpauy marshaled themselves , au(1
took their way to the ( lining room.
I , lly Alice was left unattenled , the
: ; nests taking their cue from the behavior -
ior of their entertainers. I ventured to
go up to her , and offer her my arnl.
She made IIIC a haughty bow and
paSS(1 on before me unaccompanieI. I
could not help feeling hurt at this ,
mind I thihl ; she saw it ; but it nlale no
dilerehee in her behavior , except that
she avoided everything that might occasion -
casion usC the chance of oliering n1)
services.
Nor (11(1 I get any further with La(1'
IIiltou. Her h1111111Cr 111111 smile remained -
mained precisely the saute as 011 our
first interview. She did not Oven show
toy interest in the fact that her daugll-
tel. Lady Lucy , had joined her broth-
er' in the school-room. I had an til-I
comfortable feeling that the latter was
like her 11lotlier , and was not to be I
tr11stcd.
The neglected library was 0pen to
me at all hours ; and in it I often took
lefug(1 from the ( Ireariness of uhsynu-
pathtiC society. I WtS never admitted
within the magic circle of the flmily' ;
interests at(1 en ioyments If tlit're I i
w as such 1. circle. Lady Alice 1i11I I .
certainly stood olllside of it ; but
whether even then it lla(1 any real in-I
side to it. I doubted much.
Iii the library I found companions ;
mm' ( to III peed. But even there the (
were not easy to find ; for the hooks
were ill great confusion. I could ( Us- ;
rover uo catalogue , nor could I hear 01'
the existence of such a useless luxury.
One 11IOIuing at breakfast , therefore.
I askctl Lord IIiltou if I might arrange
mild catalogue the books during ni r t
Leisure I10111'S. lie replied-
" [ ) o anything you like w itli tleln ,
111 . Campbell , except ( lestroy them. "
One day I had sent a servant t. ask
lhs.Vilsou to conk to me. I had
taken (10'\11 all the books from a hitlt-
( rte undisturbed corner , and hall seated -
ed Inysclf on a heap of the11l. no doubt
l VCI'y impersonation of the ' thins 0f i
the place ; for while I waited for the' ' t
I'
h otlsekee1lel' 1 I lyaS CollSUinillg : l nioI ' '
; el of an ancient metrical ronlance.l I t
after waiting forr some time I glanced
toward the door , for I had begun to 1
for the entIauce f
get impatient of my
lelper. To limy surprise , there stood
Lady Alice. her eyes fixed upon Inc r
with an expression I could not tinder
stand , Ile [ face instantly altered to S
is usual look of indifference , dashed (
itlt the least p0SSible degree of scorn , 1
IS she turned and walked slowly away.
rose involuntarily. An old cavalry 1
Swor(1 , which I had just taken down f
from the wall , and had placed leaning
against the books from which I now I
( ) SO. fell with a clash to the floor. I
started ; for it was a sound that always
startled me : and , stooping. I lifted the
\'capon. But what was my surprise t
i
vlien I raised my head , to see once
1
nore the face of Lady Alice staringg in I
t
it the door ! yet not the same face , for
t ha(1 change(1 in the moment that had
gassed. It was pale with fear-not t 1
right : an(1 her great black eyes were t
staring beyonI me as if she saw some- o
Ming through the wall of the , room. t ,
Once more tier face altered to the for- n
lid- scornful inditlerence au(1 she vl i- t
shed. Keen of hearing as Iwas , II
:
in(1 never yet heard the footsteps of
Lady Alice. l
One night I was sitting in my room. I
levouring : mil 01(1 romance which I had I
brought from the library. It was late. f
the fire blazed brightly , but the candies -
dies were nearly burned out , and I f
crew' sleepy ovbr the volume , romance c
as it waS. '
Suddenly I found myself on my feet ,
istening with 8l agony of attention. c
1Vhetlier I heard anthin , . I could t
lot tell ; but 1 felt as if 1 haul. Yes ; I
ryas sure of it. Far away , somewhere i
,
In the labyrlnthine pile , I heard :1 ,
faint cry. Driven by some secret impulse -
pulse , I llew , without a moment's reflection -
flection , to the closet door , lifted the
tapestry within , unfastened the second
door , 811(1 stood in the great waste
echoing hall , amid the touches , light
and ghostly , of the Cobwebs set afloat
in the C(1dies occasioned by my suddcn
entrance.
I started , 811(1 my heart swelled ; for
I saw : t ntovelnent somewhere--I could
neither tell where nor of what ; I was
only aware of motion. I stood in time
litsj shadow , and gazed , but Sa\v notli
fug. I sped across the light to the
nest slladoW , and stood again , looking
w itll fearful fixedness of gaze toward
lime far end of the corridor. Suddenly
a white &wm glimmered and vanished.
I cr0SSC(1 to the next shadow. Again a
glininler : tn(1 vanishing , but nearer.
Nerviimg myself to the utmost , I ceased
the steiltltiness of my movements , and
ieut forward slowly and steadily. A
tall form , apparently of a woman ,
dressed in a long white robe , appeared
in one of the streams of light , threw
its arms over its head , gave a wild cry
-which , notwithstanding its wildness
and force , had a Inuflled sound , as if
IllltIly folds , either of matter or space
intervened-and fell at full length
: tloiig the moonlight. Amidst the thrill
of agoiiy which shook 11IC at the cry , I
rushed forward. amid , kneeling beside
the prostrate figure , discovered that
unearthly as was the scream which
had preceded her fall , it was the Lady
Alice. I saw the fact , in a moment ;
the Lady Alice was a solnuambulist.
Startled by time noise of my advance ,
she had awaked ; flu the usual terror
and fainting had followed.
She was cold and motionless as
death. 1Vhat was to be done ? If I
called the probability was that no one
would hear nie ; or if any one shoultl
hear-but I need not follow the course
of niy thought , as I tried in vain to revive -
vive the poor girl. Suffice it to say ,
that both for her sake anti my own , I
could not face the chance of being
found , in the dead of night , by corpniou
minded domestics , in such a situation.
I was kneeling by her side , not knowing -
ing what to do , when a horror , as from
the presence of death su(1denly recog
sized , fell upon me. I thought sue
must be dead. But at the same nlo-
inent I heard , or Seeme(1 to hear ( Flow
should I knotwhich' ? ) the rapid gallop
of a horse , and the clankk of a loose
shoe.
In the agony of fear I caught.her up
iii my arms , and , carrying her on my
arms , as one carries a sleeping child.
hurried back through the corridor.
IIer hair , which was loose , trailed on
the ground ; amid as I fled I trampled
on it and stumbled. She Moaned ; and
in that instant the gallop ceased. I
lifted her up across my shoulder , anti
carried her more easily. IIow I found
lily way to the stairs I cannot tell ; I
hiiow that I groped about for some
time , like one in a dream with a
ghost in his arms. At last I reached
it , and , descending , crossed the ! mall ,
and entered my room. There I placed
Lady Alice upon an old couch , secured
the doors and began to breathe-and
think. The first thing was to get her
warm. for she was as cold as the dead.
I coveretl her with my plaid and my
dresing gown , pulled the couch before
the fire , and considered what to do
next.
CHAPTER VI.
Tllr FIRST wAKISG
While I ltesitatel , Nature lint her
ow 11 way. 1111 ( ] , with a tleCp-deaWn sigh ,
Lady : Dice Opene(1 her eyes. Never
shall I forget the look of mingled be-
vildermemit , alarm and shame , with
which her great eyes met mine. But ,
a utomeut , this expression changed
to that of anger. Her ( lark eyes
flashed with light ; and a cloud of ro-
serte w rttlt grew in her face , till it
clOWe(1 with the opaque zed of a ca
mellia. She had aluhost Started from
the couch. when , apparently (1iscover
tug the unsuitableness of her dress ,
she chected ) her impetuosity , and re-
hgainCl leaiiing on her elbowOver -
ronle by her : auger , her beauy. and 111'
ow n CoufUsio11 , I knelt before her , um -
able to speal ; or to withdrawIny eyes
from hers. After a ntonuent's pause , '
die began to question me like a queen ,
ttnl I to reply like a culprit.
"IIov ( lid I come here ?
"I carried you. "
"Where did you find me , pray ? "
IIer lip curled with ten tiihes the
lsuai scorn.
.1111 the old house , in a long corridor. "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
MANNA EATERS.
Terre Pecpie of Arabia anti Persia ! make it
. From Tururrisk Pranch's.
In sonic of the eastern coanitries , no-
ably Arabia and Persia , a manna a'i-
Weriug closely to that mentioned i'i
he scriptures is still natuially pro-
luced in considerable quantity , says
; oo(1 IIOUsekeeping. It conies from
he tender branches of the tamarisk ,
lid is known to the Persians by the
name of "tamarisk honey. " It conssts !
of tear-like drops , which exude in con-
equence of the puncture of an insect
luring the months of Tune and Tull.
II the cool of the morning it is found
Olidilied , and the congealed tears nlay
le shaken from the limbs. That. In
act , is one of the methods of gathering
lhamla. Ilerodotus alludes to the same
nutritious product , so that there is in
doubt it has been known in those re-
ions from the earliest ages. It is easy
o see how it might be produced in
\'onderfnl quantities without any spec- ;
ai manifestation of the supernatural. I
t is a sweetish substance , pleasant ; o
he' taste and highly nutritious. f
Some students of the Bible have supposed - !
posed the manna. there mentioned to
nave been a fungous growth ; but while
ho explanation would be a natural
ne , the modification which it would
equire is an unnecessary one. There
re numerous interesting things , never-
heles. about the various kinds of fun-
i. which modern experimentation ha ;
Icehh'd to beedible , ; and not only that ,
tut highly palatable and nutritive. ,
'hat country boy of an imaginative
mature but has frolicked in nmimic war-
arc with imaginary foes , getting the
mnoke for his artillery and infantry
roux 'the numetoUS puff-balls which a
onvient pasture afforded , while his
own lung power furnished the "crash
end roar and cheer" for the inspiring
ontest. Yet science has demonstrated
hat those very puii-balls were once
good to eat-in fact , capable of furoish
ug the most dainty refreshirrent.
I
'PALACES OF INDIA. "
DR. TALMACE ON THE THE
DRIES OF MOHAMMED.
Qan. NIcbolson's Sioao of the W'aUa1
City Tilled with [ Devils-The Unegna
Srugglo Bctween Briton and Sepoy--
Spread of God's Truth.
] tO01CLYN , Dee. 30.-
Continuing his series of
'round the world sermons -
mons , through the
press , Rev. Dr. Talmage
today chose forhissub-
ject"Palaces in India , "
the test being : Amos
3x , "Who store up
violence and robbery in
their palace. "
In this day when
vast sums of money
are being given for the
redemption of India , I
hope to increase the interest in that
great country , and at the same time
draw for all classes of our people practical -
tical lessons , and so I present this fifth
sermon in the . ' 'round the world"
series. We step'into the ancient capital -
tal of India , the mere pronunciation of
its name sending a thrill through the
body , mind and soul of all those who
have ever read its stories of splendor ,
and disaster , and prowess-Delhi.
Before the first historian impressed
his first word in clay , or cut his first
word on marble , or wrote his first
wortd on papyrus , Dclili stood in In :
dia , a contemporary of Babylon and
Nineveh. We know that Delhi existed -
isted longer before Christ's time than
we live after Ins time. Delhi is built
on the ruins of seven cities , w'11ich I
ruins coyer forty miles with wrecked j
temples , broken fortresses , split
tombs , tumble clown palaces , and the
debris of centuries. An arciueologist I
could profitably spend his life here' '
tniki11g with the past through its lips
of venerable masonry.
Thcre are a hundred things h em-c
you ought tb see in this city of Dcllli ,
but three things you must see. Tlie
first thing that I wanted to see Was
i
the Cashmere gate , for that was the
point at which the most wonderful
deed of daring which the world leas
ever seen was done. That was the
turning point of the mutiny of 1557.
A lady at Delhi put into my hand an
oil painting of about eighteen inches
square , a picture well executed , but
chiefly valuable for what it repre-
sented. It was a scene from the time
of mutiny ; two horses at full run ,
harnessed to a carriage in which were
four persons. She said : " 'Those persons -
sons on the front side are my father
and mother. The young lady on the
back scat holding in her arms a baby
of a year was my eldest sister and
the baby was myself. My mother ,
who is down with a fever in the next
room , painted that years ago. The
horses are in full run because we are
fleeing for our lives. My mother is
driving , for the reason that father ,
standing up in time front of his carriage -
riage , had to defend us with his gun , '
as you there sec. Ile fought our way
out and on for many a mile , shooting
down the Sepoys as we went We had ,
somewhat suspected trouble and become -
come suspicious f our servants. A
prince had requested a private interview - i
view with my father , who was editor i
of the Delhi Gazette. The prince pro-
hosc(1 to come veiled' , so that no one
might recognize him , but my mother
insisted on being present , anti time interview -
terview did not take place. A large i
fish lead been sent to our family. and
four other families , the present an ofI I
fcring of thanks for the kings recov-
cry from a recent sickness. But we
suspected poison and did not eat time
fish. One day all our servants came
up and said they must go andseewhat
was the matter. We saw what was
intended and knew that if the servants
returned they would murder all of us.
Things grew worse and worse until
this scene of flight shown you in the
picture took place. You sec the horses
were wild with fright. This was not
only because of the discharge of guns ,
but the horses were struck and pounded -
ed by Sepoys , and ropes were tied
across the way , and the savage halloo ,
and the shout of revenge made all time
way of our flight a horror. ' '
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Time books have fully recorded the
heroism displayed at Delhi and approximate -
proximate regions , but make no mention -
tion of this family of Wagentreibers
whose flight I am mentioning. But
the Madras "Atheneum" printed this :
" ? Ind now ! Are not the deeds of the
Wagentreibersthough he wore a round
hat and she a crinoline , as worthy of
imperishable verse as those of the
Heroic pair whose nuptials graced the
court of Charlemagne ? A more touching -
ing picture than that of brave men contending -
tending with well nerved arm against
the black and threatening fate impend-
mug over his wife and child , we have
never seen. Here was no strife for the
glory of physical prowess , or the spoil
of shining arms , but a conquest of the
human mind , an assertion of the powers -
ers of intellect over the mostappalling-
array of circumstances that could assail -
sail a human being. Men have become I
gray in front of sudden and unexpected
peril , and in ancient daysso much was
courage a matter of heroics and mere '
instinct that we rea ( [ in immortal verse
of heroes struck with panic and fleeing
before the enemy. But time savage
Sepoys , with their hoarse war cry , and a
swarming like wasps around the
Wagentreibersstr uckno terrorinto time
brave man's heart. Ills heroism was
not the mere ebullition of despair. but ,
like that of his wife , calm and wise ;
standing upright that lie might use his
arms better. "
as an incident will sometimes more
impress one than a generality of statement -
ment , I present the flight of this one
famnily from Delhi merely to illustrate
the desperations of the times. Time
fact was that the Sepoys had taken
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possession of the city of Dc11ii , and
they were , with all their artillery ,
fighting back the Europeans , who
were on the outside. The city of Delhi
has a creuulated wall on three sides ,
a wall five and one-half miles long ,
and the fourth side of the city is defended -
fended lty the River , lttmna. In addition -
tion to these two defense ; of 'uvahi amid
tea er , there were 10,000 Sepoys , nil
armed. Twelve hundred British soldiers -
diers were to take that city. Nicholson -
son , the immortal general , conunanleI
them , and yott must visit his gr ye before -
fore you leave Delhi. lie fell leading
his troops. lie conumianded them even
after being mortally Wou11led. Yon
will read this inscription on his tomb :
"John Nicholson , who led the assault -
sault of Delhi , but fell in the ! tour of
victory , Iortally wounded , and died
23d September , 1557. Aged 35 yeas : . .
With ! , what gumis and mcmi Geu. Nicholson -
olson could ntustel he had laid siege to
this walled city filled with devils.
11'hat fearful odds' ' 'I'tvelve hundre(1
British troops 11ncovere(1 by any niili-
tarv works , to take a city surrounded
by firm aid high masonry. on the top
of which w et c I14 guns and defended
by 10,000 foanting Sepoys. A larger
percentage of troops fell here thlanl in
any great battle I happen to knots of.
Time Crimean percentage of the fallen ;
was 17.48 , but the percentage of Delhi
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mans 37.9. Yet that city nntstbetaken
and it can only be taken by such cony- i
age as had never been recorded in all
the annals of bloodshed. livery charge
of time British regiments against the
walls anti gates had been beaten hack.
The hyenas of flindooism :11111 ilfobantj j
ntedanisnr howled over the walls , amid
the English army t mild do nothing
but bury their O\11 dead. lint at this i
hate I stand and watch 811 exploit that
makes the page of history trc11mble
with agitation. This city has ten I
gates , but the most fatuous is the one
before which rve now stand , and it is
called Cashmere gate. 1Vritc the words
in red init. because of the carnage -
nage : 11'ritc them in letters of 1
light , for the illustrious deeds !
Write them in letters of black ,
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for the bereft and time dead. Will the
world ever forget that Cashmere gate. '
Lieutenants Salkeld and IIome and i
Sergeants Burgess , Carmichael anti
Smith offered to take bags of powder
to the foot of that gate and set themit
on fire , blowing open the gate. 1(1-
though they must die in doing it. 'Timer (
they go , just after sunrise , each one I
Carrying a sack containing twenty-
four pounds of povler , and doing t1ms
under time fire'of the enemy. Licnt. !
home was the first to jtnnp into the
ditch , which still regains before the
gate. As they go , one by one falls undo -
do the shot and shell. One of the
mortally wounded , as he falls , hands
his sack of powder with a box of Iuci- j
fer matches to another , telling lout to
fire the sack : when with an explosion
that shook time earth for twenty miles
around , part of time Cashmnere gate was
blown into fragments and time 1)OlieS
of some of these heroes were so scattered -
tered that they were never gathered
for funeral , or grate , or nmontuuenL i
Time British army rushed in through
time broken gate , amid aithomtgit six days
of hard fighting here nCCeSSary before
the city was in complete possession.
the crisis was past. The ( 'ashmimere :
gate open , the capture of Delhi
and all it contained of pal- i :
aces , and mosques , and treasures
was possible. Lord Napier 0f MagI I
dala , of whom Mr. Gladstone spoke
to me so affectionately when 1 :
was his guest at llawarlen , England.
has lifted a monument near this Cashmere - i
mere rate with the names of time riteim
tvlto there fell inscribed thereon. 'T'hat
English lord. who has seen courage on ' t
many a battlefield , visited the Casl m- '
mere gate , and felt that time men who
opened it with the loss of their own
lives ought to be commemorated , and ;
hence this cenotaph. Put , after all ,
the best monument is the gate itself ,
with the deep gouges in the brick wall
on the left side , made by two bomb-
; hells , and time wall above , torn by ten t
bomb-shells , anl the wall on time right o
side , defaced , and scraped , and
plowed , and Bullied by all styles of
long reaching weaponry. Let time
words "Ca'hmere gate , ' ' as a synonym
for patriotism , and fearlessness. an C
self sacrifice , go into all ] tistory.all t
art , all literature , all time , all eternity - .
nity ! My friends , that kind of courage I t
sanctified will yet take time whole C 1
earth for God. Indeed , the mission- : :
tries now at Delhi. toiling amid , i
heathenism , and fever , and cholera , j s
and far away from home and corm ort , ; i
and staying there until they drop into
their graves , are just as brave in taken ; t
Delhi for Christ as were Nicholson. '
and home , and Carmichael. in taking s
Delhi for Great Britain.'Take timis
for the first sermonic lesson. j
As that night we took the railroad I 1
train from the Delhi station and rolled I
out through time city now living , over
the vaster cities buried under this I r
ancient capital , cities under cities. and
our traveling servant had unrolled our I
bed , which consisted of a rub and tsvo ,
blankets and a pillow ; and as we were '
worn out with the sightseeing of the j 1
day , and were roughly tossed on that !
uneven Indian railway , I soon fell into ' f
I troubled sleep , in which I saw and t
meard in a confused way thescenes
and sounds of the mutiny of 137 ,
which at Delhi we had been recounting - i
ing : and nowv the rattle of the train
seemed to turn into time rattle of inns-
kof ; and now the light at time top
of the car deluded me with the idea of
burning city ; and then time ioitcl
thump of time railroad brake was in
lreart mistaken for a booming battery -
tery : and the voices at time difi'erent
stations made mnc think I heard time I
loud cheer of the British at the taking t
If the Cashmere gate : and as weI I a
rolled over bridges the battles before
Delhi seemed going on ; and as we went I
through dark tunnels I seemed to sec i -
the tomb of Ilumayun in which the
king of Delhi was hidden ; an(1 in my
dreams I saw Lieut. penny , of 31
the artillery , throwing -shells which
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were handed h ith fuses - - bu n g ;
and C'nmpbell , and Ceid , and Hope
Grant covered with blond : and Nicholson -
son falling while rallying his wavering
troops ; and I saw dent ! regimen ! . fallen
across dead regiment , and heard the
rataplan of the hoofs of llodgsorl's
horse , amid tfle timislt of the L'engal artillery -
tillery , and the storming of the inl-
ntortal I'ourth colunul : and the rougher
the Indian railway became , and the
darker the night grew. , the more the
scenes that 1 had beemi studyiimg at
Delhi came on mile like aim incubus. But ,
the umorniug began to look tluough the
tvindoty of our jolting en t , and the
su11light. poured in an nmy pillow , and
in my dieamn I saw time brighiteolors of
the English flag hoisted over. Ielhi , ,
where the green banner of time Moslemmm
had waved , ; tiul the voicec of the
wounded amid dying scelmied to be cx-
changed for the voices that weleouled "
soldiers home again. and as the
morning light got brighter. ; nul brighter -
er , anl in niy drenmil I milistoolr the
bells at a station for a church bell
hanging in a minaret , whcrcaL Jiolianm-
medan priest had nunrlbled his call to
proper , 1 scented to ! tear a chant ,
wiletlier by hntnan or angelic voices in
my dream I could not tell , but it teas
a chant about I'eace and rood [ till to
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nmeu. " end. as the.S1u'ed of the rail-
train slackened the motiou of the car i
because so easy as rye rolled' along '
the track that it tieemcd to lime that all !
the distress. amid eontiovetsy , and jolt'
lug , amid n'aI s of the world had ceased ;
and in m' dream I thought we hail
conic to time time w hciI I'he rnnso11le(1
of the , Lord shall return mind route to
Zinn with songs amid everlasting joy
ttpoll their heads : and sorrow and sigh-
umg shall flee away. "
IIalt here at what ytyt have never
seen before , a depopulated city , the
city of Amber , India.
The strange fact is t hat a ruler-aban-
doacl his palaces at Amber and nmteti
to .leypore , ; 111(1 all the inhabitants of i
the city followed. Except here and ,
there a house in Amber occupied by a
] ternlit , time city IS aspsilent a 1)01)1i111 1
tion as Pompeii or Iierculaacuul : lint 1
those cities were complied by volcanic
disaster , wiiile this city of Antber was
vacated because I'rince Joy tiittgll wo
told by a 11111(100 pri st that no city 1
should be inhabited mtlorc thnmi : t tlmn- I
Saud years , aimd 50 the ruler i7(1 ( yeats i
ago nxnv'd out himself. anal all Imis
people moved w itlt hint.
i will not go far into m des-ription
of brazen doorway after hrzeil doorway - i
way , and carved 100111 after carved t ,
roost , and ] Cant you under embellished
ceiling after entbellishc(1 ceiling , a11(1
through halls precious stuned into
w iIcr halls prC ( )1IS stoned. 1\'lly tire
tnlt your imagination witht1m palticu-
lars. tvimen you may su111 up : tli by saying -
ing that on the slopes of that , hill of
India arc pavilions deeply dyed , Ills- '
scletl and arched ; the fire of coloretl
ga : ( lens cooled by the snow of white
arclmiteeture ; bath rooms that refresh
before your feet touchm the marble ;
Illt'IS in arabesque so uauraI to life ,
Hutt while you can not 1mear their
voices , you imagine you sec the' flutter
of their. t. ingi as youl : ire passing ;
titonewttc translucent ; walls pietmu'ed
with hunting scene. and tritunpbal
procession , and jousting pan y ; '
toonts that were ctlled 'Al-
cove of Ligiht. ' amd 1'o11rt of Ilonor. "
11111 "Mall of Victory : nmrlle , white
and black , like a mixture of ntorniug
trod night ; alabaster , and Iicgnet
work , and rilother of pearl : all that
irchileeture. anti sculptnrc , anti naint-
ing , and hortictiitrre can (1o tivi1en
they put their genius togeti e was
lone here in ages past. and nluclm of
their work still stands to : bsctb and
'mitrauce archeologist : and sight seer. . i
111t . what a , oleuln anti stupendous
timing is an abandoned city. lVmiIe !
many of the peoples of the carilt have
l)0 roof for their head. heir : is a vhol'
ity of roofs rejected. fire sand of
time desert was sullicicnt excuse forthe
lisar'pearance of Ileliopolis , and the
waters of time 1leditcrramit' an sea for
he engulfument of Tyre , and time lava
f 3lount Vesuvius for the obliteration
oof
of llercilanenmim ; 1)ut for the
mike of nothing but a superstitious
thiut the city of ! lumber is abandoned
forever 0 , wondrous India ! Titecity
Amber is only one of lime marveis
s bielt compel time uplifted hand of
Surprise from the dmy you enter India
until yon leave it. Its flora is so
1a1111oyant ; its fauna so nlotstrou ;
tnt savage : its ruins so suggestive ;
is idolatry so horrible : its degradation
0 sickening ; its mineralogy so briL-
ant : its splendors so uplifting : it.i
architecture so old. so grand , so eluea
ional , so multipotent that India will
not be filly comprehended until
cience has made its last experiment ,
tnd exploration has ended its last
ourney , and the library of the world's
iterature' has closed its last door , and
Christianity has male its last acltieve-
ment , and the clock of time ha , struck
is last ! loin , .
Juttunr In 1'81V ( , .
The foreign fashion of sorvia r rari-
oils articles of food in individual ds1mes
is becoming so universal and taking o
veil that new styles are in ghc at de-
mand. Something new for the hlcak-
ast table combines two egg holders , a
east lack , a salt cellar and a butter
dish. the whole not taking up much
more room than one omdinam dish.
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he hies. of I rasil.
The bees of Brazil hang their comb. . .
outside on the branches of trees attho
very summit and at thim er.l of the
Slenderest tti.i"s , to 1e out of the
reach of troukeys.
i'ery Eccentric.
The Visitor-Who's t ta ; fallotr on
he platform : ' : Ie's nothing roman ! ;
ble to look at.
The Freak Exhibitor , with pride- .
He isn't , eh ? Why. sir , thatz time
m-lan who , when he nen into an art
gallery , never toll evcryboly around
him that ho didn't understan t art. but
st the same he knev what h. iitcs. !
-Chicago Recoil.
