Orange County observer. [volume], February 05, 1881, Image 1

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Willi It in'iiin t- of 'oy ;tiil mnow.
.Ml. M. A ' I 1 1 ' I . H.
Just in Time.
I i i . 1 1 -1' was ovt-r :it !;ivt( :nui Mr.
:ill-r 'in ri-, l-'.nirli.-h ( 'onmiissiom-r
:tt 11. ni'-rduntrv station at lftittie
Hai.'li in Northern India, hak iront
upiti'thr v rninla. with hi" wih- ami
-hi- t w o . u t. tli- olnu I :ni major
of thr'-th liht infantry, to enjoy the
nol of the evening.
On thrt hioU-M the hone was -ur-roiind
(l hy itn eompoiind, a larje en-(!-
ii -l itre, serving tin- j.iirj.oe of u
eourtyarh - lit the fourth wasoiily-e
siratnl hy a small jiatch of iranleii
from the 'Ulli' road' along whieh a
numher of native women were avi
ing with their little jiitehers on their
head-.
'J'he siwlit of them 'naturally tiirnol
the onv i i t i 1 1 uj on a favorite suh-1
jeet with all A nglu-1 ndians, viz., the
t-harat tr of, the native and the iet
method of dealing with them.
"There'M only one way," said the
colonel eiLH-hatieally. "Tt !l Vm w hat j
they are to do, make 'em doit, and
thrash Vm well if they don't. --rThat's
my way."
" Well, 1 venture to ditl'er from you
there, ( 'olonel,' said Mr. ( 'urrie, (juiet-
The eohmel's hroail face reddened
ominously, and an eijdosion 'seemed
imminent, when a sudden clamor of
ungry svoet?s from tiie road Inelow
ilrew them all to the fr nt 'of tlu ver
anda. The cause of tin disturhanee was
visihle uta-Kjiiiite. Two In If drunken
Km;li-h sol n rs, swaggering along
the road, had come int a vioient con
tact with a native hoy who was run
ning past ! and one of them enraged at
- the eollision, had felled the poor lad
to the ground and was unclasping hi
own helt with the evident intention of
I eating him unmercifully!
"Serve the young whelp rigid,"
shouted the olom 1, ruhhing hishai ds;
"that's just what they all want."
The other otm-cr. Major Armstrong
lptilaily calletl Major Strongarm
a huge, hnvwnv, silent man,
w hos' forte lay in acting rather than
tu talking.
During the whole discus-don he had
rat like a great hron.e statue, never
uttering a word ; hut at sight of this
ma i ill-using thl- child he woke U
rather startingly.
To hap to the grouml twelve ft et he-
low, to dart across the garden, to vault
over tile IHlTH st Kiule leotnl. Was
tht: wt.rk tf tin in-taut for the athletic
major; and in 'another .'moment he
Jhuji raised the fallen hoy tenderly
"front the grouml, ; w hile saying to the
foremost soldier, in the low compressed
tone of a man who means what he
pays :
" I Jo" oil with you !"
"Ami who the deuce ar" you -hov-in'
your- nose in where yon ain't
wanted?" roared 'he infuriated ruf
fian, to whose eyes the major's plain
welling dre-s bore no token of his be-
ing an otVuef: "just you"
The sentence w a- never finished.
At the sound f tluit insolent th fi
ance," Armstrong's sorely tried pa
tience gave way altogether, ami the
lowriui right had which, hud hewed
its waj through a w hole squadron of
Sikh cavalry, t U like a sledge .hammer
tiHn his opiK!lK.mys f.u.Vi dashing
him to the ground as if he had been
blown from the mouth of a gun.'
."Well done, Msior A roi Jroo.r M
shouted Mr. Currie from above, j riges as I go. Then the Stqo will re
" You deserve your name, and no mis- j eeive me kindly, ami I'll tell them that
k'.'' . : 'you're dying of thirst ami that they
At that formidable nau,eTtJie soldier j need only wait one day more Ui k
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took to Ins heels at om e ; and Arm"
strong, without vt n looking at his
f prostrate antagonist, pro- ceded to ex
amine the hurt- of the hoy.
The latter was sorely hruist d in
many places, and the hlood was trick
ling freely over his swarthy face; hut
the little-hero still did his lest to stand
erect, and to keep down every ign of
the.pain he was enduring.
41 You're a hrave lad, and you'll
make a soldier home -day," said the
Major to him in Himloostanee. "Come
with me. ami I'll see that- no one mol
ests you again." (
The kid seized tiie huge hrown
hand which had defended him so
hravely, ami kissed it with the deepest
reverence'; andthetvyo walk.-d away
together.
Six months have come and gone,
and M rv( 'urrit 's hosjitahl house present-
a tiy tlillereltt 'spectacle. The
.pretty garden is trampled into dust
ami mire, and the Tb'odie- of men and
horses are lying thick among the frag
ments of the! half destroyed stockade.
Ail the windows of the house are
h!ocked;up, antlthrough the loop-hole
wall's peer theinuzzles of ready rilles,
showing how steadily the heseiged
garrison stands at i;ay against the
ftitmth-ss nemies, who.-- dark, fierce
faces and glittering weapons are .visi
hle amid the half-ruined huilding and
matted thickets all around.
The. Sepoy mi. tiny nf-lK-"7 is hlazing
sky-high ov i Northern Jmlia, and
Colonel; Ainu shy is hlockaded it Hut
liagh, with atitainty tf a liideous
death for him.-tlf and every man . of
the few who are stiih true to him, un
less help comes speedily.
Day was jn.-t hreaking when two
men held a whispc redcouncil in one
of the upper rooms. -i
"No fear of the water running short,"
'said Major Aim.-trong; "hut, even
upon half rations the food w ill he out
in fo'ur tlavs more."
And then we'll jn.-t go right at
them, and cut our way through or die
for it!" growled the old colom 1, with
it grim smile oifhte iron face, for, with
all his harshnes-s and injustice Colo
nel Annesley was "grit" to the hack-
hone.
"Ye mm n't say anything to them
ahout it, though," added he, with a
side glance at Mr. Ourrie, w ho, stand
ing in the further corner, was anxious
ly watching "the thin, worn face of his
sleeping wife.
At tliat moment a loud cheer from
helow starUdlhem hoth, ami the next
nton ent Isttil (the "Major's hoy," as
every one now called hint) hurst into
the room with a glow of unwonted ex
citement on his tlark face.
..iiiiii, 1 1 uu i nni nr, iiieie !
hope for us vet! A detachment of
Ingleez (Knglish) are coming uj) the
other hank of the river; if we can
semi word to them as they p:iss we are
saved!"
"How 'do you know?" asked the
major, eagerly.
"I heard the Sepoys say so, while I
was lying hid among the hushes yon
tier," answered the lath
"An ong the hushes yomh r ?" roar
the colond facing around. "Haveyoi
reaiiy neen in t tit midst ot those cut
throat villains listening to what they
-aid". AN hat ever tlid vou do that
for?"
"I dil it . for Sahih Armstrong's
siike," replied the lov nioudlv; "1
cause he was good tt me."
The Colonel turned hastily away to
hide the tlush of hot unmanly shame
that overspread hi- hard face; ami
Armstrong smiled -lightly a.- he heard
him mutter :
"I.v Jo'.c! tm -ceh:ip-aren't sohhtck
as they 'p- painted, after all."
"Hut if the troors are bevond the
river, how t an we communicate with
them ?" a-ked Mr-. Currie, who awak-
cued by the -bottling, had ri-en auti
joined the group. "They may not
jass near enongli to hear the lining.
and w e have no mean- of .-ending
them word."
"Fear nothing for that, mem-sahib,"
tmad.im, an-weretl the Hindoo boy, j
! quietly. "1 will carry, them word my
i self."
"Hut In OA- cab youjKis-ibly do it?"
cried Mrs. Currie, thunderstruck by ;
the confident lone in which this mere
child sKkc of a ta-k from 'which the j
hardest veteran might well kave ;
shrunk.
"Listen, sahib," answered Ismail,
"I will slip out of the house and make
a tiaZ-h into the eiiemvV lines, as if I
Lwas deserting from vou to them, ami
j you can tell tell your" people .to tire a
shot or two after me with blank cart-
HlhLSBOHOrGIh X. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1881.
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xnv of you, ho tliHt they wont care to
make another attack. Then, when J
they have no suspicion, and think I'm j
quite one of themselves, I'll steal away j
Then when
and ship across the river."
"But you are quite sure the .Sepoys j
will lulieve you?" askel Major Arm-
strong, douhttully. i
"They'll believe this, anyhow," re
plied the hoy, deliberately making a
deep gash in his hare shoulder and
staining his w hite frock with the blood
as he glided, from the room, followed
by Armstrong.
The plan was soon explained to the
men below, ami a moment later Is
2i tail's dark figure was seen darting
like uu irrow across the open space
in front of the building, followed by a
quick disciiargei of blank cartridges
from the marksmen at the loopholes.
The sound of the tiring drew the at
tention of the Sepoys, several of whom
ran forward to meet him.
In another instant he was in the
midst of them.
"I can scarcely see for those bushes,"
said Colonel Annesley; "but beseems
to he show ing them the wound on his
shoulder, and telling them it was our
ioing."
At that moment an exultant yell
from the enemy came pealing through
the air.
"That's the story of our being short
of water, for a guinea!" said the major ;
it was a very good thought of his. If it
only delays their attack two days long
er, there may be time for help to ar
rive yet."
Slowly and wearily the long hours
of that fearful day wore on. The heat
was so terrific that even the native sol
diers of the garrison could barely hold
their own against it, ami the handful
of Knglishmen were almost -helpless.
Had the Sepoys attacked them, all
would have been over at. one blow;
but hour passed after hour, and there
va no sign of an assault.
At length, as afternoon gave place to
rening. a movement began to show
itself i if the enemy's lines. Thin curls
of smoke rising above the trees showed
that theevaning's meal was in prepa
ration ; and several figures with pitch
ers in their hands were seen going to
wards the river, among whom the
colonel's keen eves soon detected Is
mail.
"By George !" cried the old soldier,
slapping his knee exultantly, "that
lad's worth his weight in gold ! There's
his way down to the river right open
to him without the least chance of sus
picion. Why, he's a born gentleman
nothing else !"
TCvcry eye within the walls was now
turned anxiously upon the distant
group, fearing to see at any moment
some movement which would show
that-the trick was detected.
. How did Ismail mean to accomplish
this purpose? Would he plunge boldly
into the river, without any disguise,or
had he some further stratagem in pre
paration? No one could say.
Suddenly, as Ismail stooped to
plunge his light wooden dipper into
the water, it slipped from his hands
and went floating away down stream.
A cry of dismay a loutl laugh froni
the Sepoys, and then the boy was seen
running frantically along the bank
and trying in "vain to catch the vessel
as it floated past.
"What on earth is he up to?" grunt
ed the 'colonel, completely mystified.
"I see!" cried Major Armstrong tri
umphantly; "there's a boat yonder
among the reeds, and he's making right
for it. Well done, mv brave bov!"
f , tor
Hut at that moment a yell of
from the Sepoys told that the trick
was discovered.
i.u- kily those on the bank had left
their pieces behind, or oor Ismail
would soon have been disnosetl of:
j but the alarm instantly brought up a
I crowd of their armed comrades, whose
i bullet fell like hail ar und the boat
ami it gallant little pilot.
; "Iet us lire a volley and make a
show of ullying out," said the colonel;
"it'll trtkt their attention from him.
i Hut in this he was mistaken.
T se first rattle of musketry from be
hind the house did indeed, recall 'most
of I.-mairs assailants, but at least a
dozen were left, who kept up an inees
sant firing, striking the Uat again and
again.
All at once the colonel dashed his
glass to the floor with a frightful oath.
Iktween thetwogu-ts of smoke he
had sevit the boat turn suddenly over,
and gu whirling down the riwr, keel
; upward.
"There's an end of the iioor lad,'
muttered -the veteran, brokenly. "God
bless him for a brave little fellow. And
now:, old friend, vvt- must just die hard,
for there's no hoj left."
"What the deuce was that?" exclaim
ed the colonel, suddenly. "It look e
rnw nuig pai.
ii s worse than that," said the ma-
jor in a low voice. "The rascals are
! shooting lighted chips of hamhoo on to
j the roof to set it on fire. Send the
women up with buckets to flocd the
t hatch; there s not a moment to lose."
"I'll go and see to it myself!" cried
Mrs. Currie, hasteniug out of the room.
Hut the ower of this weapon had
already become fatally manifest. The
he use was .an old one, and dry as tin
der from the prolonged heat, and -as
f;ust as the flames were quenched in
one place they broke out in another,
When day dawned the fire had al-
ready got a firm hold of one corner of
j the building, and a crushing discharge
was toured ujkjii all who attempted to
extinguished it, while the triumphant
yell of the human tigers below told
them that they felt sure of their prey.
"It's all over with us, old fellow,"
said the colonel, grasping his old com-'
rade's hand; "hut at least we shall
have douoour duty."
" Give me one of your pistols," whis
pered Mrs. Currie to he'r husband, in a
voict that was not her own. "I must
not fall into their hands alive.'1
At. that 'moment Major Armstrong
was seen tti start and bend forward, as
in listening intently ; for he thought
although he could scarcely believe his
ears that he had suddenly caught a
faint sound of distant firing.
In another instant he heard itagain,
and this time there could be no more
doubt, for several of the others had
caught it likewise, and a gleam of hope
once more lighted up their haggard
faces and bio vishot eyes.
Louder and nearer came the welcome
sound, while the sudden terror and
confusion visible among Jthe enemy
showed that they, too, were at no loss
to guess its meaning.
Then high above all the din rose the
well known "Hurrah!" and through
the smoke-clouds broke a charging line
Of glittering bayonets and ruddy Eng
lish faces, sweepin.' away the cowardly
murderers as the sun chases the morn
ing mist.
"That boy's worth his weight in
gold," said Col. Annesley, as a few
hours later, he listened to Ismail's ac
count of how he had dived under the
boat and kept it between himself and
the Sepoys, that they might think
lim drowned. "He's the pluckiest
ittle fellow I've seen, and, although
le belongs to the major I'm going to
take my share of helping him on, by
Jove!"
Western Cattle-Raising.
KXTRNT OF THE HUtf I NKSS AND HOW
IT IS CONDUCTED.
Neaiy all the cattle men of Wyom
ing are getting out of Texas cattle ami
are breeding up their cow herds and
getting young stock from the extreme
Westorn country, Idaho Oregon anil
Washington Territory. The drive
from the above points into Wyoming
this year has been about 1"0,(hm) head,
which found a ready market. All the
country lying north of the Union Pa
cific Railroad is considered better than
the country South of it, tin account of
grass, winter range and water. The
loss to stci- in that country peryearls
very light, not being over 2 to o per
cent., ami very seldom reaching 5 per
cent. A ranch of oM) head can be run
for one year at an expense of 1 per
head. With a ranch of W.ooo head the
cost would average from To to SO cents
head, ami 2L',0t)0 head would not cost
much over oO cents a head. It requires
to run a ranch, say for.o,M head,
about four men during the winter
months and ten men during the sum
mer. It is generally estimated that
they require two horse for every hun
dred head of cattle, which gives to
each man alout ten horses during the
smnmer. There is notingingaftotin
that country. Everythiug is done on
horseback. Horseflesh is the cheapest j
muscle that can le em ployed. A stock j
ranch is letter off with ten men and j
one hundred horses than with twenty
live men and fifty horses. The horse
are ridden until they become tired out;
then a' fresh horse is taken until the
cow-ltoy-uses allthe horses allotted to
him, then he U-gins again with the
horse first tire! out. Each ranch has
a trusty foreman, whose wages arel
about H per annum "ana louimv asked, "If broken-winded
The ordinary herdsmen get lut 3 j hfrfte waJ brought lo you to cure,
r month and found. They are a; jQU .70 promptly
rough, hardy, industrious set of men, j To sell him as jsoon a- ii-
and generally very trusty. The t-om- bIe
mon dead-lat Is not - going out there to j of the
ruughiu Iif.MuIU"lcaLIn women were unitri.ic
trance and thealem-eof dL.satmn. . I the w,untry,hould
and the men generally lay up money. ,
There are no stabling, no h f tii.
winter. The cattle run junt as the buf-
NEW BERIES.
falo used to do. There is no cutting of j I't us not U too ra-h with the li
lt ay to le done and garnered for the 1 tieiaiis If it wasn't for iridic, many
winter's fodder. The cattle do their j who are too lazy to earn their liv-
own mowing from one year's end to j
the other.
in the lastem States it has i
len said that the pitehfork has to U
handled by the farmer aUmt nine
months in the year. In summer the
new-mown hay litis to be spread',"
turned, put into cooks and loaded up
and unloaded-into stacks and mows,
add during the six winter months b
used as fodder. In Wyoming the cat
tle drift from fifty to seventy-five miles
from their resiective summer range.
Duriug a cold storm they generally
move with it, and keep jiiugMjll they
get into a sheltered dace in some ra- j
vine or behind a ledge, travelling some
times in this way twenty-five miles
during a heavy storm. Hut to w hat
ever distance they may stray during
the winter when spring comes they
are tl riven back to their respective
ranges without hvss, where the herds
men attend to them until the winter
sets in again. At one "round-up" la.-t
spring there were thirty-five men,
thirty wagons and 1U00 horses. That
"round-up" is ruii by a regular organi
sation, and is commanded by a captain
whose orders are implicitly obeyed, he
having entire charge over the oe ra
tions. The cattle are all separated ac
cording to the brands denoting their
owners, and then started back to their
ranges. The Wives are also h ratified
and again turnedoose with the herd.
The operation of collecting, separating
and branding at a round-up -occupies
about two months before the cattle are
got back, during which the whole
country is scoured by the cow-boys. It
is generally a time of wild and boister
ous excitement, reminding one of the
annual assemblages of the old fur-traders
when they met to exchange their
peltries for supplies brought up from
St. Louis.
Pickings from the Fields of
Humor.
Night Lights Glow-worms.
Pot Luck Collecting old china
A Notorious Eavesdropper Rain.
"Chest" protectors Good PaUlocks,
. j Direction for an organ recital Mi nd
vour stops.
Creatures that can not have too much
cheek Pigs.
For what port is a man bound during
courtship? Hound to Havre.
What mountain hi st resembles the
sound of a sneeze? Catarrh-din.
A gunsmith's shop is like chicken
pie, because it contains fowl-in pieces.
A littleold maid says that the small
est women look hopefully to Hymen.
It is remarked by a would-be, philo
sopher that some eople are wise one
day and otherwise the next.
A young lady, speaking of one of her
aversions, said, "He's almost a perfect
brute; He only lacks instinct."
Query. Can anyliody explain why
late comers and early goers at jwqiular
lectures invariably have creaky-boots?
Singers often complain that they are
not in voice. Now what is always in
voice? Why, invoice, to be sure.
A lady hearing that a tun.iel cost
o,0W francs a yard, Imjiortuned her
husband to buy her tt dress of that ma
terial. Shakspeare's "Seven Ages of man,"
Mess-age, lugg-age, saus-age, ramp
age, marri-age. narent-agu and dot-
age.
While sunlight is the most favorabh
for haymaking, it is a well known fact
that wild oats are best sown by moo u-
light.
A little 1kv at his first concert inno
cently asked, when a singer wan en
cored, "What's the matter, mother,
didn't fhedo it right?"
Charles Lamb, when sjakin of out
of his. rides on horseback, remarked
hat "all at once his horse stopjed, but
lie kept right onx."
"Sav, Samlsi, did you cb-r s-ee tie
Catskill mountain??
?" "No, I nebU-r
did; but I have seen dem kill mice."
"Yaw ! yaw-
Mrs. Partington will not allow Ike
to day the guitar. She says he had jt
once when he was a child and it nearly
killed him.
Mrs. Malaprop, good ui! proi
to di-tribute tracts among Teetotalers,
who, she regrets to hear, are living in
j ai.suiie oi .-juhvuji jru-n tut".
student at a verterinary college
- - VOh. I.-NO. 19.
K with their hand would tv pau-
Prsr
"Will you remember me?" H was a
man with no lower lihiW to jq-eak of
who made thf remark as he stotnPin
the presence of a manufacturer of cork
legs.
Fotlight Flickerings.
Clara Morris salary is $-JVn a wevk.
Htdon went wild over Hernhanlt's
Vamille .
fr'alvini served as a soldier under Gar
ibaldi. Colonel Maplesou is f30,Ot0 ahead on
his Italian oper season thus far.
The gross receipts of SalviniV Phil -thlphi
en gag ineiitwere jv..
Ford's Comedy Company pleased
Charlestoniaiisin "Fun on the Pacific.'
"A 'olden (tame," with Shannon'
and Kdeson, is delighting Cincinnat
ians. May Anderson is doing her round of
parts at the Fifth Avenue, New YorK.
It is ruinon-d that Lydia Thompson
will return next ttcason with a bur
lesque trottjM-.
A Union Club member in New York
has Umght Hernhanlt's statue of her
self for ?10o0.
Host on has t new variety theatre, the
Novelty, of w hich Join McFadden is
manager.
"The H inker's Daughter" hu suc
ceeded "Danial KochaC" at the Union
.Square, New York.
The six weeks performance of Anna
Dickinson's "American Girl" in New
York brought in $-.,4!Mj. f
Miss Nellie Holbrook, stump speaker
forGarfield, is now playing Ha!let,"
but she doesn't play it well.
Sol Smith Uussell, in "1-Mgewood
Folk's" and " The Naiad Queen," has
been delighting Leavenworth, Kan.
Slavini's (Hhdlo delights the New
York critics, but the supporting com
pany is rather severely handled.
Joe Murphy, in "Shaun Kline," ami
Robert MeWade, in "Hip' Van Wink-
," are San Francieo attractions.
Clara Louise Kellogg and Carl Kosa
talk about unitin r in running an Kng
lish opera company here next season.
(ins Hall, formerly of the Alice Oaten
froupe, has succeeded James ('. Meade
in Lcavitt' Hurlesque Troupe.
Mr. (iettrge S. Knight last week pro
duced in Cleveland Hronson Howard's
new play, "Harm Rudolph," ami it U
said' scored a success.
Ges'er, Cary, Ravelli, Del I'uente
and Corsiniarein theca-t f "Martha, '
by Majilesou'H troupe, in .New York.
A strong team.
Miss Li..ie MeCad, wh has become.
Mrs. (ietirvre Harry Wall, has reignei
fnuii Frank Mttyo's Comjiany ami te
tiretl from thTrprofcsion.
Fretlerick Paulding, stiporteu by
Agnes Herndon, has been playing Hum
lt; Shy lock, Claude Mtlnnftf- ami
tuccio in Providence this week, with
"Deacon Crankett" a a rival attrac
tion. 0
A combination known as the Jollities
in ji musical abstirily, "Thfc Electrical
Doll," are giving a very pleasant enter
tainment at the iaiety, Roston. Thejr
are all gtssl singers, for a wonder.
A. M. Palmer, whose letse of the
Ciion Sxpiare Theatre, New York, ex
pires next May, will move up tovrn
and build a'H heat re near Hrojidway a id
Thirty-thirtl ami Tldrty-fourth street.
Two of Rice's oratic comp,-inies ar
playing in Cinciunatt this week, one in
"Caino," the other in "The Pirate of
Penzitnce." His third trouj. h iiolny
"Hiawatha" in New York.
The Ieavilt bur' esq uc "Carmen" de
lighted the Cincinnati nutr-er Is
yoml mt-:urs'liut the iaz tt trutli
lully say- that as a hurierque it fell fiat,
and tiiat iust of the music was variety
songs. Kz.
I John McCullough tiresn inhtLU in
a garb new to the character strictly."
Venetian, and the actor claims it U
historically corre i, He ay he never
felt tiL-y in the third act of "Othello"
; till he hit upn this dress.
Clara Morris is actiug.in New York
Isctween js UrJ.m we hear nothing of
Mr. Clara Morris, w ho thhc years ago
played a railroad engagement in the
character of the avenging angel. Kt.
Lord Bray brook has preenUsl bthe
English Public Record tJfllce his cl
lection of American and Eat luditn
papers of Charles, first Marpuu Cttfu
wallis. Mr. Jea!fre?sn has prefireil a
reort ujin them, ami &to ujjtm the
family jajr stilt remaining at Adu
ley End, which will apnr in the.
forthcoming Eighth Heport of the
Historical MSS. CmmLiitufc.
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