Show MRS GB3MWOOD A Day ami a Half Without Any Food The IS hole Civilized World is Einslns With Her HeroismThe Horrors of the Retreat Fon THE SmfDAT HERALD Copyrighted Tho selfdevotion of this young heroine redeems an unhappy story of blundering and butchers Tho whole civilized world is ringing with her heroism bho was tho wife of the British resident of Nanipur in tho north of Hindoostan Her husband F i St Ciair Grimwood was treacherously killed and there was a general uprising When the disaster came Mrs Grimwood although badly wounded in tho arm displayed dis-played heroic qualities While the bullets were falling around she tended tho wounded wound-ed in tho cellars of the residency and found them food Then came tho horrors of the 1 ll r f l 1cr f1s 3 t MKS F ST CLAIR GRIMWOOD retreat She says We had to leave the residency in a terrible hurry when tho firing fir-ing began My shoes and stockings which were very thin wore in rags long before wo got to British territory and I bad to walk barefooted My clothes got soiled and torn and I had to throw away everything I could do without For the first day and a half we had nothing at all to eat Can you imagine what is was to be the only woman with a number of soldiers under such circumstances cir-cumstances where privacy of any kind is an impossibility But they were one and all more thoughtful than almost a woman could be It the flight Mrs Grimwood was ten days without taking off her clothes The relief experienced was great when tho refugees encountered a body of friendly native troops At that time the Colonel Butcher had two cartridges leftone for Mrs Grimwood and the other for himself if capture WES imminent The British government has bestowed on this lady a pension of 140 a year and a special grant of 1000 in recognition of her services Queen Victoria has also personally con firmed on her the Order of the Red Cross |