| Show AN INCIDENT OF THE MUTINY How liluugul Pnndy Met His Match Tho Brigadiers Strategy How thp white Iceth Gleam and the black eyes hush through the crowd of excited ex-cited Sepoys Tlio clamor of vqlcea takes a now slirlllncgy Two sahibs arc down before their eyes under lie victorious arm of one oC their comrades Thu rnou who form iho cnmrtcrgunrd of lie Thir tyfourth at the orders of their nnllvo oillccr run forward a few paces at tho double but they do not atlempl to aclze the mutineer Their sympathies aro with him They halt tiicy away to and fro The nearest smile with tlio butt ends of their muskets al the Iwo wounded Englishmen En-glishmen A cluster of British ofllccr by this time is on Ihe scenej the Colonel of the Thirty fourth himself has come up and naturally takes command He orders tho men of the charier guard lo Helzu lie mulliicerH and J5 lohl by the native ofllccr In charge that the men will not go on Tne oionci ia unhappily not of the stuff of which licrocM are made He looks through his spectacles vt Mungul Pnndy A six fOot tiepoy In open rovolt loaded musket In hand himself loaded mdro dangerously by fanaticism strongly ilavorcd with bnang whllo a thousand oxcllcd Sepoys look on trembling with angry sympathy does not make a cheerful spectacle 1 felt It useless says the bewildered Colonel In his ofllclal reporl after the incident in-cident going on any further In the mat ler Jt wouUI havo been a unelcsa saurlllqo ot lfo to order a European olllccc of the Ktsurd to acl2 hint 1 left lie guard arid reported the mailer to lie Hrlgadlcr ynhnppy Colonel 1 lie init have had his red tape virtues but ho was clearly not tho man to suppress a mutiny The mu tlnv In a Avovcl suppressed him And let It jiu Imagined how the apcctacle of that hesitating Colonel added a now element oC Avouderlng dollght lo the huge crowd ot swaying Sopoys At this moment Gen TIearscy the Brigadier Brig-adier In charge rides on to the parade giound a redfaced wrathful hnrallglit Ing Iconnor veteran with Iwo sons ofblood as warlike as their fallicrs riding rid-ing behind him us aids JTcarsoy with rmtelc military glance lakes In i the whole scone Iho mob of excited Sopoys the sullen sul-len quarter guard the two redcoats lynp In Iho road and lie victorIous Mungul Pandy muakct In hand As ho rodq up somebody called out paAo a care his musket Is loaded To AVhich the General replied with military brevity Damn his musket An oath says Trevelyan concerning which every true Rngltehman will make lie customary Invocation to tho recording angel Mungul Vainly covered the General with his muskqt llcanioy found jlme to say lo his son 1 if I fall John rush In and put him lo loath somehow Then pulling 1 up his horse on the Hank of the uuartcr guard ho plufckcd a pistol from his noisier noi-sier leveled It straight at the head of the natIve officer and curtly ordered llio men to advance and seize the mutineer The leveled plslol no dolibl had Us own logic hut moro offeqllvc than Oven the steady arid tiny tubo was lie face that looked from behind It with command and Iron courage In every Hue That masterful British will Instantly assort assert Itself Tbo IQO C line of the quartet guard sllt fencd with Insllncllvc obedience the men stepped forward and Munpul Pandy with ono imslendy glance at Hcarsey s slern visage turned with a quick movement the muzzle oC his gun lo his own breast thniKl his naked toe into lie trigger and foil sclfahot lie survived to bo hanged with duo official ceremonies seven days aft rvard 11 was a true instinct which lifter tills taught the British soldier to call every mutinous Sepoy a Pandy That Incident Jit Barrackpnro Is really ibo hlstdry of tho Indian mutiny In little Cornhlll Magazine |
