Show BRAVE AND TRUE the commendable ambition of an soldier gen sir hope grant in his narrative of the indian mutiny relates an anecdote which does equal honor to himself and one of his native soldiers the had been fighting all day driving the rebels before them after nightfall however a party of rebels made a new demonstration and gen grant seeing two of his guns in danger collected a few men and charged lie says A within five yards of me eircil at my donac aud put a bullet through his body it was singular he i did not aim at me but probably he thought it best to make sure of killing the horse after which the rider would fall into his hands as a matter of course 1 I felt that my poor charger had received his death wound yet he galloped on for forty yards through alie throng of rebels and then dropped I 1 was in an awkward predicament un horsed surrounded by the enemy and owing to the darkness ignorant in which direction to proceed when my orderly a native horseman hooper kahn by name rode up to me and said ake my hore it is your only chance of safety 1 I could not but admire his fine conduct lie was a belonging to a regiment the greater part of which had mutinies mutinied muti nied and it would have been easy for him to kill me and go over to the 1 refused his offer but takings a firm grasp of his horses tail I 1 told him to drag mu out of alie crowd this he did successfully and with great courage the net morning I 1 called him to my tent praised hiim for his gallant I 1 behavior and offered hiim some little money lie declined it with great dignity no sahib I 1 will take no money he baid drawing himself up but if you will beet my commanding to promote in I 1 hall be very grateful he was duly promoted and received also alie las order of merit |