Show HISTORY'S MYSTERIES Riddle i That nat sat Still Paula hul EL Hers Her lAd and nd Abroad What Became of Nana Sahib cloud of mystery which surrounds surrounds sur sur- Tull rounds this strange personage lender leader of one of the bloodiest mutinies mu mu- of history Is connected not only with his rot fate hut but even een with his orgin origin ori orl or- or gin for the mot Ing spirit of or the been blen the son mutiny wits was said to have hac nf ot a 0 whose rent real name mute was WI Pant Hut nothing at authentic has hus ever er been n learned of ot his birth h or of his life before he was adopted adopt adopted ed Id by hy I KaJI Lail nj lion Ilou the childless ex ex- sliwa pt-sliwa a of Poona whose estates e to Jo mare than a 8 million dollars he Inherited when he ht cante a R native prince nt ot the detail death of nr his bis u adopted 41 In iii 1 A half century ago the name imme of ot 1 nna was one known ull all over 1 the cd world world one one that was gen generally In regarded with terror and loath loath- In Ins ing To the n. nation and to the world I. I general he was n R flood fiend Incarnate incarnate In in- carnate In Instigator of the murder of unarmed nun into and helpless women torturer of the weak and Instigator of counties counties' outrages But to several million l Indians he was a deliverer delly and ond o s true patriot As s mysterious m as os the birth of Nann Sahib wua his withdrawal from the scene cne of ot European politics In which he played ld such u a conspicuous part during the years Immediately preceding In ing the mutiny The reason for forthe forthe forthe the part he lie us assumed In hi the affair affair af af- fair I Is to he be found In the refusal of ot the I government to 10 pay him the I which his adopted fill father had been receiving as ns a II yearly III pension Angered at al what he considered nn on Invasion In In- s of nt his Just tut rl rights 1119 ltd and 1 it t loges leges Nann Hann dispatched n representative to 10 London to 10 present his claims hut hot a nil all I I that dolt I Ihl this Ills emissary was washie hie ble to obtain for fill him wa was permission to 10 retain the title of prince and to 10 rule over the fortress town of near nar lorl Then he began his game mille of trench trench- 11 ery of sulking under tinder the Insult In Inv stilt sult he suddenly slowed showed signs sir of ot hll having become thoroughly An it-I it lie Me missed ro eo opportunity to nIl air his knowledge of the English language and mingled as ns much as us possible the English society In the Indian Indian In In- dian llIn garrison towns ln carrying out nut Ills bis plans so cleverly orly thin that he completely deceived the British authorities entirely en quieting nn any suspicions lons which they stay may have hn had as nIl to 10 his loyalty Finally however hl the mutiny broke in ail nil fury Still Nann Sahib be he 10 leadership leadership lead lead- appeared to loyal keeping of ot the mutineers In n o te secret for the time lime being Most of England's white regiments hind bad heen for forced to leave 1111 India to 10 participate In the Crimean war leaving leav leny In ing Int the country garrisoned chiefly by or n hive alive troops The religious fanaticism l of these soldiers was so 80 ell cleverly worKed upon II by Nana Nann and other 1111 secret agents that they rose In Ina a 8 body hody against the British The u women and children had been blen herded to together In n hou house hOIle e In awn pore but when Havelock who win had nd from defeated the native e In troops two Iwo engagements en en- the second pond of which was within eight miles of the city Nann Sahib ei that the British noo noo- combatants should be hp cast i Into Inlo a well now marked with a n monument In their memory tattle Battle of after II I battle was fought with the white while troops during the next few months Nann's men heIng being he- he Ing almost Invariably defeated In III open hili battle I II but bin triumphant In the Ihl guerilla st style 11 of warfare to 10 which they were tt while the Ihl crafty bruin anti heartless cruelty 0 of If the Indian lender undo him tutu a II scourge to 10 the British Brit ish bh until mutiny was finally SIll stumped stamped out England w wreaked n terrible vengeance ven s-en- up opt n her PI foes after they Ihy hind had been crushed the matte lenders leaders lid rig tied to 10 the Ilse mouths months of cannon and Inri biow blown n to 10 ills hits hut but Nana the most rous herons 4 of ot nil nhi 1 nn nu one knew whither he hen n was ns driven en tol the British h frontier frontier fron fron- tier Into Nepal where he lie tony may live hove perished In the IIII Jungle though in to this diy day Ids hb fate I Is unknown and lIel II it l Is P pot pos that he hI HUM tl for fill inn many allY uy years after after aft aft- er PI the routing Mutiny In safe safety I t ty Ir it some mime oriental kingdom a which load hid little II with lint Ish Ideas ohms or lint lab dominion l lift Ire I b bv h. h Wheeler lIral |