| Show JESSIE OP LUCKNOW A FAMOUS CAS OF clairvoyance graphically RELATED when the had lost the heard the which announced that the were comine to the in conversation between a distinguished judge of this state and an editor the article of mark twains on telepathy cas nally camo into talk many cases were cited and tho judge alluded to the remarkable story of jessie brown it will be now to many and it is given herewith as it appeared in a letter to the london times the letter being written by a lady who was the wife of an officer at lucknow on every side death stared ns in the no human skill could avert it any longer we saw the moment approach when we must bid farewell to earth yet without feeling that unutterable horror which must have been experienced by the unhappy victims at Cawn pur we were resolved rather to die than to yield and were fully persuaded that in 24 hours all would be over the engineer bad said 60 and all knew the worst we women strove to encourage each other and to perform the light duties which were assigned to us such as conveying orders to the batteries supplying the men with provisions especially cups of coffee which we prepared day and night 1 I had gone out to try to make myself useful in company with jessie brown the wife of a corporal in my husbands regiment poor jessie had been in a state of restless excitement all through the siege and had fallen away visibly during the last few days A constant fever consumed her and her mind wandered occasionally especially that day when the recollections of home seemed powerfully present to her at last overcome with fatigue she lay down on the ground wrapped in her plaid I 1 sat bo side her promising to awake her when as she said her father should return from the plowing she fell at length into a profound slumber motionless and apparently breathless her head resting in my lap 1 I myself could no longer resist the inclination cli to sleep in spite of the continual roar of tho cannon suddenly I 1 was aroused by a wild unearthly scream close to my ear my companion stood upright beside me her arms raised and her head bent forward in the attitude 0 listening A look of intense delight broke over her countenance she grasped my hand I 1 drew me toward her and exclaimed dinna ye hear it dinna ye hear it aye im no dream ingi its the slogan othe were were then flinging on her knees she thanked god with passionate fervor I 1 felt utterly bewildered my english ears heard only the roar of artillery and I 1 thought my poor jessie was still raving but she darted to the batteries and I 1 heard her cry incessantly to the men Cou courage hark to the slogan the macgregor the grandest of them aall heros help at basti to describe alio effect of these words upon the soldiers would be impossible for a moment they ceased firing and every soni listened with intense anxiety gradually however there arose a murmur of bitter disappointment and the wailing of women who had flocked to the spot burst out anew as the colonel shook his head our dull lowland ears heard only alie roar of the musketry A few moments more of this deathlike suspense of this agonizing hope and Jessie who had again sunk on tho ground sprang to her feet and cried in a voice clear and piercing that it was heard along the whole line will ye no believe it noo the slogan has ceased indeed but the campbells are coming dye hear dye hear at that moment all seemed indeed to biear the voice of god in the distance when the pibroch of the brought us tidings of deliverance for now was no longer any doubt of the fact that shrill penetrating ceaseless sound which rose above all other sounds could come neither from the ad vance of the enemy nor from the work of the sappers ho it was indeed the blast of the scottish bagpipes now shrill and harsh aa threatening vengeance on the foe then in softer tones seeming to promise succor to their friends in need never surely was there such a scene as that which followed not a heart in the residency of lucknow but bowed itself before god all by one impulse fell upon their knees and nothing was beard but bursting sobs and murmured voice of prayer then all arose and there rang out from a thousand lips a great shout of joy which re sounded tar and wide and lent new vigor to that blessed pibroch to our cheer of god save the queen they replied by tho well known strain that moves every scot to tears should auld acquaintance be forgot after that nothing else made any impression on me I 1 scarcely remember what followed jessie was presented to the general on his entrance to the fort and at the officers banquet her health was drunk by all present while alie pipers marched around the table playing once more the familiar air of auld laug syne paio the pipes at lucknow and robert T S lowells the belief of lucknow are descriptive of this same incident baltimore american |
