Auecuoie of Sir Colin Campuch

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 5

Auecuoie of Sir Colin Campuch

Whlv on the maie-h with Sh Colin tluouub the -andy petition of the Oude count! \, a \ioknt -anchtoim cam. mi in the night. Mhich caused gi ear exh.iu-tion, and.in-onio cade?, tempor;u\ in-amt\ among the men, a numbei of whom had -atheied lound a well, and weie clamommg to ho -upphed with water. Some of the -cmi demented one.-, were threatening: to pu-h 01 thiow tl<c other- doun the well if the* dirt not at mift makev.wfei ih^m, oi -upply tln-u want-. In the muUt oi iho tin mod and w<»id \u, pa*=ed that Sir ( olm -\\ aborning on In-, elephant, whereupon a fellou of m\ company who hal hcun aileeted in the \\.'\ ,ibo%e refencd to, polled out that lie didn l care foi Sir Colin, and that if he could get hold of the old h he -would 'thio* him down the M'.ll alro. Much to m.N -mpii-e, I noticcdih.il Sir Colin liad lidden up, and w.i^ (juictlv li-teninn to whaLhe -aid, and that he could see fiom hi-i ele^ited po-ition on the elephant all that, was fjoin^ on. J at once stooped down and })a-ed through the leg- I of the men until J reached tlio poortcllo\v,and by dint of puea'u exertion, managed to tup him up, and directed the men toMimmnd vis, thinking by thi^ means to conceal the man and -o prc\enb him being punished. It wa? all to no pmpo^e, as the ca g)c eye ni our c hiet had detector! my moxemeniHe sternly bade the men biln^ both iho man and my c elt befoie him, v hen he iebukert me the-o memorable vo. tl-- ' Corporal, if i were the Duke of Wellington I should Older tin- man to be <*hol and you to bo placed undci anc-t, and lemembcr irom this time for »\ aid thai- it i^ no parb of a non-commi'-sioncd oihccr'h duty to try and seieen any man m ho hf\«- coimnitted a breach oi discipline. After making thin Uttle speech he turned to his n;iti\e servant who wa-> on an attendant elephant which had wine coolers arranged on its back, and directed him to pour out a gla^ of water from a decanter which had been packed in ice, and to his ovoi lading honour, he handed it to the man himself, with a request that he would drink it. The effect upon the man was truly wondciful ; his reason returned, and thanking Sir Colm for bib kindness and forbearance he drank the water amid the ringing cheers ot all who ■witnessed the noble deed.

"Leb us pursue the subject a little farther," baid the medical f^tudent^ at the bedbidc of a dying patient. Ho the next night they went out and stole the body from the cemetery. Choosing a wife i= very much like orderinr> a meal in a Paris restaurant when you do°not understand French. You may not get what you want, but you will get something. In cold northern countries, by a wise provision of nature, the mountains are clad in firs.