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to the ground. The native, without even turning to 

 see his assailant, picked up his hat in a quiet man- 

 ner and remained uncovered until the end of the 

 anthem. 



The historic interest of Lucknow centres about 

 the Residency, which, though in ruins, gives the 

 impression of neatness and freshness, for green 

 lawns extend to the base of its roofless old gray 

 walls, and well-kept parks and gardens surround it. 

 But every square foot of the Residency and the 

 other blackened buildings which were within the in- 

 closure during the siege is scarred with the iron hail 

 of battle, which during the five months of the siege 

 of Lucknow stormed about the intrenchments of the 

 British. 



The story of Lucknow is very different from that 

 of Cawnpore. It is a grim one, for the tale of the 

 dead far outnumbered the losses at Cawnpore, but 

 it is stirring from start to finish and ends in suc- 

 cess, for the Residency neither surrendered nor was 

 taken. Into that little cluster of buildings were 

 gathered nearly three thousand persons ; there were 

 seven hundred British soldiers, two hundred and 

 twenty European volunteers, seven hundred and 

 sixty-five faithful natives, and thirteen hundred 

 non-combatants, more than five hundred of whom 

 were women and children. On June 30 Sir Henry 



