Tracy Louis. The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
CHAPTER I. THE MESHES OF THE NET
CHAPTER II. A NIGHT IN MAY
CHAPTER III. HOW BAHADUR SHAH PROCLAIMED HIS EMPIRE
CHAPTER IV. ON THE WAY TO CAWNPORE
CHAPTER V. A WOMAN INTERVENES
CHAPTER VI. THE WELL
CHAPTER VII. TO LUCKNOW
CHAPTER VIII. WHEREIN A MOHAMMEDAN FRATERNIZES WITH. A BRAHMIN
CHAPTER IX. A LONG CHASE
CHAPTER X. WHEREIN FATE PLAYS TRICKS WITH MALCOLM
CHAPTER XI. A DAY’S ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XII. THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM
CHAPTER XIII. THE MEN WHO WORE SKIRTS
CHAPTER XIV. WHY MALCOLM DID NOT WRITE
CHAPTER XV. AT THE KING’S COURT
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE VORTEX
CHAPTER XVII. THE EXPIATION
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Winifred, quite unconsciously, had stated the actual incident that led to the outbreak of the Mutiny. The hot weather was so trying for the white troops in Meerut, many of whom, under ordinary conditions, would then have been in the hills, that the General had ordered a Church Parade in the evening, and at an unusual hour.
All day long the troopers of the 3d Cavalry nursed their wrath at the fate of their comrades who had refused to handle the suspected cartridges. They had seen men whom they regarded as martyrs stripped of their uniforms and riveted in chains in front of the whole garrison on the morning of the 9th. Though fear of the British force in the cantonment kept them quiet, Hindu vied with Mussalman in muttered execrations of the dominant race. The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline. The men loafed in the bazaars, were taunted by courtesans with lack of courage, and either drowned their troubles in strong drink or drew together in knots to talk treason.
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Drawn up by its side was a European traveling barouche, empty, but Malcolm’s keen eyes soon picked out the figures of Winifred and her uncle, standing in the midst of an excited crowd of natives. So great was the hubbub that he was not noticed until he pulled up.
“I have come to bring you back to Meerut, Mr. Mayne,” he cried. “The mutiny has been quelled. Our troops are in command of the station and of all the main roads. You can return without the slightest risk, I assure you.”
