trating, ceaseless sound, which rose above all other sounds, could come neither from the advance of the enemy nor from the work of the sappers. No, it was indeed the blast of the Scottish bagpipes, now shrill and harsh, as 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 simultaneous impulse, fell upon their knees, and nothing was heard but bursting sobs and the murmured voice of prayer. Then all arose, and there rang out from a thousand lips a great shout of joy, which resounded far and wide, and lent new vigor to that blessed pibroch. To our cheer of "God save the Queen," they replied by the well-known strain that moves every Scot to tears, "Should auld acquaintance be forgot." After that, nothing else made any impression on me. I scarcely remember what followed. Jessie was presented to the general on his entrance into the fort, and at the officers' banquet her health was drunk by all present, while the pipers marched around the table, playing once more the familiar air of "Auld Lang Syne." DEFINITIONS. -A vẽrt', to turn aside. En ġi neer', an officer in the army, who designs and constructs defensive and offensive works. Siēģe, the setting of an army around a fortified place to compel its surrender. Pro found', deep. Slo'gan, the war cry or gathering word of a Highland clan in Scotland. Fer'vor, intensity of feeling. Pi'broeh, a wild, irregu lar species of music belonging to the Highlands of Scotland; it is performed on a bagpipe. Săp'pers, men employed in making an approach to a fortified place by digging. Reş'i den çy, the official dwelling of a government officer in India. Si mul ta'ne oŭs, happening at the same time. NOTES. Lucknow, a city in the British possession of India. In 1857 there was a mutiny of the native troops, and the British garrison of 1700 men was besieged by 10,000 mutineers. After twelve weeks' siege, fresh British troops forced an entrance, and the town was held until relieved three weeks later by the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell, as above described. Cawnpore, also a city of India, near Lucknow, which was besieged during the mutiny. After surrendering, the English, two thirds of whom were women and children, were treacherously massacred. The inhabitants of the northern part of Scotland are called Highlanders; those of the southern part, Lowlanders. The dialect of the former is very peculiar, as shown in the language of Jessie Brown; as dinna for did not, a' for all, no for not, noo for now, auld for old. Macgregor and Campbell are names of Highland clans or families. THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW. BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. Pipes of the misty moorlands, The treble of the rills! Not the braes of bloom and heather, Dear to the Lowland reaper, But the sweetest of all music The pipes at Lucknow played. Day by day the Indian tiger 66 Pray for rescue, wives and mothers, Pray to-day!" the soldier said; "To-morrow, death's between us And the wrong and shame we dread.' Oh, they listened, looked, and waited, Filled the pauses of their prayer. Hushed the wounded man his groaning; Alone they heard the drum-roll But to sounds of home and childhood Like the march of soundless music : "Hark! hear ye no' MacGregor's, The grandest o' them all!" Oh, they listened, dumb and breathless, Louder, nearer, fierce as vengeance, But when the far-off dust cloud To plaided legions grew, Round the silver domes of Lucknow, O'er the cruel roll of war drums Rose that sweet and homelike strain; And the tartan clove the turban, As the Goomtee cleaves the plain. Dear to the corn-land reaper Sweet sounds the Gaelic pibroch O'er mountain, glen, and glade ; DEFINITIONS. The Pipes at Lucknow played! Plăid'ed, referring to the peculiar dress of the Scotch Highlanders. Loeh, a lake in Scotland. Se'poy, a native of India engaged in the English service. (It was the Sepoys who were now in rebellion.) Tär'tan, woolen cloth checkered or plaided, worn much by the Highlanders; here used to denote the Highlanders themselves. NOTE. - The Goomtee is the river on the banks of which the city of Lucknow is built. THE LAST GRAND REVIEW. BY T. DEWITT TALMAGE. Never was there a more tremendous spectacle than when, at the close of the war, our armies came back and marched in review before the President's stand at Washington. It made no difference whether a man was a Republican or a Democrat, a Northern man or a Southern man, if he had any emotion of nature, he could not look upon that spectacle without weeping. God knew that the day was stupendous, and He cleared the heaven of cloud and mist and chill, and spread the blue sky as a triumphal arch for the returning warriors to pass under. From Arlington Heights, the spring foliage shook out its welcome, as the hosts came over the hills, and the sparkling waters of the Potomac tossed their gold to the feet of the battalions, as they came to the Long Bridge, and, in almost interminable line, passed over. The Capitol never seemed so majestic as that morning, snowy white, looking down upon the tides of men that came surging down, billow after billow. They passed in |