He was shot through the body in two places, and as Coke sat by him while he was dying, he said, with a smile on his face: '_Sahib_, I am happy; but promise me one thing--don't let my old mother want.

I leave her to your care.'] [Footnote 11: Awe-inspiring certainly, but probably the most humane, as being a sure and instantaneous mode of execution.] * * * * *.