THE WORDS SHE
SHE WROTE;

OR,

THE BLOOD-STAINED LEAF.

A TRUE AND TOUCHING STORY OF A YOUNG
LADY AND TWO HIGHLANDERS AT

LUCKNOW.

With Obserbations and Appendix,

BY THE

REV. B. L. WITTS, M.A.,

INCUMBENT OF HERSHAM, WALTON ON THAMES.
CHAPLAIN TO THE CONVALESCENT INSTITUTION.
AUTHOR OF "THE TWO SACRAMENTS,"
"ENGLAND'S HOPE," &c.

FOURTH THOUSAND.

LONDON:

WERTHEIM, MACINTOSH AND HUNT,

24, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 23, HOLLES STREET, CAVENDISH

SQUARE.

1864

141. M.74.

INTRODUCTION.

THE following story is unvarnished truth. The narrative part is from the pen of a lady, who wrote it in a very concise form for the January, number of "The British Flag." Its accuracy is confirmed by H. Carr Tucker, Esq. The Editor only met with it ten days ago. He immediately felt it was far too interesting only to appear in a small journal chiefly read by soldiers and sailors; and therefore he determined to make a few hasty and simple remarks, and throw them quickly together in a small book; hoping that in an enlarged form it