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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Corporal Sam and Other Stories, by A. T. Quiller-Couch This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Corporal Sam and Other Stories Corporal Sam; The Copernican Convoy; Red Velvet; The Jew on the Moor; My Christmas Burglary; The Mayor's Dovecot: a Cautionary Tale; News From Troy!; Colonel Baigent's Christmas; Doctor Unonius; Mutual Exchange, Limited Author: A. T. Quiller-Couch Release Date: July 3, 2005 [eBook #16194] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CORPORAL SAM AND OTHER STORIES*** E-text prepared by Lionel Sear CORPORAL SAM AND OTHER STORIES by SIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH ('Q'). CONTENTS. CORPORAL SAM. THE COPERNICAN CONVOY. RED VELVET. THE JEW ON THE MOOR. MY CHRISTMAS BURGLARY. THE MAYOR'S DOVECOT: A CAUTIONARY TALE. NEWS FROM TROY! COLONEL BAIGENT'S CHRISTMAS. DOCTOR UNONIUS. MUTUAL EXCHANGE, LIMITED. CORPORAL SAM. CHAPTER I. Sergeant David Wilkes, of the First (Royal) Regiment of Foot--third battalion, B Company--came trudging with a small fatigue party down the sandy slopes of Mount Olia, on the summit of which they had been toiling all day, helping the artillerymen to drag an extra 24-pounder into battery. They had brought it into position just half an hour ago, and already it had opened fire along with another 24-pounder and two howitzers mounted on the same rocky platform. The men as they descended heard the projectiles fly over their heads, and paused, distinguishing the scream of the shells from the dull hum of the round-shot, to watch the effect of the marksmanship, which was excellent. Northwards, to their right, stretched the blue line of the Bay, where a single ship-of-war tacked lazily and kept a two-miles' offing. The smoke of the guns, drifting down on the land-breeze from the summit of Mount Olia, now hid her white sails, now lifted and revealed them in the late afternoon sunshine. But although blue held the upper heavens--cloudless blue of July--the sunshine that reached the ship was murky, almost copper-coloured; for it pierced through
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