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'PUT YER 'EAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS. IT'LL GO ORF IN A
MINUTE' 2

'HE RAN FORWARD WID THE HAYMAKERS' LIFT ON HIS
BAY'NIT' 12

HE PICKED HER UP IN THE GROWING LIGHT, AND SET HER
ON HIS SHOULDER 23

'HEY! WHAT? ARE YOU GOING TO ARGUE WITH _ME_?'
SAID THE COLONEL 35

CRIS SLID AN ARM ROUND HIS NECK 47

THE MEN STROLLED ACROSS THE TRACKS TO INSPECT THE
AFGHAN PRISONERS 50

THE TUNE SETTLED INTO FULL SWING, AND THE BOYS KEPT
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER 69

'_RUNG HO_, HIRA SINGH!' 85

HE FOUND THE SPRING 91

IT IS NOT GOOD THAT A GENTLEMAN WHO CAN ANSWER TO
THE QUEEN'S TOAST SHOULD LIE AT THE FEET OF A
SUBALTERN OF COSSACKS 94

'THIN WHIN THE KETTLE WAS TO BE FILLED, DINAH CAME
IN--MY DINAH' 117

'"MY COLLAR-BONE'S BRUK," SEZ HE' 121

'"THE HALF AV THAT I'LL TAKE," SEZ SHE' 132

'"OUT OF THIS," SEZ HE. "I'M IN CHARGE AV THIS SECTION
AV CONSTRUCTION."--"I'M IN CHARGE AV MESILF," SEZ
I, "AN' IT'S LIKE I WILL STAY A WHILE"' 149

'NINE ROUN'S THEY WERE EVEN MATCHED, AN' AT THE
TENTH----' 157

THERE PRANCED A PORTENT IN THE FACE OF THE MOON 166

'I WAS KRISHNA TOOTLIN' ON THE FLUTE' 176

'"SHTRIP, BHOYS," SEZ I. "SHTRIP TO THE BUFF, AN'
SHWIM IN WHERE GLORY WAITS!"' 185

'THERE WAS A _MELLY_ AV A SUMPSHUS KIND FOR A WHOILE' 187

ORTHERIS HEAVED A BIG SIGH 192

WE SET OFF AT THE DOUBLE AND FOUND HIM PLUNGING ABOUT
WILDLY THROUGH THE GRASS 201

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WITH THE MAIN GUARD

Der jungere Uhlanen
Sit round mit open mouth
While Breitmann tell dem stdories
Of fightin' in the South;
Und gif dem moral lessons,
How before der battle pops,
Take a little prayer to Himmel
Und a goot long drink of Schnapps.