"Good-bye, Dirkovitch, and a pleasant journey," said little
Mildred.
"Au revoir," said the Russian.
"Indeed! But we thought you were going home?"
"Yes, but I will come again. My dear friends, is that road shut?"
He pointed to where the North Star burned over the Khyber Pass.
"By Jove! I forgot. Of course. Happy to meet you, old man, any
time you like. Got everything you want? Cheroots, ice, bedding?
That's all right. Well, au revoir, Dirkovitch."
"Um," said the other man, as the tail-lights of the train grew
small. "Of - all - the - unmitigated!"
Little Mildred answered nothing, but watched the North Star and
hummed a selection from recent Simla burlesque that had much
delighted the White Hussars. It ran -
I'm sorry for Mister Bluebeard,
I'm sorry to cause him pain;
But a terrible spree there's sure to be
When he comes back again.
ONLY A SUBALTERN
Not only to enforce by command but to encourage by example the
energetic discharge of duty and the steady endurance of the
difficulties and privations inseparable from Military Service. -
Bengal Army Regulations.
They made Bobby Wick pass an examination at Sandhurst. He was a
gentleman before he was gazetted, so, when the Empress announced
that "Gentleman-Cadet Robert Hanna Wick" was posted as Second
Lieutenant to the Tyneside Tail Twisters at Krab Bokhar, he became
an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing; and there
was joy in the house of Wick, where Mamma Wick and all the little
Wicks fell upon their knees and offered incense to Bobby by virtue
of his achievements.
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