"SAPPER"

AUTHOR OF "MICHAEL CASSIDY, SERGEANT"

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY


Copyright, 1916,
By George H. Doran Company
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TO
MY WIFE


CONTENTS

PAGE
Prologue[xi]
PART ONE
CHAPTER
I.The Motor-Gun[23]
II.Private Meyrick—Company Idiot[49]
III.Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars[77]
IV.The Fatal Second[99]
V.Jim Brent's V.C.[121]
VI.Retribution[155]
VII.The Death Grip[183]
VIII.James Henry[211]
PART TWO
THE LAND OF THE TOPSY TURVY
I.The Grey House[237]
II.The Women and—the Men[243]
III.The Woman and the Man[249]
IV."The Regiment"[257]
V.The Contrast[265]
VI.Black, White, and—Grey[271]
VII.Archie and Others[287]
VIII.On the Staff[291]
IX.No Answer[299]
X.The Madness[305]
XI.The Grey House Again[311]