CONTENTS

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[With the Main Guard]1
[The Drums of the Fore and Aft]25
[The Man who was]78
[The Courting of Dinah Shadd]101
[The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney]139
[The Taking of Lungtungpen]182
[The Madness of Private Ortheris]191


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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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]