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A later volume recorded his retirement from the service. Hume and Winter reached Brett's flat together. "Any luck with the Jap, sir?" asked the detective cheerily. Brett told them what had happened, and Winter sighed. Here, indeed, was a promising subject for an arrest. Why not lock him up, and seize the type-writer? But he knew the barrister by this time, and uttered no word.
If the natives and deserters are not lying, and the sailors really hit Pepworth's Long Tom, then that gunner may live on his exploit for the rest of his life. "We trust we've killed a few men," says the captain cheerily; "but we can't hope for much more." And yet, if they never hit a man, this handful of sailors have been the saving of Ladysmith.
She came in quickly, nodded cheerily to Mrs. Schroder, and knelt down in front of the fire to warm her hands. "I did want to come in this morning," she said, "the very last day! I should have liked to help you about Ernest's things. But Aunt Martha must needs have a supernumerary wash, and I have just come in from hanging the last of the clothes upon the line."
Now, climb up into your place, and don't you attempt to start until I'm beside you and give the word!" A moment later Jack Benson sat beside the driver, holding the revolver in his right hand. "Now, back to the house," spoke the young naval officer. Without a word the driver turned his horses about, heading back. "Here we are!" came, cheerily, from Lieutenant Abercrombie, R.N.
He came back into view, followed by his little ten-man escort just as King neared the fort, and King timed his approach so as to meet him. The men of the escort were heavily burdened; he could see that from a distance. "Hello!" he said by the fort gate, cheerily, after he had saluted and the salute had been returned. "Oh, hello, King! Glad to see you. Heard you were coming, of course.
'I am the laggard to-day, my lady, he said, cheerily, as he bore his heavy person up the room towards her. 'Ah! he went on, as lady Margaret stepped forward to meet him, leading Dorothy by the hand, 'who is this sober young damsel under my wild Irishwoman's wing? Our young cousin Vaughan, doubtless, whose praises my worthy Dr. Bayly has been sounding in my ears?
"We've soured on scenery," he finished, in his drastic idiom. "We're sick of moonlight and cow-dung, and we're heeled for a big time." "Call on me," remarked the Governor, cheerily, "when you're ready for bromides and sulphates." "I ain't box-headed no more," protested Mr.
"I'll soon teach 'em a lesson," he cried cheerily to Mr Mackay. "When they tackle Jock Gillespie, they'll find their match; and, ye know, when I say a thing I mean a thing!" Thereupon he bounced down the companion, telling Jerrold and me to follow him; which, as may be supposed, we did with the greatest alacrity, "Old Jock" not often inviting us to his sanctum.
Lord Edward did entreat him to reserve his strength till there was more need; the field was then clear, the foes had not appeared; but all in vain their eloquence, the king combated it all. 'We will go seek them, brother, cheerily answered the king; 'we will go tell them insult to the Bruce passes not unanswered.
One day as I was starting off on a long run a stranger came up to me and asked if she might join us. I consulted the Guide, and he said he already had as many in the party as he could take charge of. I told the lady this, and said I was sorry that we could not accept her companionship. She at once replied cheerily, "Oh, then I will follow you." Nothing could prevent her from doing this.
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