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Then quoth the Infidels to one another, "When shall these battle days have an end? We are weary of warring the Moslems." And quoth one of them, "Up and at them, for there remain of them but five and twenty men! May the Messiah on their fathers have no grace, and may the sojourn of the Nazarenes be for them no abiding place!" So they carried fuel to the jaws of the cavern and set fire to it.
There is, in this good town of Nagasaki, towards five or six o'clock in the evening, one hour of the day more comical than any other. At this moment every living being is naked: children, young people, old people, old men, old women, every one is seated in a tub of some sort, taking a bath.
Some time after the appearance of the ships off Puerto Viego, they arrived at the harbour of Malabrigo, five or six leagues to the northwards of Truxillo, and Diego de Mora learnt their arrival by the same messenger who was charged with the news of their appearance at Puerto Viejo.
'John has not been home these five years, he said. 'And what rank does he hold now? said the widow. 'He's trumpet-major, ma'am; and a good musician. The miller, who was a good father, went on to explain that John had seen some service, too.
We camped at Salt River mouth, and next afternoon were back at Fort Smith, having been out five days and seen nothing, though there were tracks of Moose and Bear in abundance. Here our guide said good-bye to us, and so did the Indian dog. During this journey I had successfully treated two of the men for slight ailments, and Squirrel had made mental note of the fact.
"Edward Habberton, sah, an' he's jes' fo' years old, near five." Hamilton entered the name of the little deaf and dumb boy, whom he could see sitting in an inner room, and noted down in the schedule his age, his color, and the nature of his affliction. "Now, Lily," he continued, "were you both born in Kentucky?" "No, sah," she replied, "none of us, savin' little Eddie.
You will imagine, Sir, the interest with which I hastened to a lonely spot in the Tuileries, and carefully taking out the little packet, unfolded paper by paper, till I came yes, Sir, till I came to five lumps of sugar! Oh, the French are a mean people a very mean people I hope I shall soon be able to return to England.
The British losses were three officers and five men killed, twenty-two men wounded, and thirty men with one officer missing the latter being the survivors of those outposts which were overwhelmed by the Boer advance. A few incidents stand out among the daily bulletins of snipings, skirmishes, and endless marchings which make the dull chronicle of these, the last months of the year 1900.
Tossed between the horns of successive dilemmas, he reached his twenty-sixth birthday without the power of earning five dollars in any occupation. His friends in the army were almost as badly off, but even army life ruined a young man less fatally than London society.
They could not afford to take any chance of having their great plan discovered in these early stages of the game. "Well, I don't know how I'm going to hold out much longer," complained Jack. "I can't keep still five minutes, but have to jump up and walk it off. Let's see two o'clock you said, didn't you? That'll be nearly three long hours more. It's simply terrible, Tom!
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