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The Spaniards seemed terribly afraid of them, as well they might be, for the Colombian spears did dire execution. Few missed their mark, and I saw more than one trooper literally spitted and lifted clean out of his saddle. Mejia, distinguishable by his tall stature, was in the thick of the fray.
But in the long cold nights of the northern Indian winter they were stolen most extensively. The traffic of murder was liveliest among the hills at that season, and prices ruled high. The regimental guards were first doubled and then trebled. A trooper does not much care if he loses a weapon Government must make it good but he deeply resents the loss of his sleep.
"Peace, fool!" said Everard. "And where are the Mayor and Master Holdenough?" "The Mayor is returned to the borough on horseback, behind the trooper, who goes to Oxford for the reinforcement; and the man of the steeple-house hath quartered himself in the chamber which Colonel Desborough had last night, being that in which he is most likely to meet the your honour understands.
The Sergeant laughed. "When we want a thing done, we can find a man in the force fit for the job. One of the boys I took up can talk to them in Cree or Assiniboine, and it wouldn't beat us if they spoke Hebrew or Greek. There's a trooper in my detachment who knows both."
The key grated in the lock, and Crispin answered it with a resounding snore. The door opened, and on the threshold stood the Roundhead trooper, holding aloft a lanthorn whose rays were flashed back by his polished cuirass. He beheld Crispin on the bed with closed eyes and open mouth, and he heard his reassuring and melodious snore.
Chester sprang up quickly and jumped to one side to escape the point of the bayonet in the hands of the second trooper. Chester thrust with his sword, but the effort was futile. The point of the lad's sword fell short. Again the lad was at a disadvantage and the German grinned as he stepped forward to end the combat.
"Have you anything of importance about you?" he whispered significantly. "Nothing. But God send that no chambermaid change the sheet in my bed at the hotel." "Are they " "Silence." Fitzgerald saw the trooper next with his hand to his ear. After a time the Colonel sang out: "Fifteen miles more, with three on the other side, men; we must put more life into us. A trot for a few miles.
Lieutenant Molyneux, R.H.G., had his horse knocked over. He called to a trooper not to leave him, and the man replied, "All right, sir, I won't leave you." Together they had a busy time. Two dervishes attacked the lieutenant; he shot one, but the other cut him over the right arm, causing him to drop his revolver. He then ran for it and got away. Lieutenants Brinton and Pirie received wounds.
He opened his eyes languidly as the doctor attended to him. "Come, my fine fellow, keep up your heart," said the doctor tenderly; "you will perhaps that is to say, the ambulance-wagons will be round immediately, and " "Thank you," interrupted the trooper quietly, "God's blessing rest upon you. I know what you mean. Look, sir." He tried to take a locket from his neck as he spoke, but could not.
Dolores nodded. "Well, what have you to say for yourself?" The general transfixed his trooper with a stare; then, as the latter seemed bereft of his voice, "Why did you enter this house?" Felipe moistened his scarred lips. "That woman is nice and clean. She's not so old, either, when you come to look at her." He grinned at his comrades, who had crowded in behind old Pancho. "So!
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