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Dawber, ignoring this remark, and turning to another applicant, a quartermaster of the Guards. "I have come for six bags of coffee." "Where is your requisition?" The quartermaster produced a large sheet of foolscap, covered with printing and ruled lines, a mass of figures, and intricate calculations. Mr. Dawber seized it, and proceeded to verify the totals, which took him half-an-hour.
Soon after his arrival, Dawber, my overseer of animals, who had accompanied him, was taken suddenly ill. During the night he became much worse, with shivering and spasms, and on the following morning he was extremely weak and feverish. To add to my anxiety, Mr. Hume also complained of indisposition.
The discussion had already grown rather serious. "I tell you my patients are dying of cold," said the doctor. "I must have the stoves." "It is quite impossible," replied Mr. Dawber, "without a requisition properly signed." "By whom?"
We reached the camp about noon the following day, and learnt, to our vexation, that one of the men, Norman, had lost himself shortly after we started, and had not since been heard of. Dawber, my overseer, was out in search of him.
I awaited his return, therefore, before I took any measures for the man's recovery; nor was I without hopes that Dawber would have found him, as it appeared he had taken one of the horses with him, and Dawber, by keeping his tracks, might eventually have overtaken him. He returned, however, about 3 p.m. unsuccessful, when Mr.
"This column is incorrectly cast; in fact, the form is very carelessly filled in. But you shall have the coffee if we can find it." Further long delay followed, during which Mr. Dawber and his assistant rummaged the heterogeneous contents of his overcrowded store, and at last he produced five bags, saying "You will have to do with this."
Soon after his arrival, Dawber, my overseer of animals, who had accompanied him, was taken suddenly ill. During the night he became much worse, with shivering and spasms, and on the following morning he was extremely weak and feverish. To add to my anxiety, Mr. Hume also complained of indisposition.
He was a slave to red tape, and was prepared to die rather than diverge from the narrow grooves in which he had been trained. The store over which he presided was in a state of indescribable chaos. It could not be arranged as he had seen stores all his life, so he did nothing to it at all. When McKay arrived early next day, Mr. Dawber was being interviewed by a doctor from a hospital-ship.
We reached the camp about noon the following day, and learnt, to our vexation, that one of the men, Norman, had lost himself shortly after we started, and had not since been heard of. Dawber, my overseer, was out in search of him.
Hume reported having crossed a chain of ponds about four miles to the eastward, and out of the immediate precincts of the marshes, I ordered the tents to be struck, and placing Dawber on my horse, we all moved quietly over to them. The result of Mr. Hume's journey perplexed me exceedingly.
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