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I then begged of him that I might be removed from the drummers to the ranks. I did not like the appellation drum-boy. As I have seen many a man riding post, who was at least sixty years old, still called a post-boy, so, if a drummer had attained the age of Methusaleh, he would never acquire any other title than drum-boy.
In about a week after having made this request, I was transferred from the drummers' room, and promoted to the rank of corporal. This was promotion indeed three steps in one day! From drum-boy to private; from a battalion company to the Light Bobs; and from private to corporal.
From the General, down to the youngest drum-boy, a confident anticipation of success seemed to pervade all ranks; and in the hope of an ample reward in store for them, the toils and grievances of the moment were forgotten. Nor was this anticipation the mere offspring of an overweening confidence in themselves.
Twig the drum-boy, he has turned his coat do you see? with the lining outwards to keep it clean. By Jove, that's a wrinkle!" "How many officers do you expect, Captain Oughton?" "I hardly know they make such alterations in their arrangements; five or six, I believe. The boat went on shore for them at nine o'clock.
And then, look you, friend, the very devil of all hath my willing consent to fly away with the army in its turn, from the highest general down to the lowest drum-boy. Nay, never look fierce for the matter; remember there is daylight enough now for a game at sharps."
There is certainly a pleasure in all this, and a man rises proportionately in his own esteem. In short, to confess the truth I now looked upon a drum-boy as little better than his drum.
Twig the drum-boy, he has turned his coat do you see, with the lining outwards to keep it clean. By Jove, that's a wrinkle!" "How many officers do you expect, Captain Oughton." "I hardly know, they make such alterations in their arrangements; five or six, I believe. The boat went on shore for them at nine o'clock.
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