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Harry Girdwood lowered the oars and pulled sharply along before the fury of the gale, while young Jack baled out a little water that had been shipped in the first heavy lurch, before the youthful mariners had been fully prepared for such violent treatment, and steered at the same time. In this way they contrived to elude the violence of the gale for the present, at least.
On the day after the XXth Corps became responsible for this front General Chetwode had a conference with Generals Barrow, Hill, and Girdwood, and after a full discussion of the situation in the hills decided to abandon the plan of getting on to the Jerusalem-Nablus road from the north in favour of attempting to take Jerusalem from the west and south-west.
It will not be forgotten by the reader that the death of Robert Emmerson occurred on board the pirate vessel during the captivity of young Jack Harkaway and Harry Girdwood. Although so many adventures have been gone through since then, you can not have forgotten that during their captivity Hunston and Toro had striven might and main to compass the poor boy's destruction.
On 15th November Major-General E.S. Girdwood, commanding 74th Division, at a Brigade Parade presented Military Medals, awarded for gallantry at the Battle of Sheria, when 9 men from the Battalion received the honour. After a few days in the dust of this plain, we moved back in two marches to our old area near the coast.
Grave-making; and if the two hapless boys quailed at that awful sound, can we accuse them of cowardice? No. Assuredly not. Who amongst the bravest could listen to such a sound unmoved? To have been callous to such a thing would have shown them mere senseless logs, nothing more. "You know what that is?" she said, in a faint voice. "We do," responded Harry Girdwood. "And you?"
They pushed it aside, and stepping over a pile of sacks, found themselves in a covered shed overlooking the sea. A place of curious aspect, with no sign of life in it All was as still and gloomy-looking as if it were a huge mausoleum. "I know what this place is," said Harry Girdwood. "What?" "It must be the dead-house on the terrace that I see noted down in old Dougherty's plans."
Hunston muttered something indistinctly, but he bent his head before the storm of this fierce woman's wrath and slunk away. She turned to the boys. "My poor fellows," she said, tenderly, her manner changing as if by magic, "my unfortunate, brave lads, what can I do for you?" "You have earned our gratitude," returned Harry Girdwood, "by the whipping you gave that cur."
"What did he tell you?" "Many things, many very wonderful things; but one of the most wonderful was about you, sir." Mr. Mole started. "Don't you try to come the old soldier over me," said Mole. Harry Girdwood protested that he held Mr. Mole in far too much respect to essay any thing like coming the ancient military, or indeed anything else which might be construed into want of proper feeling.
Now, the hole in the wall was only just big enough for one of them to squeeze through, and Harry Girdwood pushed in eagerly, and then he perceived that beyond was a sort of tunnel on a small scale, with a roughly-hewn flight of steps at the end of it. "I can see some steps," said he. "Go on," said Jack, with feverish eagerness. "I will; but you go to the door, Jack, and listen."
At Grammont I received a letter from a very well-known member of the football team thanking me for the medals, in which he said: "We always liked General Girdwood for his kindly consideration for the men, and I know I am only expressing the opinion of all the boys when I say we would not have changed him for Haig himself."
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