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SOLDIER STORIES
SOLDIER STORIES
BY
RUDYARD KIPLING
AUTHOR OF "PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS," "UNDER THE
DEODARS," "THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW," "WEE
WILLIE WINKIE," ETC., ETC.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1896
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1896,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| 'Put yer 'ead between your legs. It'll go orf in a minute' | 2 |
| 'He ran forward wid the Haymakers' Lift on his bay'nit' | 12 |
| He picked her up in the growing light, and set her on his shoulder | 23 |
| 'Hey! What? Are you going to argue with me?' said the Colonel | 35 |
| Cris slid an arm round his neck | 47 |
| The men strolled across the tracks to inspect the Afghan prisoners | 50 |
| The tune settled into full swing, and the boys kept shoulder to shoulder | 69 |
| 'Rung ho, Hira Singh!' | 85 |
| He found the spring | 91 |
| It is not good that a gentleman who can answer to the Queen's toast should lie at the feet of a subaltern of Cossacks | 94 |
| 'Thin whin the kettle was to be filled, Dinah came in—my Dinah' | 117 |
| '"My collar-bone's bruk," sez he' | 121 |
| '"The half av that I'll take," sez she' | 132 |
| '"Out of this," sez he. "I'm in charge av this section av construction."—"I'm in charge av mesilf," sez I, "an' it's like I will stay a while"' | 149 |
| 'Nine roun's they were even matched, an' at the tenth——' | 157 |
| There pranced a Portent in the face of the moon |