Show easy money from officers lord wolseley in his new look book ot of army reminiscences tells this ibis story of 0 conditions in the british service when ho he was young it was then a common belief that the barrack master and his old sergeants made a good thins thing out ot of the charges levied upon young officers as barrack damages A cracked pane pana ot of glass wasa was a small silver allver mine to these men fitly fifty ensigns may have occupied that quarter with this cracked pane in it and all had bad to pay tor for a now new one after I 1 had embarked the barrack sergeant presented me with his bis bill one item being for a latchkey which I 1 had then about me in my innocence I 1 proffered the key and asked him to erase the item ito ilo positively refused I 1 paid the several shillings demanded its outside value belag being I 1 should say bay ono one and foolishly imagined I 1 had scored one fi against galust tho the harpy by throwing the key hey into the river |