Show white feather there Is s no need to mention the name of big regiment here that to la a secret that belongs to tho the army alone suffice it to say euy that Us his comrades are proud of 0 his bla name ile he should never have entered tho inn amy at all much less a bard riding cavalry ry regiment which had a reputation to sustain by a beatly tribu telof broken necks and collar bones his proper vocation was that of a linen draper assistant an mil he hall had filled that occupation very satisfactory till one on evil day he ha had fallen in love with a girl a silly billy shallow girl at whom no practical man or boy boull have taken a arcon I 1 look lie he adored her bar and ole adored sol illers dlen in their walks walka abi oad she woul woisil I 1 direct his bli steps toward the horse guards bardi or NA wellington ellington Lar barracks racks that flint ahe be might gaze in rt at ill the line li strapping trapping soll leis ulio ubo were to be ean seen there and evely eveia time she gha pinched hla his arm and oil oh jack look bt at that lovely biddler Bild ler hai heart haert gave fave him a pang at the thought that he b was waa only it a if aili r a assistant with nothing in common nith the tha military but tho the ban fling of roil red tl cl kb ab he was waa a drei dreinis nit by fatme and fall alling la in love lid ila not lessen lila ills weak ness du la ilk this di rUtila detaining dri inning Is pardonable in a poet but nn ail unpin I 1 i able crime lit in a linen dialers B bt ant and dd as he at his bis lila ills mind was waa far away from roin his big noih aik oik in ill tead stead of listening to the I 1 of ward I 1 of the he could only har the short flung word of anti and the blare of the bugles that through hla his dreamt licie iii efro fre it wits not long beffi v I 1 te a came into condl t with hla his practical chief A few sharp words word passed ho fie threw up in tha seconds a po position it his lial I 1 taken rix bit years of hard unremitting labor to at att tain then he en listol lie he gained hla his title on his first all play in the riling bilkov 01 where artir gift r a short hort ride on the neck of the ling roaster master b pet buck juniper ho he tu tit nd deathly pale and cried aloud flint iw ho might be allowed allonen to dismount the lorse at once gia till his him desire by throwing him on to tho the tin fan n where here be lay trembling in every limb much to the diversion of a roupin of tough rough riders rider abot lio were ere standing b by y T they hey were pilak to inform their respective squadrons find his bis former occula peculation tion being known it ie wag waa promptly prom itly aly cliff chil I 1 bened hutc feather in those dark dais dai it thi the jo I 1 of the more hardy reci tilts to to ke him I 1 aside solemnly and request the serece gen ice of three pence penca three farthings fort far flings things worth of white feathers any morsel of down or fluff that might float into tho the barracks barrack was promptly captured and presented to him with due ceremonies by trumpeter pipes the low comedian of the regiment the older vien men forbore to loin join in with these somewhat tome some what tiring repetitions of bt a stale joke they remember fd ed their own kurwa in the tha riding rid 1 ng r r y y v r r r r r y 1 l school and recognized that white feather was ii a quiet anil and inoffensive follow devoid of the impudence ani bad manners peculiar to recruits and respectful and to his mentors the instructor too ton after a time took a fancy to ills hla ural I 1 ond and took extra trouble to him how to keep hla his heels hecla out his I 1 linnas ands down till on I 1 his big head bead up tip I 1 ve t cavalry n on out 0 I 1 alk inglr r duffers than you he ame I 1 to remark ns no lie fleckel N alle III tc I 1 call or a hot hoibo he into a cant i an 1 III millio a tit rl 1 to r 0 you orail or break byoir alto Ica I 1 thors s neck unbroken so BU it Is li to bo pipa lie I 1 that tho ilia hart bert tint instructor d lils ills MOI of I 1 I 1 te a t irgin egan to lose the liang hang flog look of I 1 tf terror aror vi with ith lit if lie ho fill hal I 1 bt axin 11 I 1 to tr tho the rl riling ling I 1 fill mil I 1 to a little i tile hie eama rah sual avner Bv ner er if f a divah raan ich host contrite Led I 1 y I 1 ns ng 1 li I irs ira at the i antor I 1 oil cd un let I 1 0 bithy train li 8 1 inah 1 oil all ant un I 1 lit alpe I 1 alte Peal liers illch imd had bit bun it all anally ily ae I 1 by Y if tie a 1 1 it atai at here in III wh ich lie he lil ha I 1 alel I 1 ilia I 1 its 11 q it III I 1 tann and 11 I 1 ie 10 to it lic I 1 to take a gibli ni bli now i III and atit alii 11 as an a mattar of comme and to file din hla his raillie without shutting tilt cea and I 1 at tl if of tile the laital IKC blow nie me it if hp he ibn t gol going jig to shill abnia a into a nian tit itt inbe the tha bar gannt 1111 a trint blow foil fell upon allm ile iia received one a ilter hilti r from tile tho clil to him lafin unit that title ila lial glodi 1 efin ain up tip in faaoi of a who la III I 1 rapi adill of filing set bel up tip in by lla its tattler sho 1110 that rho bho eliud in a li rul rol alei b anil and that she eho ha I 1 caiseda en film to enter cuter the army for her make bake hut but silo bho lin I 1 to state that tho ilia sot bile bho alcied were mho ho loshe shed the B 11 ant un 1 who vore more at blaic at a instead of a i no oi igil at I 1 8 bl t lio 11 a it PO poll i incite alto I 1 pathor ats it a chri cm cal I 1 lie ne a moral hr ditri to in no hance of a dial lay of f ling in a I 1 in tuck joint ioni so BO lila like tilt si artan boy of old lie ha hugg I 1 lila ills trouble to ill him tit slit ping the lio cheap I 1 I 1 itlo tie of digiso g ige nil ant t ring with elili chih li lie hn hill I 1 salol ilia hla troth into ills his locket without it dign beyond tho the twitching of hla hill 1118 H I 1 ilion hen ho to lit lla ila ilia lic v alith alli the if itei not out of nept but bi it me ilia hero it pro la 18 little ill IV ICY accod lol to I 1 in the carres it blat tit comes to ill tho a lii bai ank room an mil I 1 a private a baller 1 I or Is not pro provided videl with a lil debt l il to kop his faded lodeis anti ollir hintlian Hint linn it 11 I 1 tokens of tho the pital the blow was a my leaby oile tr fir IN milte bilte I 1 pother r was without m the worl I 1 ly flint have tol toll I 1 him long office that hint lie ho tint hn I 1 fixed filed ills his upon a and lilt mil ant ila hu still bel belleau letu in her I 1 or her stills lie ho tin hn I 1 I 1 arne I 1 to over ainu ills libling ile he lind earned of a possible in it 11 0 illin dim future flit ml I 1 li it 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 oj ej 1 I 1 el e I 1 in tho the recently a ailred aa u a step toward hot I 1 lor or her sake too lio ili the tit nowa we hi ci fully aldi left tho mor M Its Ht through jh ilia liiri larin ruka lis tint tio tie lell non nt t anh I 1 ti so ith africa to fillet tile blurs lie kne idiots tl ti nt lit lie im tt I 1 n ly natzio n coward lint bat toi foi tile meni mem c kiy ity of lit hi r I 1 lo 10 a s birc ore nn ail 0 aith ith to hlin him milt HI to do ilia hla lul dut sit if ing himself in lie he coming unlit fight 0 d it look laic aio tit oil I 1 chap we ain t going to calt cal lyou ou A milte tilts 1 a ither no fin enoi el paid trumpeter alib no they liy ity to tile ilia of 0 a larke imil lolar ter lr against tile ihu file no of iki tl I 1 li tile the inner hoer li illta etc ie like a heavy rain mill in ili full ull olllie of the wh a army thir tilt h 1 tho n llor pr front a fall nil of bull ts to ill hil I 1 rought W 0 men to lo P ii ili malto alitt I 1 llull till of 01 ii it 1160 ll it i I 1 been shot nn lin 1 nt lit tile ill I 1 il isk l t f I 1 la Is 11 ili ha lul ani iliin alio I 1 into tho the alit lter tt if the boil deis ha 1113 mia ns unhurt but bill d 1 I lit in mery linia bioni far and giat cLit lori prom from bt con IMO gildis lil dis 11 ID peeped out nil mi I 1 bm anil I 1 the bo II 11 a of moil men ant nn 1 flint lit tetel tho plain a noi M nil lid I 1 nini mail binl in I 1 tie fig on oil his hinds lenila out nil I 1 lin ila is H limit ft a bintlif of at billota billets that 10 to lo libking of d lull from tia 11 i try iry until till nil mount hita him it wits hll captain milte 1 put lie i int chod him fir r ft n then IP I 1 P raw flint atop annl an I 1 it 11 dmn glnn on oil till lila lie ho tull it ill 1 cial lit in ovie n oi e I 1 N ill f 1 n I I 1 in i I 1 a iko it II durni ITI ire 1 li kimn pvc n ills bin di biln I 1 bieth uirt and thing rising trim ilia or of tl tie a he afif fit I 1 if tie e 1 lull I lit t tf I 1 it ditl that I 1 to the ertith thoun I 1 eflin ailin A aa lio he ft ichi into the airn 01 rn it faint t ill it t r I 1 vach I 1 I 1 to la pnra ears ti fit if the B bilt 1 I 1 t lih ith it h tro i 1 s halt it 11 if lit hi hi hill I 1 h bilm iho 1 0 koval lathi I 1 him film falth ith ft a knitht of 0 shi ninel ahl lit it foi a tilt writ novt I 1 lien I 1 I 1 lien b it bt on 0 or tile II 11 ir r I 1 flit fa a q ta let aci ot of a nille mile awny anay in ili it slower of oc bull ta is tint for or a moment quelled tle tile around a rou nil him hi in iio 1 cache I 1 the li oil I 1 IL I 1 mail I 1 gifted him on lila ilia back tin nn 1 rc re stop liv by still app to illes I 1 it OB lay hill loll 1011 ilia trumpeter gain ne him n dint branol Il ravo na an lia he a I 1 tin annl I 1 tell fell aw itil his burlen into thu the finlly shelter if tile lie roth rock hint ns hito I aearl on a distant hill tile commander shut ills hla kiil gills ps alith a loll 1011 the general to keep domn doin tile tha tire fire on he right thio find kt gt those men in ill t doni ant behind those bon I 1 itra ho he sat mil I 1 to ills his ill hi I 1 nil ail I 1 hi bi ing roe me that mall a annio kille it 1 he la Is nilet tell it tit that I 1 paw it all suit that ini im going to recommend I 1 ini im fir tho the cross neica ctr maw a finer shw shiw of lire fire in my lih natal nil ie I 1 the jander to BB all his hl nil all galloped off white re feather athers natiel the hs message ail ml heard the I 1 clee cheer th that t swept long along the tb alln an tie he wak wa cairned cai tied in perhaps I 1 shall got bet that commell ion afon after all bg be said to himself then she will III think more 0 of mel 0 0 0 perhaps it n was as jutt just as well that he deol five minutes later thle faithful fal thu worshiper of 0 a go goach I 1 less of clay |