About the Book
The boy hesitated as he looked down the wet street of the little country town. Ive arf a mind not to go, he said, blessed if I aint——; then, after a pause, with hands in pockets and coat collar turned up, he lounged off, muttering, Ill see what Bill ses. Bill was waiting at the corner, looking somewhat sheepishly at the miscellaneous display in a general shop window. Goin? he said, as the other came up. Dont think I shall—at any rate not to-night. A depressing silence ensued, until a smart lad, with belt and bayonet, came by whistling and hailed them. Wot O! Bill; you ought to be down at the ordly room by now, the sergeants bin there ever so long. I told im Id bring you two along to-night. Wot are you scared about? he continued, eyeing them critically. Aint scared about nothing; we was only waiting till the rain cleared off. Well, urry up, Ive got to go to the Armry. All right, said the first boy. Come on, Bill. The boys stared furtively round the orderly-room, a little box partitioned off from the disused malt-house that served as drill shed. On the walls were highly-coloured posters, setting forth the various advantages of his Majestys services, while in the corner a jumble of arms and equipment and a half-opened case of rifles caused them to nudge each other. A huge Sergeant was writing at a table covered with Army forms, drill books, and parade registers, amongst which a couple of cartridges attracted their attention. Ball cartridge, mark four, whispered the leading lad carelessly to the others. Ullo, whats this? said the Sergeant. Recruits? Thats right. Shut the door beind you, an keep out the cold. Im glad to see the lads about here is waking up, an I wish more ud copy their example! Them cripples in the next village aint got enough spirit to get up a dog-fight, let alone learn ow to andle a rifle; all theyre fit for is funerals. Now lets look at you, he continued, and the deep-set grey eyes ran swiftly over the lads. Youll do all right. Now, listen to me; afore ye signs on, Ive got to read over a lot o reglashuns to ye, so as youll clearly understand what yere promisin to do. Now reglashuns is like Acts of Parlyment, no two persons can agree as to what they mean, so you wont understand them, probably; but thats not important, as my experience of the ways o Govmint teaches me that theyll be altered shortly, so theres no need for ye to worry. But the one thing ye have to do is, to do as yere told; attend to that now. Its the blessid privilege of the volunteer to endeavour to make himself a soldier in spite of all obstacles, an what the reglar takes months to learn, an the militia weeks, e as to try and do in days, so tis no picnic if es goin to do is duty. An duty dont mean church parades, an the annual dinner, an as little else as you can; duty means everything you can possibly do, an its the pride of a good lad, that if theres an extry job o work to be done, es the lad thatll do it; for theres none better than a keen Volunteer, an no one worse than a slack one, thatll turn up smart when the drinks is free, but is most unduly anxious about is masters business on other occasions, a nuisince to is sergeant, is captin, is colonel, an is country; an if I thought you were that sort Id send ye to the right-about now, but I think, by yer looks, ye have the makings o soldiers.... About the Author
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Product Details
- ISBN-13: 9781547197095
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
- Returnable: N
- Width: 60 mm
- ISBN-10: 1547197099
- Publisher Date: 06 Jun 2017
- Height: 0 mm
- No of Pages: 120
- Weight: 235.222 gr
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