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Cottar nearly wept with joy as the campaign went forward. They were fit—physically fit beyond the other troops; they were good children in camp, wet or dry, fed or unfed; and they followed their officers with the quick suppleness and trained obedience of a first class foot ball fifteen. COTTER NEARLY WEPT WITH JOY AS THE CAMPAIGN WENT FORWARD THEY WERE FIT PHYSICALLY BEYOND THE OTHER TROOPS THEY WERE GOOD CHILDREN IN CAMP WET OR DRY FED OR UNFED AND THEY FOLLOWED THEIR OFFICERS WITH THE QUICK SUPPLENESS AND TRAINED OBEDIENCE OF A FIRST CLASS FOOTBALL FIFTEEN
 as fleeting as any healthy dreams could be, but once at the brushwood-pile he moved within known limits and could see where he was going. There were months at a time when nothing notable crossed his sleep. Then the dreams would come in a batch of five or six, and next morning the map that he kept in his writing case would be written up to date, for Georgie was a most methodical person. There was, indeed, a danger—his seniors said so—of his developing into a regular “Auntie Fuss” of an adjutant, and when an officer once takes to old-maidism there is more hope for the virgin of seventy than for him. But fate sent the change that was needed, in the shape of a little winter campaign on the Border, which, after the manner of little campaigns, flashed out into a very ugly war; and Cottar’s regiment was chosen among the first. “Now,” said a major, “this’ll shake the cobwebs out of us all—especially you, Galahad; and we can see what your hen-with-one-chick attitude has done for the regiment.” RDINARY DREAMS WERE AS FORMLESS AND AS FLEETING AS ANY ELDLY DREAMS COULD BE BUT ONCE AT THE BRUSHWOOD PILE HE MOVED WITHIN KNOWN LIMITS AND COULD SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING THERE WERE MONTHS AT A TIME WHEN NOTHING NOTABLE CROSSED HIS SLEEP THEN THE DREAMS WOULD COME IN A BATCH OF FIVE OR SIX AND NEXT MORNING THE MAP HE KEPT IN HIS WRITING CASE WOULD BE WRITTEN UP TO DATE FOR GEORGIE WAS A MOST METHODICAL PERSON THERE WAS INDEED A DANGER HIS SENIORS SAID SO OF HIS DEVELOPING INTO A REGULAR ANTI FUSS OF AN ADJUTANT AND WHEN AN OFFICER ONCE TAKES TO OLD MEDISM THERE IS MORE HOPE FOR THE VIRGIN OF SEVENTY THAN FOR HIM BUT FATE SENT THE CHANGE THAT WAS NEEDED IN THE SHAPE OF THE LITTLE WINTER CAMPAIGN ON THE BORDER WHICH AFTER THE MANNER OF LITTLE CAMPAIGNS FLASHED OUT INTO A VERY UGLY WAR AND COTTER'S REGIMENT WAS CHOSEN AMONG THE FIRST NOW SAID A MAJOR THIS'LL SHAKE THE COBWEBS OUT OF US ALL ESPECIALLY YOU GALAHAD AND WE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR HEN WITH ONE CHICK ATTITUDE HAS DONE FOR THE REGIMENT
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