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Only, tempers wear out in hot weather, and things were said and done that tried him sorely, and he made glorious blunders, from which the regimental sergeant major pulled him with a loyal soul and a shut mouth. ONLY TEMPERS WEAR OUT IN HOT WEATHER AND THINGS WERE SAID AND DONE THAT TRIED HIM SORELY AND HE MADE GLORIOUS BLUNDERS FROM WHICH THE REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR PULLED HIM WITH A LOYAL SOUL AND A SHUTMOUTH
for two months, with a good deal of mixed shooting thrown in, and when they reached their new cantonments he became a member of the local Tent Club, and chased the mighty boar on horseback with a short stabbing-spear. There he met the _mahseer_ of the Poonch, beside whom the tarpon is as a herring, and he who lands him can say that he is a fisherman. This was as new and as fascinating as the big-game shooting that fell to his portion, when he had himself photographed for the mother’s benefit, sitting on the flank of his first tiger. Then the adjutant was promoted, and Cottar rejoiced with him, for he admired the adjutant greatly, and marvelled who might be big enough to fill his place; so that he nearly collapsed when the mantle fell on his own shoulders, and the colonel said a few sweet things that made him blush. An adjutant’s position does not differ materially from that of head of the school, and Cottar stood in the same relation to the colonel as he had to his old Head in England. AND HE ENJOYED ROAD MARCHING FOR TWO MONTHS WITH A GOOD DEAL OF MIXED SHOOTING THROWN IN AND WHEN THEY REACHED THEIR NEW CANTONMENTS HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL TENT CLUB AND CHASED THE MIGHTY BOAR ON HORSEBACK WITH A SHORT STABBING SPEAR THERE HE MET THE MASTER OF PUNCH BESIDE WHOM THE TARP ON WAS A HERRING AND HE WHO LANDS HIM CAN SAY THAT HE IS A FISHERMAN THIS WAS AS NEW AND AS FASCINATING AS THE BIG GAME SHOOTING THAT FELL TO HIS PORTION WHEN HE HAD HIMSELF PHOTOGRAPHED FOR HIS MOTHER'S BENEFIT SITTING ON THE FLANK OF HIS FIRST TIGER THEN THE ADJUTANT WAS PROMOTED AND COTTO REJOICED WITH HIM FOR HE ADMIRED THE ADJUTANT GREATLY AND MARVELLED WHO MIGHT BE BIG ENOUGH TO FILL HIS PLACE SO THAT HE NEARLY COLLAPSED WHEN THE MANTLE FELL ON HIS OWN SHOULDERS AND THE COLONEL SAID A FEW SWEET THINGS THAT MADE HIM BLUSH AN ADJUTANT'S POSITION DOES NOT DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THAT OF HEAD OF THE SCHOOL AND COTER STOOD IN THE SAME RELATION TO THE COLONEL AS HE HAD TO HIS OLD HEAD IN ENGLAND
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