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"That accounts for Mrs. Elery sayin' I was workin' my nice new boy too hard," said a wing commander. THAT ACCOUNTS FOR MISSUS ELLER IS SAYING I WAS WORKING MY NICE NEW BOY TOO HARD SAID A WING COMMANDER
ers, and no court martials pending. They scattered themselves among their friends, singing the praises of their lieutenant and looking for causes of offense. “How did you do it, young un?” the adjutant asked. “Oh, I sweated the beef off ’em, and then I sweated some muscle on to ’em. It was rather a lark.” “If that’s your way of lookin’ at it, we can give you all the larks you want. Young Davies isn’t feelin’ quite fit, and he’s next for detachment duty. Care to go for him?” “Sure he wouldn’t mind? I don’t want to shove myself forward, you know.” “You needn’t bother on Davies’s account. We’ll give you the sweepin’s of the corps, and you can see what you can make of ’em.” “All right,” said Cottar. “It’s better fun than loafin’ about cantonments.” “Rummy thing,” said the adjutant, after Cottar had returned to his wilderness with twenty other devils worse than the first. “If Cottar only knew it, half the women in the station would give their eyes—confound ’em!—to have the young un in tow.” F THIRTY MILES A DAY FAIR HEEL AND TOE NO SICK NO PRISONERS AND NO COURT MARTIALS PENDING THEY SCATTERED THEMSELVES AMONG THEIR FRIENDS SINGING THE PRAIS OF THEIR LIEUTENANT AND LOOKING FOR CAUSES OF OFFENCE HOW DID YOU DO IT YOUNG UN THE ADJUTANT ASKED OH I SWEATED THE BEEF OFF HIM AND THAT I SWEATED SOME MUSCLE ON TO EM WAS RATHER A LARK IF THAT'S YOUR WAY OF LOOKING AT IT WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE LARKS YOU WANT YOUNG DAVIS ISN'T FEELING QUITE FIT AND HE'S NEXT FOR DETACHMENT DUTY CARE TO GO FOR HIM SURE HE WOULDN'T MIND I DON'T WANT TO SHUT MYSELF FORWARD YOU KNOW YOU NEEDN'T BOTHER ON DAVIS'S ACCOUNT WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SWEEPINGS OF THE CORPS AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU CAN MAKE OF THEM ALL RIGHT SAID CUTTER IT'S BETTER FUN THAN LOAFEN ABOUT CANTONMENTS RUMMY THING SAID THE ADJUTANT AFTER CUTER HAD RETURNED TO HIS WILDERNESS WITH TWENTY OTHER DEVILS WORSE THAN THE FIRST IF CONTER ONLY KNEW IT HALF THE WOMEN IN THE STATION WOULD GIVE THEIR EYES CONFOUND THEM TO HAVE THE YOUNG UNIN IN TOW
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