Stephen was onlered East, but over sww any fighting, It' irked him terribly to be a soldier who never struck a blow, He got typhus, and when he recovered his battalion had gone to the front without him, But at Baku ho got his chance, most a singlehanded chance. "The Arnienians were breaking (Mr, Raymond has a poor opinion of the Armenians) and the place was to be evacuated. The Kruger got away, but Stephen, who had been protecting the quays, was badly. wounded:— under alow, atiled.-aky. "Only The Caspian was silent aa°a lake; the intermittent whip-crack of a rifle, inthe streets of the lampions town, tha the night start and tremble. the hiebour. mod of Baka pole Inpped: ie wan as If Ber know lett-unoared for, bad one well and. spread over. the Gin of sleep The thoughts And that was the and for Stephen, though for Mr. Gallimore it, was not the end, His son had died a death worthy of the old crusading Gallimores, and he could sit by the fireside in Waldron Avenue with his wife and still dream dreams, Thi is a most understanding book, rich in ripe comedy as well asa never unredeemed sadness, Mr, Gallimoro is altogether aditable; you love him as you laugh at hin.
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