The General's reply.
Dut eftetives' he had"had loppy, and interesting inj Shanghai. He gave Shanghai full marks for hospitality and, Scotsman, he was fond of the English; they were so dependable—'a great virtue in these times, Thus an Irishman (with Da ancestry) and Scot had a lodged "English favours and was yet, another Scot on Mr. Martin's list—Lieutenant-Colonel N.
Bennett, to whose fine battalion a'warm tribute was paid. Colonel Bennett was at a disadvantage. The attendant sprites, misled perhaps by the guest's nationality, had somehow put on to the table 'a certain golf trophy which, unfortunately, is temporarily out of English Keeping. So Colonel Bennett started Sy thanking the Committee of St, Andrew's Society for the hospitality of the moment, but, quickly realising the position, he Tecovered to make a graceful little salute to the Southern Saint and a pleasant reference to the happy time which the 93rd and he had had, not only in Shanghai, but in China.' For they "had three' times landed in Shanghai and they had been in Hankow, Weihaiwei, Hongkong, Tientsin' and Poking, so they were going to India with a very complete tale of China doings in their re cords,
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