ng and vivid, so full of subtle characteristics, that his appearanc

ving some such character; and in most cases this character has been "founded on fact." For ex

ungle adventures and stories of the Indian Survey Department and the Khyber Pass; while his descriptions

e in Africa," a strong, hard man trekking across the Afric

er upon the scorching sands and rocky ridges of Gallipoli, nor could either of us foresee the hairbr

his line of descent. I was right, for, as he told me later, when I had come to know him as a trusty friend, he came from a Norseman stock. The jaw was too square and heavy, but the high-built chiselled nose and the deep-set clear grey eyes were a "throw-back" on the ol

arrack-room fender with one hand and hurl it across the room. I was told that he was a master of the art of swear

t little of him while in the old country. I heard that he had been galloper-dispatch-rider to Lord Kitchener in South Africa, and I tried to get h

s old! You would take h

mself acknowledged it. His vices were the vices of a st

ar. On the other hand, if he respected you, he would always tell you the naked truth, and would never "let you down." He knew drink was his ruin, but he could not and would not stop it. Yet his advice to me was a

"look up" for trouble. He was honest and "square"-if he liked you-but he could ma

gy which many a science-master might have been proud of. He had the eye

led his "galloper" days. And again at Lemnos and Suvla he was a splendid swimmer. He was an all-round man. Unlike the other men in b

-room door. Afterwards I discovered it was Hawk sitting on his trestle bed cross-legged, with a bit

rious Hindoo castes, and could act the part of a

inker and a clear-brained ma

reer" I looked upon him only as an aut

the ambulance became the most useful, most faithful, in my section. We went everywhere together-li

mp, you could bet I w

k more