Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 282William Blackwood, 1957 - England |
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Page 440
... Limbury and the rump of the Mess , whom he always called ' the Boys . ' This gap was filled by the transfer from the Durham Light Infantry of the international polo player , Major de Lisle . My uncle for- tunately got on well with his ...
... Limbury and the rump of the Mess , whom he always called ' the Boys . ' This gap was filled by the transfer from the Durham Light Infantry of the international polo player , Major de Lisle . My uncle for- tunately got on well with his ...
Page 442
... Limbury . Prominent among these was the Regimental Banker , a Marwari , through whose machina- tions all the Boys got into debt . The Banker , however , made amends at Christmas by presenting him with an elaborate tea - service . It was ...
... Limbury . Prominent among these was the Regimental Banker , a Marwari , through whose machina- tions all the Boys got into debt . The Banker , however , made amends at Christmas by presenting him with an elaborate tea - service . It was ...
Page 443
... Limbury's pig- stickers which I often rode was an artillery caster who had one curious foible : she would insist on following the guns whenever she met them . Nothing would turn her away from a battery ; at whatever speed it was going ...
... Limbury's pig- stickers which I often rode was an artillery caster who had one curious foible : she would insist on following the guns whenever she met them . Nothing would turn her away from a battery ; at whatever speed it was going ...
Contents
TENERIFE INVICTA BY J D SPINNEY | 48 |
THE AMERICAS CUP BY FRANCIS B COOKE | 258 |
ALI AND THE MONTH OF MADNESS BY R C | 586 |
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