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What He Hart Taken.

" I had an interesting time in the Soudan," said the man whose head was divided from the back of his neck by a thick fringe of hair. "Were you with the army?" inquirer! a commercial traveller, who had tilted his chair against the smoking-room table. "Of course," replied the first speaker, spreading his feet apart and swaying backward and forward. '"That's what made it exciting." •' I tlidn't see you mentioned in any of the reports," remarked the person who is always making an effort to humble somebody's pride. " Oli I I've been mentioned in a lot of them," was the general reply. ""People who know anything about such matters admit that some of the best work ii the campaign was done by me. One of the most suooessfu] things I did was to take twe Emirs Jnd seven Dervishes." •" All by yourself?" '"Certainly. I didu'r hate a bit of assistance. The next day I went out and tool. « lot of their spearmen." "How wuiftjT' ipguired tke fiSPHMsdhoss

face showed traces of mingled surprise and suspicion. "Oh ! I didn't stop to count 'cm " •' Didn't you get wounded?" asked the man who was leaning against the mantelpiece. " Once or twice I got a little scratch, such as a man is always liable to when hp is knocking about in that way. The next thing I did after I got through with the FuzzyWuzziep was to take a lot of banners and flags belonging to the Dervishes, ?nd I followed that up by taking one of their camps on the morning of the next day and a fort in the afternoon." " Mister." said the disagreeable man, slowly and with indignation, " here in London we see some of the finest specimens of almost anything you can call to mind, but I wish to state — and I fully realise the responsibility I assume— that you are telling the biggest lies ever concocted." The good-natured raconteur looked very angry for a moment, but the expression of his face gradually mellowed into one of gentle reproach. " I ain't doihg anything of the kind,'' lie made an-wei, slowly; " I'm a photographer !"'

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Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 71

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What He Hart Taken. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 71

What He Hart Taken. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 71