The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, Issue 02, February 1891

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, Issue 02, February 1891 - An Illustrated Monthly

The Pistol Shot. A Night with the Thames Police. The Maid of Treppi. Our Money Manufactory. Slap-Bang. Portraits of Celebrities at different times of their Lives. Letters from Artists on Ladies' Dress. How the Redoubt was Taken. Actors' Dressing Rooms. The Minister's Crime. At the Children's Hospital. Fac-simile of the Notes of a Speech by John Bright. A Passion in the Desert. Barak Hageb and His Wives E were stationed at the little village of Z. The life of an officer in the army is well known. Drill and the riding school in the morning; dinner with the colonel or at the Jewish restaurant; and in the evening punch and cards. At Z. nobody kept open house, and there was no girl that anyone could think of marrying. We used to meet at each other's rooms, where we never saw anything but one another's uniforms. There was only one man among us who did not belong to the regiment. He was about thirty-five, and, of course, we looked upon him as an old fellow. He had the advantage of experience, and his habitual gloom, stern features, and his sharp tongue gave him great influence over his juniors. He was surrounded by a certain mystery. His looks were Russian, but his name was foreign. He had served in the Hussars, and with credit. No one knew what had induced him to retire and settle in this out of the way little village, where he lived in mingled poverty and extravagance. He always went on foot, and wore a shabby black coat. But he was always ready to receive any of our officers; and, though his dinners, cooked by a retired soldier, never consisted of more than two or three dishes, champagne flowed at them like water. His income or how he got it no one knew; and no one ventured to ask. He had a few books on military subjects and a few novels, which he willingly lent and never asked to have returned. But, on the other hand, he never returned the books he himself borrowed. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 42633
Author: Various
Release Date: May 3, 2013
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Language: English

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Editor: Newnes, George, 1851-1910