A Soldier of the Legion

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A Soldier of the Legion

BY

C.N. & A.M. Williamson

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1914

Copyright, 1914, by
C.N. & A.M. Williamson
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

TO
THE LEGION

CONTENTS

• The Telegram
• The Blow
• The Last Act of "Girls' Love"
• The Upper Berth
• The Night of Storms
• The News
• Sir Knight
• On the Station Platform
• The Colonel of the Legion
• The Voice of the Legion
• Four Eyes
• No. 1033
• The Agha's Rose
• Two on the Roof
• The Secret Link
• The Beetle
• The Mission
• Gone
• What Happened at Dawn
• The Beauty Doctor
• The Eleventh Hour
• The Heart of Max
• "Where the Strange Roads Go Down"
• The Mad Music
• Corporal St. George, Deserter
• Sanda's Wedding Night
• The Only Friend
• Sanda Speaks
• Out of the Dream, a Plan
• The Play of Cross Purposes
• The Gift

A Soldier of the Legion

CHAPTER I

THE TELEGRAM

It was the great ball of the season at Fort Ellsworth. For a special reason it had begun unusually late; but, though the eighth dance was on, the great event of the evening had not happened yet. Until that should happen, the rest, charming though it might be, was a mere curtain-raiser to keep men amused before the first act of the play.

The band of the —th was playing the "Merry Widow" waltz, still a favourite at the fort, and only one of the officers was not dancing. All the others—young, middle-aged, and even elderly—were gliding more or less gracefully, more or less happily, over the waxed floor of the big, white-walled, flag-draped hall where Fort Ellsworth had its concerts, theatricals, small hops, and big balls. Encircled by their uniformed arms were the wives and sisters of brother officers, ladies whom they saw every day, or girls from the adjacent town of Omallaha, whom they could see nearly every day if they took the trouble. Some of