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قراءة كتاب Men, Women and Guns
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MEN, WOMEN AND GUNS
"SAPPER"
MEN, WOMEN AND GUNS
BY
"SAPPER"
AUTHOR OF "MICHAEL CASSIDY, SERGEANT"
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
TO
MY WIFE
MY WIFE
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Prologue | xi | |
| PART ONE | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | The Motor-Gun | 23 |
| II. | Private Meyrick—Company Idiot | 49 |
| III. | Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars | 77 |
| IV. | The Fatal Second | 99 |
| V. | Jim Brent's V.C. | 121 |
| VI. | Retribution | 155 |
| VII. | The Death Grip | 183 |
| VIII. | James Henry | 211 |
| PART TWO | ||
| THE LAND OF THE TOPSY TURVY | ||
| I. | The Grey House | 237 |
| II. | The Women and—the Men | 243 |
| III. | The Woman and the Man | 249 |
| IV. | "The Regiment" | 257 |
| V. | The Contrast | 265 |
| VI. | Black, White, and—Grey | 271 |
| VII. | Archie and Others | 287 |
| VIII. | On the Staff | 291 |
| IX. | No Answer | 299 |
| X. | The Madness | 305 |
| XI. | The Grey House Again | 311 |
PROLOGUE
PROLOGUE
Two days ago a dear old aunt of mine asked me to describe to her what shrapnel was like.
"What does it feel like to be shelled?" she demanded. "Explain it to me."
Under the influence of my deceased uncle's most excellent port I did so. Soothed and in that expansive frame of mind induced by the old and bold, I drew her a picture—vivid, startling, wonderful. And when I had finished, the dear old lady looked at me.
"Dreadful!" she murmured. "Did I ever tell you of the terrible experience I had on the front at Eastbourne, when my bath-chair attendant became inebriated and upset me?"