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of Afghanistan, Shere Ali, to receive & Bri- tien minutun at Kabul, Major Gunoral Ra. berta got the cometent of the pastry, ur Kuam Valley, Column (about 5, uten)

of the force which was to advance on the danant depot's capital, by three mireral rustes. Crousing the frontier (Nov. 78) Roberis stencil forward only to find his Fall barred by a superior force of Afghans

the Peiwar Kom. Making a circuitous right march, and developing his attack at dawn, he launched the Itigislanders: (Ross-shire Buffs) and the little Ghurkas on the first stockade of the Afghans which was carried without a pane save to bagimet the defenders, and azokula after stacitado sean thus stormed in pil succession, Alter several hours fighting the Teivar Kotal was was dually carried with British loss of 25 killed and 12 wounded. As far Roberts was concerned the fighting WAR 180 aver, and the spring brought to the British emp Yakoub Khan, who hnd meanwhile steetsed to his father, Shuro-Ali, and whe hotel to sign the Tiety of Gancaronk," which virtually deprived Afghanistan of its

LAYS OF AN ISLAND,

· FLOWER-HEART.'- Am Etching of Burby Days. Mrs Captain Watson-Heron and her bun

galows scrone,

Somewhere alove the Caine Rond in the

clashing good old days; And a dour complaisant husband in the

-mercantila nukino

Lent the necessary license to her little

girly ways.

Even griffins aura will see, how long a

this must have been;

No Ily on could deigu to know the Mor:

cantile Marine.

Mrs Captain Watson-Toron had a wealth

of red-glit lair.

And of rolieri cerventi a platanx she

chnellal :

Shed a witch'ng sinile for all-whon, hor

skipper wasn't ther

And her eyes woro blue and innocent and

melting Pot told?

Provins caracter as a bailor state, and ferul Why there it tevors now, caught made it a feudatory of the British

Atq banquet yivou in his hansur on his re- ters to indis, Kabetis-how a K.C.B.- was rofo.rel to by the Viceroy as the bere of the Alghum war,'

TELLAGE.

ROW HE BARNTE MIS Bila greater war of the kind was still to com. For renteely had the ink on the Testy of Gamlam's beme dry when that instrument was torn into only shreds by the murder of Sir Louis Cargo and all the members of has Mission

Kabul. Whatever the rights and wigs of our i Afghan policy, the massor of our mission called loudly for retribution, and the work of avenging an fout and treacherons an outrage was entrusted to Sir Frederick No

bere, whose appointment to the tasks was ng hailed with general reclamation. erally by the private soldiers, whose persen devinim te Fittle obs was so tense that they would have cheerfully followed kun de Lu infernal regions

in the suitry air,

A Ball mean logros loathaame shape

gibbering a hopeless prayos.

Mre Captain Watson-eron's gay 'luvcos

werd quite the thing,

A really charming woman!' said tha

we;& mix their wives. Did she show harself at tennis or gymukana.

quick a ring

Of captives worshipped mund tor shut-

cl to glory in their gyve

Be mir's the spustera love her, and the

sweet things just out" found"

Their boarding school curriculum on flirt.

ing wasn't sound.

To a certain princely housu' then came

tai-panay and young-

The same it was whose Konso-flag decked

the emit the Captun salel-

A doughty kaight of hearts was he, his

Tap the Const Ports sung,

Bela's bjectivo was again Kabul which he a monched with his sad

the by Behring

WAY aring, after clearing

vituri artion at Chariah. a otA of Kabal Roberts spent scone considerable vitro with varying military fortune, being

while joined by Sir Dark Stewart free Kutabarau thu nemy was notully on the eve of r, turning to Inclin when news came to Kaliu by, wire, via Sins of the Biths tor at Maiwand reverse

Ile never in the Lists of Love had couch

od liis lance and failed.

when he donned his mail and lovely

Mry #1. defiel,

Inttle of the Granks they said; and

coughed--and stood aside.

Twas buite the oft-toll stors, the weary

played-oat play,

Two battered butse bankrapt bwarte 'nestl

Cupid's ill-sbirred upell

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army sine Chillinnwallsh. In the face af this liester Roberts was q ick to resolve that be must relieve Kandahar, back which from Maiwand the broken regimenta hid stremmed.

The marching out stronges of his relier. ing force, including a splendid Highland Brigada of the "Gay Gurduna and the

shire Eafts, was about 10,000-junt the number who Xenophon led back from the plains of Cunaxa to the banks of the Euxins. On th August, 1970, the im mortal column began its march of 303 miles, and it hul covervil the distance in 20 days, inchalieg one of rest, which gave an aver age of over 1 miles per day. On 1st Sep tombor the anniversary of Sedan Roberts gave battle to and utterly defeated Ayool. After a brief rest be rode to the various regiments in succession, beginning with the Gordens, whose list of salties was the longest, to thank them for the successes they had achieyod for him and he was everywhere received with deafening cheers

cheers which were reported, so to speak, when, after the war was over, Roberts came to England and received the tanks of both Houses of Parliament, a peerage from the Queen and other honours humer

When, a few years later, Mandalay was

captured anal King Thoba depused from

the throne of Barish, Roberts task com- mand, ad zoo, as asual, brought the operations to a soccerful issue. Again, where the ery went up to wipe at the re- verse of Majuba, Tohorts was selected as the avenging angel, and lucky it was for the Boers that peace had been concluded be fore the conqueror of Kandaher had ting to reach their jarins.

wirth in merry May, Menntasdues in Decomber, meant all

Things-Heuvot—and Holl,

For they who loose the greyhound swits to

contse the hace in fent

Must wary walk test by misalianes they kill

the gend red deer..

The mellow poon was paling, and the gory

sheon of dawn.

Touched up a group of figures on Koy.

loon's lone neutral strand;

The ground is paced, the pistols charged, tho death fraught tots are draw, The husband and the lover Baco their fate

upon the sand.

A cload wrapt up the sunrise; it passed--

in death's last swOKE

The tips lay: the. Captain 'mailed out

through the Lycemona,

*

There's a grave in Happy Vidley (Flowor

decked Port of Parding)

'Neath the buahoyond the Xing Pins theran True Heart slumbers deop; A. vague tradition lingers of a wraith in

pruesome guise

That haunts an empty hurgalow's versa.

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