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garment much used in that clay^ the garment 

 looking very much like a coat deprived of its 

 tail. 



He had been often pointed out to me as a 

 celebrated man by my imrses, and hence his 

 appearance had become interesting to me. He 

 Avas, in my childish eyes, a '^lion/' and his den 

 formed the opposite side of the passage. 



Occasionally a sentinel would overstep his duty 

 by ordering me down from my stronghold, and once, 

 to intimidate me, he rattled his bayonet against my 

 breastwork, eliciting from me no further retreat 

 than just sufficient to avoid the point of his weapon, 

 and then a shower of pebbles from the fine gravel 

 of the walk. These he seemed to regard with con- 

 tempt, but a slight handful of mould always had a 

 more triumphant effect. I saw a report of my 

 exalted position now and then made by the 

 sentinel to ^' the relief," but the non-commissioned 

 officer always deemed me to be in legal possession, 

 and ordered no interference with me whatever. 

 Had the worst come to the worst, and war with the 

 guards been proclaimed, the keyhole in our large 

 carriage entrance gate into the j^ai'k? i-^p ^nd down 

 before which the sentinel's measured tread could 



