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blow, rushed at the man whom he thought to be the 

 author of all their sorrow. A good-natured captain 

 of his regiment stopped him midway in order to pre- 

 vent a quarrel, and got knocked down, for his peace- 

 ably intended pains, into an empty champagne-case, 

 Avhich stood in the corner of the tent; while his "pal," 

 vowing that he would never come back to Jullundur 

 again, left the course, got into his post-cart, and went 

 straight off to Sealkote. 



Speaking of Jullundur puts me in mind of an incident 

 which once happened to me when I was passing through 

 that station. At the time in question my battery was 

 at Meean Meer. One evening, on which there was a 

 large station ball, I happened to ask Captain Maxwell 

 to dinner at our mess, after which, neither of us being 

 dancing men, we spent the evening playing billiards and 

 pyramid pool all by ourselves until the small hours. 

 When the Gordon Highlander returned to his regiment, 

 he was asked at mess how he had got on at Meean 

 Meer. "Capitally," he replied, in chaff; "Hayes asked 

 me to dinner, gave me the very best of everything, and 

 then, in a casual manner, invited me to play pyramid 

 pool. I agreed to the stakes he proposed, and after he 

 had let me win the first few games, I said I was tired, 



