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a chance of coming in ; and pointed out 

 that he had begun with the younger 

 troopers, whose punishment would be the 

 lightest. Three or four men came in. 



Then the Officer Commanding took 

 the Corporals, who were sentenced on the 

 rising scale he had foreshadowed. Ten 

 or twelve men came in. 



Next one of the Sergeants appeared 

 before the judgment seat, and was 

 awarded three years. More men came in. 



Then another Sergeant was found to 

 be deserving of very heavy punishment ; 

 but the question of what the sentence 

 should be called for more deliberation 

 than could be given to it there and 

 then. Perhaps it was thought that a 

 little suspense would have a good moral 

 effect on the men still to be tried. At 

 any rate, the President adjourned the 

 Court, and it was understood that Lord 

 Tullibardine went to see the Commander- 

 in-Chief. 



Putting two and two together, and 

 especially when pondering Lord Tulli- 



