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rigidly to " Attention," and demands instruction as to the 

 bringing of your breakfast. Tea (to which this hospit- 

 able man has put about as much water as he would to 

 his own whisky), two boiled eggs, and a blessing on the 

 good vintage that has left your tongue so supple this early 



The summons of a soldier-servant 



morn, these constitute your breakfast, and you are ready 

 for anything, even for the playful buck-jump with which a 

 light-hearted mount greets your coming to the pigskin. 

 Ah, I like the early morning while it lasts. If its charms 

 are lost in lassitude as the afternoon grows to evening, 

 why, you have already had your day. A sturdy walk will 

 carry you on to dinner, and that night's sleep will be 

 beyond price. 



