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had fco put the roan head on his, and a big weight 

 it was, too. However, he was immensely pleased 

 with himself, marching into headquarters with it 

 in advance of the party. 



"A roan bull head with a grin underneath," 

 as some one aptly described it. Samuel was 

 mostly grin ! He had a huge cavernous mouth ; 

 when he opened it, it appeared as though his 

 head was coming in two; it turned up at the 

 corners, thus giving him a perpetual fixed grin. 

 He was naturally of a cheerful temperament, but 

 I have seen him once when he had pains in his 

 little Mary, weeping from the upper portion of 

 his head while he beamed from the lower. 



I remember on the Borgu expedition there 

 had been several cases of looting, or some villany 

 among boys, and our chief decided to make an 

 example of one who had been caught red-handed. 

 All the boys were paraded to see him flogged, 

 and the C.O. commenced with an impressive 

 speech to them. In the middle he checked him- 

 self, and exclaimed, "Look at that boy grinning; 

 he'd better have a dozen too." Every one looked, 

 and, sure enough, it was the faithful Samuel 

 beaming from ear to ear. I had to explain hastily 

 that it was the formation of his face, and that I 

 would answer for it he was looking as solemn 

 as lay in his power. 



A day or two after this shoot, I was ordered 



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