Corporal Sam and Other Stories

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Title: Corporal Sam and Other Stories Corporal Sam; The Copernican Convoy; Red Velvet; The Jew on the Moor; My
Christmas Burglary; The Mayor's Dovecot: a Cautionary Tale; News From Troy!; Colonel Baigent's Christmas; Doctor
Unonius; Mutual Exchange, Limited
Author: A. T. Quiller-Couch
Release Date: July 3, 2005 [eBook #16194]
Language: English
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CORPORAL SAM AND OTHER STORIES
by
SIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH ('Q').
CONTENTS.
CORPORAL SAM.
THE COPERNICAN CONVOY.
RED VELVET.
THE JEW ON THE MOOR.
MY CHRISTMAS BURGLARY.
THE MAYOR'S DOVECOT: A CAUTIONARY TALE.
NEWS FROM TROY!
COLONEL BAIGENT'S CHRISTMAS.
DOCTOR UNONIUS.MUTUAL EXCHANGE, LIMITED.
CORPORAL SAM.
CHAPTER I.
Sergeant David Wilkes, of the First (Royal) Regiment of Foot—third battalion, B Company—came trudging with a small
fatigue party down the sandy slopes of Mount Olia, on the summit of which they had been toiling all day, helping the
artillerymen to drag an extra 24-pounder into battery. They had brought it into position just half an ...