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Adventures of a Despatch Rider
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Title: Adventures of a Despatch Rider
Author: W. H. L. Watson
Release Date: October 14, 2005 [EBook #16868]
Language: English
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Adventures of a Despatch Rider
Adventures of A Despatch Rider
BY
CAPTAIN W.H.L. WATSON
WITH MAPS
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1915
TO _THE PERFECT MOTHER,_ _MY OWN._
A LETTER
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.
To 2nd Lieut. R.B. WHYTE, 1st Black Watch, B.E.F.
MY DEAR ROBERT,--
Do you remember how in the old days we used to talk about my first book? Of course it was to be an Oxford novel full of clever little character-sketches--witty but not unkind: of subtle and pleasurable hints at our own adventures, for no one had enjoyed Balliol and the city of Oxford so hugely: of catch-words that repeated would bring back the thrills and the laugh