The Green Flag
The Green Flag
And Other Stories of War and Sport
The Green Flag -- Captain Sharkey -- The Croxley Master -- The Lord Of Chateau Noir -- The Striped Chest -- A Shadow Before -- The King Of The Foxes -- The Three Correspondents -- The New Catacomb -- The Debut Of Bimbashi Joyce -- A Foreign Office Romance
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"Tell Colonel Flanagan to see to it, Stephen," said the general; and the galloper sped upon his way. The colonel, a fine old Celtic warrior, was over at C Company in an instant.
"How are the men, Captain Foley?"
"Never better, sir," answered the senior captain, in the spirit that makes a Madras officer look murder if you suggest recruiting his regiment from the Punjab.
"Stiffen them up!" cried the colonel. As he rode away a colour-sergeant seemed to trip, and fell forward into a mimosa bush. He made no effort to rise, but lay in a heap among the thorns.
"Sergeant O'Rooke's gone, sorr," cried a voice. "Never mind, lads," said Captain Foley. "He's died like a soldier, fighting for his Queen."
"Down with the Queen!" shouted a hoarse voice from the ranks.
But the roar of the Gardner and the typewriter-like clicking of the hopper burst in at the tail of the words. Captain Foley heard them, and Subalterns Grice and Murphy heard them; but there are times when a deaf ear is a gift
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More good short stories from Doyle. Not earthshaking but entertaining.
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Historical action/adventure short stories. Kind of lightweight writing for magazine publication, I guess.
Nowhere near as penetrating or gripping as the Holmes stories, so goes to show why they were the wildly popular ones instead.
Above average, nonetheless.
Nowhere near as penetrating or gripping as the Holmes stories, so goes to show why they were the wildly popular ones instead.
Above average, nonetheless.
06/26/2012
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