. On the road to Bagdad, a story of Townshend's gallent advance on the Tigris. away fromus. His teeth had gritted on the stem of his pipe a fewseconds earlier, and, unseen by his men, the Com-mander clapped a hand to one shoulder. Perhaps itwas a minute later that he wiped blood from his lipswith his handkerchief, and then, like the old sea-dog he was, thrust his pipe back into his mouth andwent on smoking, still careless of the bullets hummingabout him, his eyes fixed all the while upon theenemy. As for Geoff and the man with him, they were ableto make excellent shooting from the point of adv
. On the road to Bagdad, a story of Townshend's gallent advance on the Tigris. away fromus. His teeth had gritted on the stem of his pipe a fewseconds earlier, and, unseen by his men, the Com-mander clapped a hand to one shoulder. Perhaps itwas a minute later that he wiped blood from his lipswith his handkerchief, and then, like the old sea-dog he was, thrust his pipe back into his mouth andwent on smoking, still careless of the bullets hummingabout him, his eyes fixed all the while upon theenemy. As for Geoff and the man with him, they were ableto make excellent shooting from the point of advantagewhere they had taken cover. Seeing the Turkishofficer level his revolver at the Commander, and pullhis trigger—a shot which caused the Commander toact as already narrated—Geoff levelled his own pieceon him, and gently pressed the trigger, sending theTurkish officer in amongst his soldiers. Then Smith,the watchful sailor beside him, grim and silent andstern now, picked off the man at the wheel of thesteam-launch, while Geoff transferred his attention to -^\--f v K.
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