Up against it in Nigeria . f rifles at5 I mind, he said, as the uproarious laughter(compulsory) of the rest of the force at thesergeant-majors jokes. Little remains to be told; save that, in August,George Anderson (rudely known as Tin Eye )relieved Elphinstone. A wonderfully dry gentle-man, distinctly and pleasantly reminiscent ofHewby. I feel confident that, if one had senthim a chit to the effect that his house was inflames, or that at precisely date theLast Trump would sound, he would have simplywritten G. A. across it. Whatever their in-trinsic significance, somehow those initia
Up against it in Nigeria . f rifles at5 I mind, he said, as the uproarious laughter(compulsory) of the rest of the force at thesergeant-majors jokes. Little remains to be told; save that, in August,George Anderson (rudely known as Tin Eye )relieved Elphinstone. A wonderfully dry gentle-man, distinctly and pleasantly reminiscent ofHewby. I feel confident that, if one had senthim a chit to the effect that his house was inflames, or that at precisely date theLast Trump would sound, he would have simplywritten G. A. across it. Whatever their in-trinsic significance, somehow those initials seemedto convey implicitly: Go away! One of his first official acts was returned the monthly Duty Pay I had sentacross to him with a polite request that I woulddeduct all Government dues, such as Conservancy,Bicycle, Arms, Warehouse, etc., fees, and lethim have the balance, if any, in notes ! One ofhis last memos to me ere I left ran as follows: I am told you have got some of my turkeys PANSY AND SERGEANT-MAJOR GARUBA, ILORIN POLICE. ILORIN 227 in your compound. Also that you have beatenmy cook.—G. A. —I am glad of the latter. Many of his obiter dicta are worthy of, but notsuitable for, reproduction here. He was oncedragged out of bed at midnight, during a visitto Offa, to investigate a burglary at the localpost office. He threw the postmaster, a horriblynervous man, quite off his balance by addressingStephens, whom he had taken with him as awitness, as my dear Watson. The post-officedrawer had been incidentally set fire to, and thepostmaster tentatively suggested that kerosene hadbeen first pumped in through the keyhole. Andthen the cash pumped out ? observed Tin Eye,leaving the last state of that postmaster worsethan the first. He would get a little weary of the nightly dis-cussion on the tennis court as to whose turn itwas for a game, and who should play with Percy Holt would bluntly remark: Were not keeping you up, are we? An
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