. The rulers of the Mediterranean. xplanations, which the object met with re-peated requests to move on, now, in the toneof expostulation with which a London policemanaddresses a very drunken man. I knew that if I tried to cross the NeutralGround I would be shot at for a smuggler; for,owing to Gibraltars being a free port of entry,these gentlemen buy tobacco there, and carry ithome each night, or run it across the half-mile ofNeutral Ground strapped to the backs of I wandered back again to the entertainingofficer, and he was filled with remorse, and sentoff a note of entreaty to his Ex
. The rulers of the Mediterranean. xplanations, which the object met with re-peated requests to move on, now, in the toneof expostulation with which a London policemanaddresses a very drunken man. I knew that if I tried to cross the NeutralGround I would be shot at for a smuggler; for,owing to Gibraltars being a free port of entry,these gentlemen buy tobacco there, and carry ithome each night, or run it across the half-mile ofNeutral Ground strapped to the backs of I wandered back again to the entertainingofficer, and he was filled with remorse, and sentoff a note of entreaty to his Excellencys repre-sentative, to whom he referred as a D. A. A. G.,and whose name, he said, was Jones. We thenwent to the mess of the officers guarding thedrffrrent approaches, and these gentlemen kindlyoffered me their own beds, proposing that theythemselves should sleep on three chairs and apile of overcoats; all except one subaltern, whoexcused his silence by saying diffidently that hefancied I would not care to sleep in the fever. THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 35 camp, of which he had charge. I had seen theofficer of the keys pass every night, and theguards turn out to salute the keys, and I hadrather imagined that it was more or less of aform, and that the pomp and circumstance wereall there was of it. I did not believe that theRock was really closed up at night like a safewith a combination lock. But I know now thatit is. A note came back from the mysteriousD. A. A. G. saying I could be admitted at elev-en ; but it said nothing at all about sentries, nordid the entertaining officer. Subalterns alwayssay Officer when challenged, and the sentryalways murmurs, Pass, officer, and alls well,in an apologetic growl. But I suppose I didnot say Officer as I had been told to do, withany show of confidence, for every sentry who ap-peared that night — and there seemed to be aresfiment of them—would not have it at all, andwanted further data, and wanted it quick. Evenif you have an order fro
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