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Midland House Great Britain: Shire Publications Ltd, 2014. 120 pages, Contents and index pages, colour images throughout. On the centenary of the Great War comes this poignant look at fif… Meer...

Midland House Great Britain: Shire Publications Ltd, 2014. 120 pages, Contents and index pages, colour images throughout. On the centenary of the Great War comes this poignant look at fifty objacts never far from Tommy's side - official uniform, good luck charms, phrasebooks, a sweetheart's letter - some unexpected and others more familiar. With sumptuous original photography and thoughtful text, this is life as the ordinary First World War soldier knew it.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New., Shire Publications Ltd, 2014, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 168 pages. Excerpt: . . . Mowle, as he proceeded, and what can the fellow intend to do with me--If he drags me along with them till daylight, one half of them will know me; and then the games up--and yet he cant mean me harm, either. Well, I may have an opportunity of repaying him some day. When the party arrived at Bonnington, however, and, as we have already stated, two small bodies were sent off to the right and left, to reconnoitre the ground on either side, Mowle was one of those selected by the Major to accompany him on the side of Bilsington. But after having gone to the prescribed distance, without discovering anything to create suspicion, the worthy field-officer gave the order to return; and contriving to disentangle Mowle from the rest, he whispered in his ear, Off with you as fast as you can, and take back by the Marsh, for if you give the least information, or bring the soldiers upon us, be you sure that some of us will find means to cut your throat. --Get on, get on fast! he continued aloud, to the other men. Weve no time to lose; and Mowle, taking advantage of the hurry and confusion of the moment, ran off towards Bilsington as fast as his legs could carry him. Hes off! cried one of the men. Shall I give him a shot No--no, answered the Major, it will only make more row. Hes more frightened than treacherous, I believe. I dont think hell peach. Thus saying, he rejoined the main body of the smugglers, as we have seen; and Mowle hurried on his way without pause, running till he was quite out of breath. Now, the Major, in his parting speech to Mowle, though a shrewd man, had miscalculated his course, and mistaken the person with whom he had to deal. Had he put it to the Custom-House officer, as a matter of honour and generosity, not to inform against the person who had saved his life, poor Mowle would have been in a situation of great perplexity; but the threat which had. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<