The Library of fiction - or, Family story-teller, consisting of original tales, essays, and sketches of character (1836) (14579650728)

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Title: The Library of fiction : or, Family story-teller, consisting of original tales, essays, and sketches of character
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Tugg's at Ramsgate Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Little talk about spring and the sweeps
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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was the means of accomplishing that endseveral hours sooner than it would otherwise have been accom-plished, and, by consequence, of saving a vast effusion of blood. It was at this proud moment for Serjeant Dickson—we meaawhen he was standing on the enemys ramparts in his shirtsleeves, and his coat serving a noble purpose, at the top of hishalberd, which halberd he held in his hand—that the Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment came up to him, and said, *\ Serjeant, your behaviour to-day has been most praise-worthy. Glorious, my brave fellow! exclaimed the colonel inthe enthusiasm of the moment, and it is my duty, and welldoes it comport with my inchnation, to reward your bravery.You shall not require, sergeant, to use your coat as a flag on thenext occasion of your gaining the walls of an enemys fort. Youshall have a real one, sergeant. Ensign Hickeryface has beenkilled, and I appoint you to succeed him. Having said this,the colonel took the late Sergeant Dickson kindly by the hand,
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Page 286, Vol. 2. COATLESS DAVY. 287 and wished him joy of his promotion. His officers, one after theother, did the same thing at the colonels special request; thelatter being desirous to make the circumstances of his installa-tion into his new appointment at once as formal and gratifyingas possible. This ceremony over, Ensign Dickson took downhis coat and put it on. Continuing to conduct himself with the same propriety, andwhen opportunity presented, with the same bravery which hadhitherto distinguished him, Ensign Dickson shortly after obtaineda lieutenancy, and ultimately acquired the rank of captain. At the conclusion of the war. Captain Dickson retired on half-pay to his native place, where he took up his residence in a nicelittle cottage on the banks of the Nith. The situation of the captains cottage was an exceedinglypleasant one, and the society around him excellent. The cap-tain, in truth, had only one decidedly bad neighbour. This wasa huge black bull belonging to an adjoini