Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 / 2008-07-26 00:00:00
EBOOK, CAPTAIN MACKLIN ***
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[Illustration: "Go, Royal!" he cried, "and--God bless you!"]
CAPTAIN MACKLIN
HIS MEMOIRS
BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
Illustrated By
WALTER APPLETON CLARK
To MY MOTHER
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Go, Royal!" he cried, "and--God bless you!" FRONTISPIECE
He made our meeting something of a ceremony
We walked out to the woods
I was sure life in Sagua la Grande would always suit me
The moon rose over the camp ... but still we sat
And the next instant I fell sprawling inside the barrack yard
I sprang back against the cabin
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UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT
It may seem presumptuous that so young a man as myself should propose
to write his life and memoirs, for, as a rule, one waits until he has
accomplished something in the world, or until he has reached old age,
before he ventures to tell of the times in which he has lived, and of
his part in them. But the profession to which I belong, which is that
of a soldier, and which is the noblest profession a man can follow, is
a hazardous one, and were I to delay until to-morrow to write down
what I have seen and done, these memoirs might never be written, for,
such being the fortune of war, to-morrow might not come.
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