He was a good man.

And so you are an officer in his regiment ?" "No," Lisle said, "I left the regiment in the march to the relief of Chitral.

They wanted to send me home, so I darkened my skin and enlisted in the regiment, by the aid of Gholam Singh; and went through the campaign without even being suspected, till just at the end." "You went as a soldier ?" the man said, in surprise; "never before have I heard of a white sahib passing as a native, and enlisting in the ranks.

You lived and fought with the men, without being discovered! Truly, it is wonderful." "I did not manage quite so well as I ought to have done; for I found, afterwards, that I had been suspected before we got to Chitral.

Then Colonel Kelly took me out of the ranks and made me a temporary officer, and afterwards got a commission for me." "It is truly wonderful," the man repeated.
From that time the native took every pains to show him respect and liking for the son of his old officer; and the account he gave, to the others, of the affection with which the young sahib's father was regarded by the regiment, much increased the cordiality with which he was generally treated.