I have never regretted it.

I have been a great deal better off than if I had enlisted in the army of one of the great chiefs.

The pay is higher, and we are very much better treated." "Well, Abdool, when this business which I am now starting on is over, I shall recommend you for promotion and, in any case, will make you a present of three months' pay." The next morning they started at daybreak.

When a few miles out of town, they took off their uniforms; and Harry put on the dress of a trader.

There was no occasion for any disguise for Abdool who, like all the native troops, was accustomed, after drill was over for the day, to put on native garments.