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Soldier Stories, by Rudyard Kipling
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Title: Soldier Stories
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Release Date: April 8, 2009 [EBook #28537]
Language: English
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SOLDIER STORIES
SOLDIER STORIES
BY
RUDYARD KIPLING
AUTHOR OF "PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS," "UNDER THE DEODARS," "THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW," "WEE WILLIE WINKIE," ETC., ETC.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1896
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Norwood Press J.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
CONTENTS
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WITH THE MAIN GUARD 1
THE DRUMS OF THE FORE AND AFT 25
THE MAN WHO WAS 7