A good soldier does not find it hard to obey orders." "What sorts of orders does he have to obey ?" "All sorts." "But suppose they were wrong orders ?" "Makes no difference." "_Wrong_ orders ?" "Yes," said Capt.

Drummond, laughing.

"If it is something he can do, he does it; if it is something he can't do, he loses his head trying." "Loses his head, sir ?" "Yes--by a cannon ball; or his heart, by a musket ball; or maybe he gets off with losing a hand or a leg; just as it happens.

That makes no difference, either." He watched Daisy as he spoke, seeing a slight colour rise in her cheeks, and wondering what made the-child's quiet grey eyes look at him so thoughtfully.
[Illustration: A SOLDIER.] "Capt.

Drummond, is he ever told to do anything he _can't_ do ?" "A few years ago, Daisy, the English and the French were fighting the Russians in the Crimea.