Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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My career at Daniell's ended with whooping cough. On Sundays we used to be taken to the same church which my parents attended, and we schoolboys used to sit in the gallery. Feeling, I suppose, a bit seedy, I had asked leave off church, and instead of receiving it, had come in for one or two sharp cuts with the cane for trying to evade my religious duties. During the sermon I had a fit of coughing, followed by a few piercing whoops. Shocked eyes were directed to the gallery, and one of the ushers was told to take me out. I, however, saw my opportunity, and made a determined resistance, holding to the front of the pew and kicking, and thus caused so much disturbance that I was left alone. After service was over I always used to see my people, and my Mother's first remark was Which of you boys has got the whooping-cough? The Head Master had also come up, no doubt to complain of my unruly behaviour, so I gave a convincing and personal demonstration as to whom the invalid Was. My Mother flashed a reproachful glance upon the master and my Father, and I was led away there and then, never to return.

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