With that he took out his cigarette-case, and his match-box, lighted his cigarette, and calmly watched the smoke rising with all the coolness of an old campaigner accustomed to encounter and face the ups and downs of life.

He willingly enough consented, and found that these clever campaigners had made a most palatable dish from very easily-procured materials.

King Christian crossed over into Sweden and laid siege to the strong fortress of Kalmar where he first saw actual war and showed himself a doughty campaigner of intrepid courage.

But we got food and drink and beds, all that is really necessary for experienced campaigners.

But although these achievements were great and had been equaled by no earlier Roman, one might ascribe them both to good fortune and to his fellow campaigners.

[Illustration: THE GRAND OLD CAMPAIGNER IN SCOTLAND.

Australia's valiant sons constituted many brigades of horse and, with New Zealand mounted regiments, became the most hardened campaigners in the Egyptian and Palestine theatre of operations.

Miss Ethel did not cease blushing as she advanced towards her uncle; and the honest campaigner started up, blushing too.

But they are bound to speak decent English,unless, indeed, they are rough old campaigners, like General Jackson or General Taylor; in which case, a few scars on Priscian's head are pardoned to old fellows that have quite as many on their own, and a constituency of thirty empires is not at all particular, provided they do not swear in their Presidential Messages.

Like skilful campaigners, we at once distributed ourselves over our work.

I expected them to slacken their pace when they came to the open meadow, but they broke into a quick trot at the water-tower and came toward the house as steady as veteran campaigners.