A Colonel may often be tailor to his own regiment, and a Captain operated on the heads of his whole company, in his civil capacity, before he commands them in his military one.

The Colonel was apparently about thirty, and of extremely handsome face and figure, while his driving friend appeared several years younger, and of altogether different materials.

Reading a newspaper article in his presence one day, my father stopped short, handing the paper to him, and said, 'Colonel, here is a French quotation, which you can translate better than I can,' 'No, sir!' said the colonel, 'I never learnt the language of the scoundrels!!!'

My good cousin and old friend, then Colonel, now General, Sir Charles Trollope, was at Venice that autumn.

They say the colonel is a devil.

[Illustration: "THE LITTLE COLONEL HAD BEEN LOWERED INTO A DEEP FEED-BIN."

Our Colonel was no more our friend of old days.

"Don't you think we'd better hold on to the best one?" Now the Boy couldn't deny that the Colonel's was the better, but none the less he had a great affection for his own old 44 Marlin, and the Colonel shouldn't assume that he had the right to dictate.

The colonels of horse were Colonel Charles Goring, the Lord Byron, and myself; the dragoons were of Colonel Smith.

However, I was always a good hand at a lie, and the colonel was not the President.

" "The colonel is the real leader of our forces," persisted the lad.

The gallant colonel Thomas Claiborne was a striking cavalryman.

This they did to draw our fire, but the colonel was too old a soldier; for we could have done little harm at the distance, and they would have been among us before we could reload.

The difficulty was frankly faced at last, and it was ordained in council that the Colonel should be dispenser of the food.

The colonel was a strong man, physically, and, on this occasion, he made no effort to curb his strength.

In case of need a Colonel of Conspiracies can become a General of Ambuscades.

We were sitting at coffee, around a little table, when in came the colonel of the garrisonfor Concepcion is the second city in Paraguay.

As the colonel was a warm admirer of the great poet, he no doubt represented him in the best possible light, and his narration of his last days was deeply interesting.

" COLONEL HIGHFLYER"What are your rates per column?" EDITOR OF "SWELL SOCIETY""For insertion or suppression?"Life. EDITOR"You wish a position as a proofreader?" APPLICANT"Yes, sir.

The colonel is an authority, but I think he is a trifle pessimistic.

Finally he brought out with the guarded tone of one forcing himself to moderation of speech, "Well, the Colonel is an abominable old black-guard in public life, and his private reputation is no better.

We were soon used to hearing that a colonel had been a major or a major a captain before the Kaiser had tried to get Nancy.

To solve the difficulty Shelby proposed that supreme command should be given to Col. Campbell, who had brought the largest body of men with him, and who was a Virginian, whereas the other four colonels were North Carolinians.

In after years Dobbin's father, the despised grocer, became Alderman, and Colonel of the City Light Horse, in which corps George Osborne's father was but an indifferent Corporal.

And, indeed, this young colonel was a very brilliant and imposing personage.