Says he to Old Scrubs, 'Sir, the men needs you to bash in their heads.'

It's a million in gold to a rotten banana we never get a bash at onybody.

The side-wheeler tied up at Ak-Bash for the night, and it was not until the middle of the next morning that it was decided that she should cross and leave her wounded at Lapsaki instead of going on up to Constantinople.

Taylor stood up with his soft felt hat bashed over one eye, his spectacles broken, and laughed, and laughed, and laughed!