Had I run on for a few more minutes in the dark, I should have butted my shako against the wall.

" "I see the shakoes of soldiers aboard other.

"My dear man," said one of them, a big shako on his head, "there ain't an Indian 'tween here an' St. Regis.

Into the centre of the room I strode, my sabre clanking, my shako under my arm.