He returned the salute and asked: "Sergeant, are you on duty?" "No, sir; I'm on leave for the day.

When a foreign battleship enters a fortified port the visiting fleet, or rather, its flagship, fires a national salute of twenty-one guns.

" "By my father's shade, you are a man, brother," and he gave me the Indian salute.

"I see," said the Prince with much feeling, as he received my salute, "that you have gone through deeper pain than such domestic losses can well cause to us.

To his left he turned, acknowledging smartly the crisp salute given him by the midshipman assistant officer of the day.

After exchanging the usual salute, he came immediately to the point.

War ensued; but in the end the Dutch acknowledged by solemn treaties their obligation to render the salute.

Less suddenly than Sextus had appeared, because his age was beginning to tell on him, Galen entered the court through a door behind the palm- trees and stood smiling, making his old-world, slow salute to Marcia.

The lady Juliana was quite young then; not more than fifteen: it was there I got my first salute from herbutsokiss me.

All soldiers should be careful to execute the salute exactly as prescribed.

She and Sir Pitt performed the same salute with great gravity, while Sir Pitt's two children came up to their cousin.

the first syllable of the word "Company," with a view to bestowing a royal salute likewise.

Through the haze I saw HIS MAJESTY graciously return our salute and I seem to recollect Vee taking his salute as a personal compliment to the feminine element in the car, and smiling back delightedly in return.

He took his seat upon the throne, and was installed with all the ceremonies of sovereignty, while the cannon roared out a salute in his honor.

He answered the salute, and then turned to look where Dora and the Lanings were sitting.

This is that modest shepherd, he That only dare salute, but ne'er could be Brought to kiss any, hold discourse, or sing, Whisper, or boldly ask.

" Did she feel an answering salute?

" [Footnote A: I cannot forbear quoting Mr. Norton's beautiful translation of this sonnet in the Atlantic Monthly for February, 1859: "So gentle and so modest doth appear My lady when she giveth her salute, That every tongue becometh trembling mute, Nor do the eyes to look upon her dare,

For rules governing salutes, see "Honors and Salutes," paragraphs 758-765. STEPS AND MARCHINGS.

The civilian or the imitation soldier who tries to imitate the military salute invariably makes some mistake which shows that he is not a real soldier; he gives it in an apologetic manner, he fails to stand or march at attention, his coat is unbuttoned or hat on awry, or he falls to look the person saluted in the eye.

"In their day when a young man imprinted a chaste salute on a dame's alabaster forehead he was supposed to go into a fit of delight, but not according to this year's book.

" Monk consented to see Lanyard, and immediately offered him a profound salute, which was punctiliously returned.

But, that I may pass over his salute, he takes notice

The silver click of spurs, of course, accompanied this salute when an officer left the room, and the Austro-Hungarian and German correspondents generally snapped their heels together in semi-military fashion.

The host of chiefs, who sat on the right side of the huge Durbar tent, close packed in a semi-circle, and who rose as one man when the band outside began "God save the Queen," and the artillery thundered forth the royal salute, were a blaze of jewels.