Hugh Walpole 
Thirteen Travellers [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Then came the war, and the first result of this was that James joined up! During those first August days Absalom hadn’t fancied that the war would touch him at all, although he was hotly patriotic and cried out daily at the Warring ton that he wished he were a lad again and could shoulder a gun.