The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1.0 (Mobile)

THE GREEN FLAGWhen Jack Conolly, of the Irish Shotgun Brigade, the Rory of the HillsInner Circle, and the extreme left wing of the Land League, wasincontinently shot by Sergeant Murdoch of the constabulary, in a littlemoonlight frolic near Kanturk, his twin-brother Dennis joined theBritish Army. The countryside had become too hot for him; and, as theseventy-five shillings were wanting which might have carried him toAmerica, he took the only way handy of getting himself out of the way.Seldom has Her Majesty had a less promising recruit, for his hot Celticblood seethed with hatred against Britain and all things British.The sergeant, however, smiling complacently over his 6 ft. of brawn andhis 44 in. chest, whisked him off with a dozen other of the boys to thedepot at Fermoy, whence in a few weeks they were sent on, with thespade-work kinks taken out of their backs, to the first battalion of theRoyal Mallows, at the top of the roster for foreign service.