Privates Mulvaney, Ortheris and Learoyd, an Irishman, a Cockney and a Yorkshireman, are the most disreputable and loyal soldiers in their regiment in India. They help an elopement from a regimental ball, steal a dog, nurse a drunk draft and tell tall tales of their own exploits, while other stories follow the courtship and marriage of the Gadsbys.
Early Kipling at his most energetic, in the barrack-room dialect that made him famous. Download the free EPUB.