Riflers

Officers of other regiments rarely spoke to the "Riflers" of Mr. Hayne.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

No wonder there was talk, and lots of it, in the "Riflers" and all through the garrison when Rayner's first lieutenant suddenly threw up his commission and retired to the mines he had located in Montana, and

The Deserter Charles King 1888

"And how do you suppose Rayner and the Riflers generally will regard your calling on their black sheep?" asked Buxton, after a pause.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

With the Riflers it was different: having once "cut" him as though by unanimous accord, and having taught the young officers joining year after year to regard him as a criminal, _they_ could be restored to

The Deserter Charles King 1888

Both they and their comrades of the Riflers were assiduous in their attentions to Miss Travers, and other ladies, less favored, made acrimonious comment in consequence.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

"She has made him a good wife since they came into the Riflers, colonel, and has taken mighty good care of the old fellow."

The Deserter Charles King 1888

It is my conviction that the Riflers wouldn't say he was guilty to-day if they hadn't said so five years ago.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

And yet it was getting to be whispered around that the Riflers were by no means so unanimous as they had been in their opinion of this very officer.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

There is a furious sputter of hoofs, a rush of excited steeds up the gentle slope, a glad outburst of cheers as they sweep across the ridge and out of sight, then the clamor and yell of frantic battle; and when at last it dies away, the Riflers are panting over the hard-won position and shaking hands with some few silent cavalrymen.

The Deserter Charles King 1888

If they had disagreements, they were kept to themselves; and even in a case which in its day had attracted wide-spread attention the Riflers had long since learned to shun all talk outside.

The Deserter Charles King 1888