t no officer should
go down, except when accompanied by an escort.

After a week's traveling Will arrived, with Yossouf, at Peshawur.
Then he rode, by easy stages, until he reached the Indus where,
taking his place on a steamer, he traveled down the river to
Sukkur; where he disembarked, and started for the weary march,
across the desert, to the foot of the Bolan.

Along the road large numbers of coolies were at work, constructing
a line of railway, which was now almost complete to the foot of the
pass. It did not ascend this but, turning to the right, wound up
the hills to the plateau. It was intended to be taken on to
Candahar, and its completion would have been an immense boon, both
to that city and to India; as it would have opened a great trade to
the north, and have enabled the inhabitants of the fertile plain,
around Candahar, to send their corn, fruit, and other products down
to India. Unhappily, with the subsequent abandonment of Candahar
the formation of the railway was stopped; and the whole allowed to
go to ruin. The work has, however, been recently taken in hand
again.

Will and his follower ascended the Bolan; stopped a day or two at
Quettah, to rest their horses; and then proceeded on through the
fertile plains of Pisheen, and over the Kojak Pass, and thence on
to Candahar. Here Will joined his new regiment, and was well
received by its officers.

In every regiment in the service, an officer risen from the ranks
is invariably received with special courtesy, and kindness. Every
endeavor is made to place him at his ease, in his new position.
This is specially so when--as in Will's case--the promotion has
been earned by distinguished services in the field.

In most instances, officers promoted from the rank of sergeant are
a good deal older than the young lieutenants among whom they find
themselves. Being often married men, and having nothing but their
pay to depend upon, they find themselves, therefore, unable to take
much part in the pleasures and gaieties of the regiment. In India,
however, as the rate of pay is much higher, an unmarried officer
can live very comfortably on his pay; and as, in the field, the
expenses are far less than when a regiment is in cantonments at a
large station--where there is much gaiety--Will found that he was
able to live very comfortably, on his pay, in the same style as
that of his comrades.

They, on their part, were pleased to find in Will a young fellow of
the s