Excerpt from Lieutenant Barnabas, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelHe had the facial expression of an Old man - a cunning Old man, who has seen all that there is to be seen of the worst side Of life, but he sat in the saddle like a young man, and whistled an Irish air with lively turns in a jaunty and youthful style.He whistled, not for want of thought, but because his re¿ections were of a speculative, agreeable sort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.