ALEC DRUMMOND. CHAPTER I. "The strangest regiment in her Majesty's service, this of the soldiers of literature :—would your lordship much like to march through Coventry with them ?" CARLYLE, Latter-Day Pamphlets. "HAVE you written that paragraph on the Muckleton Railway, Fraser ?" "I have, sir." "And the leading article on the Universal Cash-and-Capital Company?" "Yes, sir." "Well then, Fraser, send the latter at once to the printer's. I suppose you have not forgotten to dwell upon the fact that the dividend of the Universal is certain to be no less than sixteen and a half per cent. Please put in |