There is no help for it“We have already arrested several dozen soldiers who have joined this nefarious organisation,” Smith said. “Some we caught after they deserted, others were boasting while in drink.”
“Soldiers tend to talk when in drink,“ Jack said. “Mostly it"s just hot air and braggadocio with young Johnny Raws trying to act as they think old soldiers should.”
“We have arrested non-commissioned officers with years of experience,” Smith countered. “These were solid men who have served with the army in various campaigns yet who still pledged allegiance to the Fenians.”
“That"s a little unsettling.” Jack thought of Sergeant O"Neill, a man he had fought beside through Burma, the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny. He had trusted O"Neill with his life a score of times. “What are the Fenians
