ex post facto

But almost to the man, the first thing every ex-con tells me is how hard it is to find work.

I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.

The Café tender was asleep in his chair; the porter had gone off; the sentinel alone kept awake on his post.

Harry had no further adventures in reaching Fulton, and at once reported to Captain Duffield, who was in command of the post.