No, Harry, we thank you, you mean well, but we can do it better." Harry sat down again.

The two colonels, who had been through days of continuous marching and fighting, knelt in the lee of the fence, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire also shaded the operation with his hat as an additional protection.

Colonel Leonidas Talbot carefully struck the match.

The flame sputtered up and his friend brought his hat closer to protect it.

Then both lighted their cigarettes, settled back against the fence, and a deep peace appeared upon their two faces.
"Hector," said Colonel Talbot, "only we old soldiers know how little it takes to make a man happy." "You speak truly, Leonidas.