"He knows he has done his duty well.

Did you ever see a dog manifest such delight! He fairly wriggles with joy!" The praise of the men bearing the stretcher, and especially of the orderly, seemed to send the dog into a transport of happiness.

The second man lay far on the outskirts of the field, hidden by a thicket of hazel bushes.

This time Hero's frantic barking brought no reply.

The men acted as if deaf to his appeals of help, so in a few minutes, evidently thinking they were beyond the range of his voice, he picked up the man's cap in his mouth, and ran back at the top of his speed.
"Good dog!" said the orderly, taking the cap he dropped at his feet.