I wondah if he was a soldiah, too.

Why is he bowing to Papa Jack ?" "I met him last night in the office," explained her father, when the old gentleman had passed out of hearing.

"We got into conversation over the dog he had with him--a magnificent St.Bernard, that had been trained as a war dog, to go out with the ambulances to hunt for dead and wounded soldiers.

Major Pierre de Vaux is the old man's name.

He served many years in the French army, but was retired after the siege of Strasburg.