A man who would undertake to watch your woods as they ought to be watched would get a ball in his head for wages in some dark corner of the forest--" "Coward!" cried the general, trying to control the anger the man's insolent reply provoked in him.

"Last night was as clear as day, yet it cost me three hundred francs in actual robbery and over a thousand in future damages.

You will leave my service unless you do better.

All wrong-doing deserves some mercy; therefore these are my conditions: You may have the fines, and I will pay you three francs for every indictment you bring against these depredators.

If I don't get what I expect, you know what you have to expect, and no pension either.