She found Patsy trembling with nervousness, for the sergeant had passed away an hour previous and the horror of the event had quite upset the girl.
"Oh, it is all so unnecessary!" she wailed as she threw herself into Maud's arms.
"We must steel ourselves to such things, dear," said Maud, soothing her, "for they will be of frequent occurrence, I fear.

And we must be grateful and glad that we were able to relieve the poor man's anguish and secure for him a peaceful end." "I know," answered Patsy with a little sob, "but it's so dreadful.

Oh, what a cruel, hateful thing war is!" From papers found on the sergeant Uncle John was able to notify his relatives of his fate.

His home was in a little village not fifty miles away and during the day a brother arrived to take charge of the remains and convey them to their last resting place.
The following morning Captain Carg was notified by the authorities to withdraw the _Arabella_ to an anchorage farther out in the bay, and thereafter it became necessary to use the two launches for intercourse between the ship and the city.

Continuous cannonading could be heard from the direction of Nieuport, Dixmude and Ypres, and it was evident that the battle had doubled in intensity at all points, owing to heavy reinforcements being added to both sides.