He was seldom shot.

Or else why on his sleeve was the badge for "stalking." But always to have to make believe became monotonous.

Even "dry shopping" along the Rue de la Paix when you pretend you can have anything you see in any window, leaves one just as rich, but unsatisfied.

So the advice of the war correspondent to seek out German spies came to Jimmie like a day at the circus, like a week at the Danbury Fair.

It not only was a call to arms, to protect his flag and home, but a chance to play in earnest the game in which he most delighted.