THE GREAT HONOR ROLL At midnight, had there been anyone abroad in the garrison to observe them, a number of men, heavily cloaked, might have been seen drifting through the torrential rain that was falling, toward the quarters occupied by Major Lestoype.

They were expected, evidently, for they were admitted without hesitation by the carefully selected old soldiers who kept the door.

The usual servants had been dismissed to their quarters, and their places were taken by certain tried and trusted veterans of the regiment.
In the quarters of Major Lestoype was a spacious and lofty hall.
Thither the new arrivals were conducted.

There was an air of great secrecy about their movements.

The occasion was evidently felt to be a solemn one by all.