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 this was really more embarrassing than a battle.

Then an orderly came in and the men took leave of Pierre with much ceremony and the orderly lifted him in his arms and carried him out to a waiting automobile.

"Our little soldier is going home to the great actress," explained the general to his staff. "The actress is ill. She has been playing daily ever since the war began. She is another good soldier. She loves the dog just as though he were a child, and we are sending him home to cure her. She has already made sacrifices enough for France and so has Pierre. It will be a happy evening at the château on the Loire to-night or I don't know Madame.

"I only hope Pierre won't jump out of the car and break his other legs before they arrive. He is such a bundle of energy."