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Si«li am! iay:irilet were but one. Whene\ er you saw the eml of the forujer'« hlaek n«?o you wrr»* sure to see, a nionient I.iti»r, the latior'a scowling face for Si»li, like the vigilant dog that he wa. iiluay* trotted fifteen or twenty bt(?j»s in advnnoo of hi» master, a hahit which lie had formed during the cam* paign? in Algeria.

Homely. Iran and snarling. Sidi Ulonged to no race but the zouaves, who were g«x»d judges, declarud that he was a ero»i between a jackal and a spani«*l. He had. in fact, th«' slender jaws and

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long, pointed teeth of the one the other he mumbled in his largo silken oars, Iii ^ery curly though wry short hair, and his abundantly thick tail. In shrewd m-ss ana cunning he took after the ani* mal that wius regarded as his father, while he had ail tlu? vivacity of the race to which his mother was said to have belonged.

Neither dog nor master was loved. The otlicer. though not looked upon as a mean fellow, was mercilessly strict in the service he passed for the model of a '•soldier, severe, prompt at repression, scrupulous, just. Moruver. he was much esteemed for iiis bravery. The dog. who also possessed this virtue—for there was not one »?f his fellows that ho had not vanquished—the dog hud against him his love of marauding, of which nothing, not even the severest punNhmeuts, had served to cure 'Jiim.

Many a time he had been surprised in :the camp kitchens, seeming the roast •and ready to carry it oil the moment the c«»k'a back wa^ turned. He had thus curtailed many portions but, on the other hand, he had received some terrible rakings. If they did not kill him. it was simply from fear of his master, who would have avenged his death in some fearful manner. Once, Sidi having been caught in the act. an assistant cook tried to kick him with his wooden shoe.

But Iiie dog leaped at the man's throat, and ho would have been straightway strangled, had it not been for his comrades, and who escaped as it was not .without a few savage bites on his arm.

The story was noised alxut. Thecolone! sharply reprimanded Bayardet, charging him thenceforth to keep a better watch over his dog, under penalty of seeing him hanged if lie allowed him to run ••ahoiu_the camp. That day Sidi received it frimitful drubbing, Applyingthe principle that "he who lowth chasteneth,"

Uuj lieutenant,-armed with a thick barn* gave him a cudgeling in thy most approved style. Hut Sidi always began his larcenies aircsh,and the men finally came to laugh at them, so skillfully did he execute them.

J'e-ddes, Sidi had a precious gift lit wa-s a marvelous hunter, and brought the game with rare fidelity, without ever damaging it. Feathers or fur, it made no difference to him. If lie excelled a.pointer, he also knew how io run down ti hare. Now, iiavatdet- was a great hunter. I hat is why, alfection aside, ht set. so much store by Sidi, On the march, when they readied a halting place, very wften they saw the dog arrive holding in his iron jaws some "prowler of tho un'esli perfumed with tie -d lavender. And Hay xrdet, who had a kind heart at bottom, aeiit the game, after cutting oif a bit for himself, now to ouu squad, now to another,' in order to add a littl» to tne faro oi his zouaves. Then Sidi. admired and petted, was willingly f»»rgi\en lor all his-.misdeeds. For the rest in point.. t.f inteljigiMJce lie led Jar behind iiim all tiio poou es. gritfohs and 8panie! the r')gimcnt. 1 b-could rival any d«»av h.itcyti iii jiar.nleb. e.ve-rcisesand trick.--^e»ni^vuneyl. viu*i the1 master was in ih« ,hiniuirv be.-made Sidi perform, and amid a v4.*t clrViluof ad irers the dog uvnt thiougii 1:U evolutions, supplving* t-port jrratU

Hut, uoiwithst.'inding everything, B.,y riidet and Sidi did not succeed in win ning love. was ouit.iie.seashoro in Algeria that Xlayardet, thtn an adjutant in the first battalion, one morning made the ac qnaintance of Sidi, who was only a few .. -weeks old. Somo Arab boys had tied a etono t«» tiie dog's neck and were gettin^ ready to drown him, when Bavardet, iijl

U-rvening, saved him by generouslv distribut.ing among the little wretches a few blows with a .switch and then giving them some coppers to make them forg.M the blow.,. Bayardet, who had no ties beyond ino^e of simple comradeship in the regiment, and no family save an o! aunt, whos{- shriveled and crabbed face he had not f.*»en for years, Ijccamo attached to'the .tnimal, cared for him, brought him up and educated him. The

dog adored hi* maMrr there was a deep and unalterable friendship between the bipod and the quadruped.

C1IABTKK II.

There is a great stir in the camp. War with liermanv is on the eve of breaking out the regiment has received its inarching orders. The zouaves are falling in, with their knapsacks on their backs, glad of a chance to do battle with enemies more serious and more formidable than the Arabs.

With drawn sword the colonel passes along the line. He readies the third company. Bayardet is at his post, correct and erect. Behind him. as still as if he were stuiTcd. Mands Sidi.

Lieutenant." grunts the colonel, scarcely concealing a cunning smile under his heavy gray mustache, "lieutenant. are you going to take your dog?" "It he will not be in the way, my colonel." "As you please."

A fortnight later, perhaps less, the regiment was in AU ice. Bayardet, still accompanied by Sidi, witnessed the daily growth of his reputation as an oflicer of surly humor, but extraordinarily efficient in a campaign. When he commanded the main guard, or when he was intrusted with a reoonnoitering expedition, h* acquitted himself of his task with a skill and zeal beyond all praise. And Sidi, a true soldier's dog. understanding wonderfully what was on foot, started ahead is a scout, examined the ground, went and e:u'iie warily, disappeared before any one knew what had become of him, and returned to find his master, who seemed to understand perfectly what Sidi meant by such or such an attitude.

Often in the evening, when the sentinels had been stationed. Bayardet said between his teeth: "Wo may sleep tranquilly to-night. Sidi saw nothing yonder."

Sometimes, too, when he was detached and needed tosoudsomocommunieation, either to the colonel or to the commander of the battalion, Bayardet wrote a few lines on a bit of paper, which he carefully folded and placed between the dog'a jaws, saying to him: "Carry it, Sidi carry it to So-and-so!"

And Sidi, who knew bv name all the sujerior officers of the regiment, started olf at full speed and delivered his message without ever making a mistake.

But ho had remained an incorrigible thief, and more than one soldier complained of his robberies. "What a pity he is such a marauder!" said the men.

In the course of one of those skirmishes that so frequently take place between hostile armies at their points of contact, Sidi rendered one of those services that fix in the minds of troopers the men,ory a g«Hjd dog of the regiment whose brilliant deeds they related in the evening at the mess.

Bayardet, with a few platoons, had een ordered to reconnoiter the battalion 1 the enemy detached as an advance rnard. The night was dark, and tho zouaves went groping through the fields tuil of ravines, broken by clumps of trees, quick set hedges, and trenched roads. The lieutenant marched at the head of the detachment, quickening or slackening the pace of his men, guiding them by gesture, for absolute silence was necessary. Lie held Sidi by one ear, the dog having tiocollar in order that he might not be easily taken. From time to time Bayardet l,«t go tho animal, who crept ahead nh legs outstretched and nose in the air. All halted then until the return of tho dog, who, manifesting no anxiety, thereby reassured his master. They started again, still noiselessly, until Bavardet deemed it necessary to call anew halt. 'lhe little troop, which had been maneuvering on uneven ground affording a banco for concealment, suddenly found itseif bet«ire a vast and naked plain. Thvy had to redouble their prudence according to almost certain estimation, they could not be very far from tho enemy, and they were in danger of fulling upon him in their gropuigs.

Suddenly h*'. stopped, /us/iair bristling, and utti'red a slight, loin fjrowl, "Serjeant." said Bayardet to an old v"-•'••r.'iii of lh? All ican wars, "you will taku command until I return, "it is impossible io proceed fnrtliur—the ground too baro. A troop t" men could not pass uitni it iced. It 1 bliuuM nit return in lifteen or twenty 'minutes, it will be lec:lUM! I bav.-j been captured .r killed. Then you w:ll make a delour. But Sidi may getaway. At any rate, it \ou see him come back, |..ok in hi.s mouth for a paper. If you lind one, read it, and vou will know what you are lo do. If not, then you can be almost sure that inv accnimi ha.i b'-en nettled. Uut. if you hear shols. rim a* fast as you can in tlie direction of (hem.''

And In- starled Willi hirj do^ lhe ui'^ht was ^rowin^. darker anil darker. Nolhiiif ,.stirred in the plain, which seemed deserted. All.that was percept iblo was the thousand slight Hounds that make tin hilenco Keem deeper—the lieaiinjjof the win^s of some nijrht bird, the buzzing of injects, the rustling of tho gratis ill the wind. Crouching down toward the ground, his scabbard tucked in his belt lo avoid the cla-shinx. the lieutenant went on, trving to piercethe darkness and stopping every minute to place his ear against, the earth. Sidi, three steps ahead of him, u-ith lij.s nose now in the air, now close to tho ground, inhaled tho odors of the night and sought some scent still vague. Suddenly he stopped, his hair bristling, and utter *d a slight low growl, "Sh-h-h-h! he still, Sidi," said Bavnrdet in a lnw voice.

And lhe lieutenant, more slowly than ever and holding his breath, continued to advance. The dog did not stop growling. In a few minutes Uavardet, who

was literally creeping, straightened up on his wrists to look about him. Ho was on the edge of road, and on tho other side of this road ho saw, standing on the slope of the trench, dark shadow.

It was sentinel. Tho shadow did not budge. Bayardet placed his hand upon the hilt of short dagger which he had slipped, in sinning, into a button hole of his tunic. Fury had seized him. lie had an enemy hefore him! lie could kill him, and yel he must not listen to his batted. This sentinel certainly was not far from a pest. If he should miss his man, the lieutenant knew that lhe alarm would be given, and the simple reconnoitering expedition, so shrewdly managed up to this point, would be turned into a bloody combat, very dangerous for the handful of men under his command, for there was scarcely any hope of aid. lie put the dagger back into its improvised sheath, and, in order to find out whether he had to deal with an advance post or an entire line of the main guard, lie retired a short distance and traced the road for two hundred yards to the left. lie counted lifteen sentinels. Bayardet retraced his steps to execute the same maneuver. Then the dog stopped again, refusing to advance and uttering his lowgrowl. Tho lieutenant kept quiet, listening and trying to see.

At that moment, lv a palo ray of moonlight filtering through a cloud, Bayardet saw, ten steps ahead of him, leaning against a willow, asoldier of tho hostile army, who was gently tapping his feet on the ground to keep them warm, the night being cold. Bayardet was about to retire, when, besido this Boldier, another, who was probably sitting or lying down, emerged from the shadow, Bayardet, betrayed by tho moon's rays, had just been seen iu his turn. "Who's there?"

The lieutenant tnndo no nnswer. but cocked his revolver. "Who is there?" articulated the sentinel uiorc uistliuly.

At the same moment two shots rang out, with their noisy and reverberating echoes, in the deep sllenco of tho night. It was Bayardet and one of tho two sentinels who had just lirod at tho Biimo time. Almost immediately after them tho other fired, too. Tho lieutenant answered his lire, and ho oxjierienced the delight of seeing a Prussian soldier stretch out as an inert maws.

Orders in German tlew in overv direction a noise of marching men arose a few shots were heard hero and there. Bending as low a^ possible, Bayardet bounded through the fields to rejoin his troop. With his own skill, added to Sidi's guidance, he could not make a mistake, although the moon had disappeared again and tho darkness was thicker than ever. He soon regained his companions, who, for that matter, wero running to meet him. "Retreat, and bo quick about it!" said Bayardet. "We must leave these fellows alone for todav."

CHAPTER I1L

The dog licked his hnndx.

A mad race legan. The zouaves heard very plainly tho hurried steps of the hostile foot soldiers pursuing them they felt the Prussians at their heels, and thoy swore furiously, ashamed to have to fly in this manner. "Uhlans!" exclaimed someone.

Indeed, at their left, the zouaves could distinguish, in the penumbra, the galloping cavalrymen and could hear tho noiso of the horses' hoofs. The uhlans wero trying to head ofT the little troop, in order to get them between two fires. "Great God!" exclaimcd Bayardet, "wo must reach the edge of the woods once there, we can laugh at them."

A horseman passed at full speed without seeing them at a distance of thirty yards. "Lieutenant." said a zouave, "let mo bring that rascal down!" "Not yet."

And Bayardet I tioc! "d tho lifted weapon in the air. lint the Prussians knew tho ground very well. Their cavalrymen had passed the zouave-, and the circle was closing in. In a few moments nil retreat would be cut oil". Tne night had grown less dark, and the uhlans could lo seen very distinctly, swiftly going and coming, with their long lances in I heir hands, like foragers. "So much the worse!' shoutod 13avariiet "lire at will, but keep running."

I en shots followed this order. Tho uliluus disappeared, and all was silence again. But ibi calm lasted only a few seconds. A formidable rattle of musketry rang lhrou the air, then a second, then a third. The Prussians were firing by louuds and at random. No one was hit. "Keep on running," said the iieuteuant.

Already in the half light lhe zouaves saw in the distance the tree tops of tho thick grove that surrounded the plain, when ju.it ahead of Iheni there was a Hash, and discharge made iho earth tremble. A few men fell. The zouaves were headed off. "Pick-up lhe wounded and file to tho right! cried Bayardet.

He had noticed, not far awav, a hut, in the shelter of which his little troop could offer resistance for a long lime. The zouaves reached it. improvised barricades, and opened fire upon the enemy.

Nevertheless, tbe Prussians advanced, Tl.ey were within hearing distance, and

from time to time one of their ollicorti summoned the French to surrender at discretion. F.nch time he was answered by a shower of bullets.

Then tothedin of thocotnbat nucceoded again un overwhelming silence. The Prussians, despairing of overcoming this handful of brave fellows, and not wanting to carry the hut by storm, which wuiilil have cost them too many lives, had resolved undoubtedly to establish a blockade, certain that the French would finally lay down their arms.

Thus an lean- passed. *. Bayardet, who had picked up the gun of one of the wounded in order to shoot like a common soldier, was very much alarmed. Never could be pass over the bodies of the Prussians there were too manv of ihem. The zouaves had Used up half of their cartridges, and when their ammunition should be exhausted their last resource would be to risk almost certain death in an attempt to force their way out with the bayonet— for the lieutenant did not even dream of surrendering, lie was much dep1,vssed. What would they think of him for thus throwing himself into tho jaws of tho wolf? Of him. an old soldier.accustomed to all the tricks of the Arabs, wlio had fought for twenty years in Algeria, in the Crimea, in Italy, in Mexico, and who had just got himself caught llko an ordinary conscript, with fifty men? Whatever his heroism, he could foresee tho blame that would be heaped upon him. It was dishonor. "Lieutenant," said his sergeant, "there is one way. I will start if you like. Perhaps Ican slip through the linos of these eaters of sauerkraut. I will reaoh the camp and bring back aid. for tiuroly they ciuinot leave ns in this box." "I was thinking of that," answered Bay unlet: "but 1 did not dare to propose it to you. so groat is tho risk of losing one's skin. Uo ahead. You will t-ake Sidi ho will guide you. If you are wounded or captured let tho dog go ho will got there unless a bullet stiffens him out."

And. tearing a loaf from his memorandum book, the lieutenant scribbled these few words in |ienoil: "llavo fallen into an ambush. Como if you can. You have only to follow Sidi. There is 110 time to lose."

Ho signed tho note und fastoned it to the dog's neck with a pieoo of gilt cord torn from his tunio.

The sergeant o|ened tho door and slipped out, preceded by Sidi. Another half hour passed. Tho zouaves discussed In low tones the probabilities of success. "Tho sergeant has passed," said Bayardet. "We are saved." These words had scarcely left the lieutenant's lips when a few shots were heard two or three hundred yards away. Kvidently tho senrennt had been making a long search for an opening he had lioon seen. But had ho succeeded? An excilingquestion which each one anxiously asked himself. Five or six minutes later there was another little volley, but farther ofT than the previous one. "There, that is for Sidi," growled Bayardet. "The sergeant must have been caught. If they didn't hit the dog, ho must be far away!"

The time passed with tormenting slowness. At every moment Bayardet consulted his watch, the only jewel that ho had, and he was painfully surprised to see that tho hands had scarcely moved, not even the minute hand. lie began to believe that the accursed watoli hail lopped, and yet he had been careful lo wind it. Besides, several of i.h^ zouaves had watches, and it was out of the question that all should have stopped. "Listen, lieutenant," said an old sollior with a beard that was almost white and who had won his stripes, "we cannot mold here any longer. My comrades agree with me they had rather catch bullets than tho rheumatism. Ix-t us start!"

Silence in the ranks!" replied Bayardet. But ho was choking with anger and dying with anxiety. To make the time pass quickly he paced back and forth in the sort of barn, an asylum which had braiie a prison, swearing Ih I ween his teeth, grinding the soil under the heels of his boots and biting his lij.s until thoy bled.

Tho sergeant anil Sidi had boon gone an hour, which made two since the zouaves entered the hovel uid three since the reconnoitering parly left the camp.

Bayardet, tired of tramping, sat down on a stump, took out, his watoh again, held it in his open hand and did not take his eyes oil the dial. Mo had just allowed himself five minutes' respite, at the end of which lime he must come to a decision. The live minutes having fallen into eternity, Bayardet replaced the watch in his fob, blow his nose, coughed, spat like an orator about to make a speech, adjusted his gorget, drew his saber, clutched his revolver, and in a muftled tone gave the order: "Fall in!"

The men grou|ed themselves. "Wo will start out," continued the lieutenant. "Place yourselves in file, one behind Iho other, in the order of seniority. In that way we shall present a narrower front. Wo will go straight ahead without filing and with fixed bayonets. hen we are once upon them let each fight his way through."

In his turn he opened the door cautiously and, turning around, said simply: "Follow me!" lie had not taken ten steps when ho came near falling to tho ground from running against a body going at full speed. "Sidi!"

And the dog licked his'liands, uttering littlo yelps of joy. The animal bad no note fastened to his neck, and the lieutenant found by feeling that his friend had not a scratch. "We are surely saved now."

And a gleam of joy illumined tho coli'. and gloomy face of the officer, who had never been seen to smile.

Barring the door with his outstretched arms ho stopped his men as tl.ev wero about to cross the threshold, for only two or three ol thcin had had time to get outside. Iroin a distance, borne by the echo, came the shrill notes of trumpets, getting neater and nearer.

It iH the march of I hi all the zouaves. Then Bayardet started tbeni all out in theorder he had indicated, and he rushed ahead.

The musketry began to rattle. "Forward! Forward!" cried the lieutenant at lhe top of his voice and mad with happiness "Forward!"

The Germans, surprised by this unexpected and double attack, fell back rapidly. The day was dawning, and now thev could be plainly seen. It was their turn to lly. The little troop passed close to a group of Teutons. "Halt! Front!" ordered liayardet "Aim—lire!"

And to make themselves known to their friends, the zouaves shouted: ive la France! Vive the Third!"

A few minutes later they were with their comrades, a whole battalion that bad been sent to release them, and with plaUKiii volleys they saluted the Germans, who beat a retreat without answering their lire.

From that day Sidi was held in high honor in the regiment. They swore only by him. All his former mlsdwds wero forgotten, and thom:h lie still stole when occasion olfered, it was agreed that, they inusi overlook this weakness iu such a hero. ..•

ClIAPTKR I\.

MVJ* tint' It'fll hfl tnu at the lYxtssian's cht'M. The Prussian columns were descending from the heights that overlook Woerth through tho hop fields. Their HoinlKT masses advanced with perfect regularity, as if they were on parade, closing up the ranks as fast as enormous gaps wero made iu them by balls from tho French batteries.

Tho eouaves, who had been fighting for hours tu^iinst forces four times their own, saw coining ujion them these clouds of Germans, against whom they must still struggle—fresh troops suitported by formidable artillery. Tho enemy wore putting forward now reserves. Tho burned village of Woerth was nothing but a heap of rubbish, wlmnce rose towards tho sky thick clouds of dull smoke zigzagged by red flames.

The two battalions of the Third stoically awaited this avalanche that was about to fall on them. Diminished by a good third, in tattered uniforms, black with ]Kwder, stained with blood and greatly fatigued, the zouaves, with that inexhaustible spirit which has contributed as much as their bravery to the fame that they have earned, exchanged jokes, laughinir with that nervous laugh which is the forerunner of anger.

Bayardet was in front of his company, of which he had taken tho command, the captain having been disabled. Sidi was lying on his belly, his nose between his paws aihl seemingly asleep.

The lire had ceased on both sides, as if French and Germans were desirous of taking breath before the filial shock. But the calm was not of long duration. A sharp hiss rent tho air, soon followed by a report: a shell had just fallen into the left of Bayardet's company, foiling a few men then another, then ten—a terrible storm beat upon the zouaves. The French cannon, stationed upon tho hillside opposite, answered. The bugles sounded "Lie down! A few minutes I«issed, and the pointed helmets, which had lc-on invisible fora moment for the Prussians had hail to cross a valley not very wide, but deep—rose again at a distance of seven or eight hundred yards.

A furious firing began, and then camo the order: "Oliai go bayonets!"

This cry started tho zouaves, who rushed forward with lowered heads. In a luoment they had swept evervthing before them the enemy's ranks, thinned already by the musketry, were broken. The Prussians fled at full speed, either toward tho village or through tho hop fields. But two mitrailleuses stopped the rush of tho I* rench,who were even forced to retrace their Steps. Tho Prussians reformed their lines, and the musketry was resumed with still greater intensity. Twice again the zouaves charged, atid twice they stopped the enemy. But decimated and without hope of aid except from a few companies of the line, tho zouaves had to fall back toward the wooded heights that overlook tho plain. Tho Prussians steadily advai I, uttering loud hurrahs and brandishing their guns over their heads after each discharge.

Almost all the ofiicers wero killed or wounded sergeants were in command of companies. Bayardet had not been hit. He had picked up a gun and was firing coolly, methodically, !.is countenance as imperturbable as ever. Above the ranks, and not far from Bayardet. the tricolor, torn by lhe bullets, was floating amid the smoke. The young sub-iieuten-ant who rarricd it, having hail his right arm pierced, grasped the stall iu his left hand and held it tightly against his breast, lie was seen to sink upon his knees and then rollover, bis bead broken by a ball. A sub-ollicrr seized the f!ag ho fell his turn. Then a captain took the tiiicred emblem.

Just then went iipacheor more furious than all the preceding ones the russians were charging.

The zouaves massed themselves and a battalion commander ordered them to form a square. But fliis order, nee agitated In the onrush of the enemy, which threatened to envelop the French troops, could not be carried out. The combatants met with cut and thrust, and the ioli* mas.-, was in fui.'«us confusion. Iho zouaves had had their ranks broken but tho\ held together in groups, while

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the hi Hi) :'f the i.,. ...... position little farther oil iy up form. "Lieutenant! Lieutenant! 'j'i cried a zouave to Bayardet.

Tho latter saw fall, at ten |n tanco, upon a heap of corps,.., still held in the band, clencln.,| j„ of a young corporal of his r.):,r,M| Bayardet dropped his gun, the |a'r^ red with blood, drew his saber the ling, calling his men nroucd'

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Tlierc won only fifteen of tlicia. "Vivo la France!" cried B:iyur,lpltWj| ing tho standard.

Thirty Prussians rushed up* |l group, and a desporatc han I struggle, with bayonets and ...J engaged in so violently that iin.-)

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tho combatants had slaughter-,! „.J other. Bayardet, almost alone, tok a fJ steps In flight u-ith the purpose I. the flag. A Germtui, who prrsjs.j close, fired at him almost within arm reach and missed him. Bayariict tori his saber in tho German's Ixhly ButT Iki was resuming his (light a ^igu-i Prussian oflicer arose before thtliratefl ant, revolver in hand, shouiln- iatxcJ lent French: "Surrender!" "Vive la Franco!" answered I'lrarjJ leaping with lifted salwr u|*n liuarKtiiJ

The German fired, and Hayardet. i'l squarely In the breast, i«.ii.-r?£ iT German otlioer rushed forward a:.| seized the flagstaff, uttering a nu triumph. Tho lieutenant strai lit«-J up and dealt the colossi!.- a elen-on t:.l head with the edge of Ins s.iW-r I the blow, struck by a weakim,*!.hn

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only slichtlv wounded tin Id' w| dropping the flag, took H.ivai itlyt throat, and tried to strangle Inn

III a supremeetrort Bayard..t desperate appeal, the..appeal ihi man: "Sidi!"

The dog. who hail lost his inisW the confusion, came hounding'to t. spot, guided cy*n more by his w.uR'ltt: scent and keen intelligence than by lieutenant's cry. With one li.'aplw at tho Prussian's chest, planting, his to: in his face. The oflicer shrieked v. pain and fell backward mi-i'-r liio who was tearing his lle-di. A lie.--, foot soldier, passing on a run, stuck animal twice with his bayonet. lUit jardot,, who had a cartridge left in tuvolver, kdied the soldier.

Then, gathering all his energy, lieutenant groaned: "Sidi, my dog, take it, take it'!3,

And :us tho end of lhe lkiL'S:.Hl been broken in the struggle. RIVK: rolled Up the blood stained flag ..: placed it in the dog's jaws. Then, a.courageous beast rubbed up .re-si: against his master, tho latter repeat*:: the most formal tone of command: "Take it, sidi! Take it to lho re£i"

The voice died out in a hiccough but' lieutenant's features breathed a sill'! joy, for the dog, as if ho had iitnierst—• —ninl perhaps he did—the value of trust confided to liini, started efliik' arrow, leaving behind him a red tie mndo of the blood dripping from pierced Hanks.

Tho regiment had rof'jr'.wsl .v charged again. Tho enemy, i'-'f tenth time, was driven back. An battalion commander suddenly w' reddish mass roll at his horse's fe^rt. was .Sidi. Tho dog still had in Insioo the llag, which was nothing hiltagj ins rag. but which the eagle-Stilly'1 mounted. "'Ibis dog is dying," said tlio oil!' "lie suffers too much. It is Iwltci finish him. Let him die hkous".'

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with a ball in his head—tho diiiith bra vo." An old serireant approached nil^'? more feeling than if he had an enonl1 deal with, he placed tho barreleM^ al the dog's ear and blew off Ihs^-^'1

It wa.s necessary to retreat-!-,1'^11 this time definitively. But tle .^"- carried away their" flag. Tiiey f&r away also the bodv of l.ielit. ',i1 and that of his faithful pomr.. who were buried together TW lived, on tho very night of. lL"i where tho troops halted, at Iho woods.

Till- END.

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