Page 64 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

being, as we have said, shrewd, active, anti

intelligent; and although lie could only, under

tlie circumstances, live from paw to mouth, he

managed in a sense, to fare sumptuously every
day.

When his regiment crossed the Great St.

Bernard lie endured the fatigues bravely, and

helped not a little to cheer the heart of some of

his comrades whose strength, was not so great as
their spirit was willing. Before long Moustache

and his regiment were at no great distance from

the camp of the enemy; and the serious business

of the campaign was about to commence. By
being drilled himself, and attending the drill of
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his comrades, Moustache had become quite fami­
liar with the sounds of drum and trumpet, cannon,

and musketry, and they had the same effect on
him as tliey have upon all brave and faithful

soldiers—they inspired him with fresh ardour*

and raised in his bosom a, desire to distinguish

himself in the face of the enemy, not so much

for his own sake, as for that of La Bella France!
He soon found an opportunity to gratify his