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brazen trumpet create more immediate stir than

did the shrill decisive call of Moustache! In a
moment evci1y .soldier was 011 Lis feet; in two

minutes they had readied the outposts, and in

less than no time, almost, the Austiians, finding

their project discovered, took to their heels and

ran!
When daylight came, inquiry was made as to

who had given the alarm* No man laid claim to

having performed the important duty, so it was

unanimously conceded that the signal service had

been rendered singly and solely by no other than
the favourite dog of the regiment* Moustache.

The next question was, how should such a deserv­

ing act be rewarded?
Had Moustache been a Grecian dog Jus effigy

wotdd have been sculptured in marble by the

most famous artist in Athens, and placed on one

of the highest pillars; had he belonged to ancient

Home, he would have been carried in state and
crowned on the Parthenon; but being only a

humble French dog, it was resolved to toward

him in a much more substantial manner. The