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fled precipitate]y, leaving the brave and faith­

ful dog master of the situation. In a conflict

which immediately followed Moustache lost a
paw; but, considering that he had had the

honour of saying the colours of his regiment,

lie thought, or at least we suppose he did, hut

little of that
As soon as he perceived that the enemy had

disappeared he caught the staff of the banner in

his month, and endeavoured to disengage it from

the hand of the dead body of the ensign. But

the grasp of death held it so strongly that the
poor dog’s efforts were in vain. However, Mou­

stache was not one to he discouraged by the

failure of a first effort, so he made another

attempt, and another, and another, the result of
the last being that he tore the banner from the

stafF altogether; and, laden with his precious

burden, he made for the camp, and soon reached

it, limping and bleeding fearfully.
Words cannot describe the feelings of the

soldiers when they saw the poor lame four-

legged hero, dragging his own body into the