Entirely stripped of apparel except that his loins were girt with a sheep-skin, in imitation of Saint John in the Wilderness, he bore upon his head a brazier of flaming coals, the lurid light of which falling upon his sable locks and tawny skin, gave him an unearthly appearance.

Not a word from him or about him, except one letter from the Adjutant-General, which somehow evaded Coronado's brazier, gave her a moment of choking hope and fear, opened its white, official lips, acknowledged her "communication," and stopped there.

"We are within about sixty yards of the Germans," said Captain P at length, after we had gone in and out of the traverses and left the braziers well behind.

" Setting down his brazier, the enthusiast bent over the dead manfor dead he wasand noted the placid smile upon his features.

" And snatching up his brazier, he continued his course at the same lightning speed as before.