" We reached Mons.

Every thing, however, was tranquil on our arrival, and rejoicing it was no worse, though Mons. seemed to be under great apprehension for his horses, we sat down to what in France is called a late dinner.

Charras noticed him at the window, and cried out to him, "Mons!"

Now, by Our Lady, 'tis a raw cold night I mind me when on such a night I lay Unsheltered in the trenches facing Mons In Flanders.

"Why, lad, don't frighten a mon like that.

All who knew him pitied him; orders flowed in, and soon a quite exceptional activity pervaded the establishment from basement to roof, inspiring Mons.

Don't joke wi' a mon that way, Ralph; it ain't richt!

He waved his wounded hand northwards, and said: "Mons.

I axed the mon if he could take I to Lunnon.

An he was na fearfu' that the truth would owerbalance it, he wadna gi' a mon a hunderd an' fifty dollars to hold his tongue.

In fact he believed he was going to Mons, and this made General Bedeau, on the next day, choose Mons as his residence, expecting to meet Charras there.