The hunchback leaned forward to listen to the weary, croaking voice.
"I dreamed that Father was over here, in American uniform, and that he said:
"'We're here, my son, at last. We've lagged in late, after France and Britain's heroism, that they may show us what we still can do to save the world from the Hun.'
"And, Croquier, he had in his hand the cage with the 'captive Kaiser'!"
The hunchback leaned low over the bed.
"Remember Madame Maubin!" he said. "That, my boy, was not a dream, but a prophecy!"
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
[20] Official British report, April 27, 1915. No poisonous gases or bombs had been used by the Allies prior to this time.