He hastily drew a picture out of his wallet.

"Look, cousin, how beautiful she is—I adore her!"

Two hours later a bullet penetrated his thigh while he was in 0 crater.

Now he is in a little white bed and in a few weeks he will be able to see her again——

THE ONE WHO READS PLUTARCH.
January, 1916.

While looking over the first line of Calonne Trench, I found a poilu, seated on the ground, reading.

"What is that you are reading?" I questioned.

"A translation of Plutarch."

"It's all right to read history, my friend, but you are doing better—you are making greater history yourself—Read on!"

MAJOR ANTHOINE'S CANDLE, MONT-SUR-LES-CÔTES.
February, 1916.