while he strutted up and down the aisle with a dust brush for a sword.
"I say," said Leonce, "it is very cold standin' here, won't some one relieve guard?" After waiting a few minutes longer, he felt sure there was no danger, and therefore ran up to Harrison's room.
"What's up," asked Harrison. "Oh, we've been having leap-frog and 'La Grande Duchesse.' I'm keeping 'guard,' but it's so cold, I thought I'd run up to your study."
"Little traitor, we'll shoot you for a deserting sentinel."
"There's no danger of being caught; besides, the fellows are making less row now."
"Well, let us go down. I want to see the fun, too."
Fulton, as Grande Duchesse, was draped artistically in a sheet, which trailed behind him, while a blue scarf decked his fair head. Placing himself in an attitude of intensely affected melodrama he was singing:
Je T'ai Sur Mon Coeur, etc.
I have thee near my heart.
Suddenly his foot caught in his long trail and landed him on his back. This scene tickled the audience immensely, and was greeted with shouts of laughter. "Cache-cache!" shouted Leonce and took a flying leap into his bed.