"Suppose we take a trip to the Artillerie Ecole?" remarked Alfred.
"Where is it?" asked Ralph.
"I don't know, myself, but it is across the river, somewhere. It was founded by the first Napoleon; it was always his hobby," said Alfred.
"Yes, I know. It was he who said that God was always on the side that had the heaviest artillery," responded Ralph.
"I don't think he would say so if he lived in the present time," answered Alfred.
"Why not?" asked Ralph.
"Why, he would have said 'With the most airplanes,'" suggested Alfred.
Ralph laughed at the new idea. "Well, you may be right. I think that if the Allies would put more money and energy into flying machines and less in big guns, there would be more likelihood of success; but I don't suppose we ought to know it all," said Ralph with a sarcastic grin.
When they arrived at the artillery school they were still garbed in the uniforms indicating the service in which they had been engaged. A kindly professor, in the uniform of a colonel, received them with smiles, and he questioned them about their work, and to him they confided their wishes.
"You have been granted honorable discharges, and it would not be prudent for me to make any recommendations, however meritorious your services might have been," he remarked. After some reflection he continued: