"Monsieur, j'ai beaucoup prié pour vous. Sachez que vous aves les prières d'une vieille mère a laquelle ne reste rien au monde."

He touched her hand again and said:

"Merci, madame. Adieu!"


It was just one of those intensely touching pictures in that dimly lighted church, full of worshippers, that one can never forget....

IX—STORY OF A LITTLE SOLDIER FROM AFRICA

To Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Newport.

4, Place du Palais Bourbon,
Paris, Aug., 1915.

Dearest Anne,