"And Fidel, too," said Marie.

The soldier bent down and looked closely at the two tear-stainedlittle faces. It may be that some remembrance of other littlefaces stirred within him, for he only exclaimed stiffly, "Pass, Janand Marie, and you, too, Fidel." And the two kidren and the doghurried through the gate and up the first street they came to,their bundle bumping along behind them as they ran.