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     The Red Cross appeal raised countless millions of dollars and brought 

rescue   to   innumerable   human   warriors。   But   in   caring   for   humans�察  �the 

generosity of most givers reached its   limit�察�and the Blue Cross;for the 

relief of dogs and horses injured in the service of the Allies;was forced 

to take what it could get。 Yet many a man�察�and many a body of men�察�owed 

life   and   safety   to  the  heroism    of   some    war´dog�察   �a  dog   which    surely 

merited special care when its own certain hour of agony struck。 

     Bruce's warmest overseas friends were to be found in the ranks of the 

mixed      Franco´American        regiment�察    �nicknamed      the   ;Here´We´Comes。; 

Right gallantly�察�in more than one tight place�察�had Bruce been of use to the 

;Here´We´Comes。;   On   his official visits   to   the   regiment�察  �he   was   always 

received   with   a   joyous   welcome   that   would   have   turned   any   head   less 

steady than a thoroughbred collie's。 

     Bruce     enjoyed    this   treatment。    He   enjoyed�察    �too�察 �the   food´dainties 

wherewith   the   ;Here´We´Comes;   plied   him。   But   to   no   man   in   the   army 

would he give the adoring personal loyalty he had left at The Place with 

the Mistress and the Master。 Those two were still his only gods。 And he 

missed them and his sweet life at The Place most bitterly。 Yet he was too 

good a soldier to mope。 



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     For months the ;Here´We´Comes; had been quartered in a ;quiet;or 

only    occasionally      tumultuoussector�察     �near   Chateau´Thierry。       Then    the 

comparative quiet all at once turned to pandemonium。 

     A    lanky    and   degenerate      youth    ��who    before    the   war    had   been 

unlovingly known throughout Europe as the ;White Rabbit; and who now 

was   mentioned   in   dispatches   as   the   ;Crown   Prince;��   had   succeeded   in 

leading some half´million fellow´Germans into a ;pocket; that had lately 

been merely a salient。 

     From the three lower sides of the pocket�察�the Allies ecstatically flung 

themselves upon their trapped foes in a laudable effort to crush the half´ 

million boches and their rabbit´faced princeling into surrender before the 

latter could get out of the snare�察�and to the shelter of the high ground and 

the    reenforcements       that  lay   behind    it。  The   Germans       objected    most 

strenuously to this crushing process。 And the three beleaguered edges of 

the pocket became a triple´section of hell。 

     It was a period when no one's nerves were in any degree normal least 

of   all   the   nerves   of   the   eternally   hammered   Germans。   Even   the   fiercely 

advancing Franco´Americans�察�the ;Here´We´Comes�察─�had lost the grimly 

humorous composure that had been theirs�察�and waxed sullen and ferocious 

in their eagerness。 

     Thus it was that Bruce missed his wontedly uproarious welcome as he 

cantered�察  �at   sunset   one   July   day�察  �into   a   smashed   farmstead   where   his 

friends�察�the ;Here´We´Comes�察─�were bivouacked for the night。 By instinct�察�

the   big   dog   seemed   to   know     where   to   find  the   temporary   regimental 

headquarters。 

     He trotted past a sentry�察�into an unroofed cattle´shed where the colonel 

was busily scribbling a detailed report of the work done by the ;Here´We´ 

Comes; during that day's drive。 

     Coming      to   a  halt  by   the  colonel's    side�察 �Bruce    stood    expectantly 

wagging his plumy tail and waiting for the folded message from division 

headquarters to be taken off his collar。 

     Usually�察�on such visits�察�the colonel made much of the dog。 To´day he 

merely glanced up abstractedly from his writing�察�at sight of Bruce's silken 



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head at his side。 He unfastened the message�察�read it�察�frowned and went on 

with his report。 

     Bruce continued to wag his tail and to look up wistfully for the wonted 

petting   and   word   of   commendation。   But   the   colonel   had   forgotten   his 

existence。 So presently the collie wearied of waiting for a caress from a 

man   whose   caresses�察  �at   best�察  �he   did   not   greatly   value。   He   turned   and 

strolled out of the shed。 His message delivered�察�he knew he was at liberty 

to amuse himself as he might choose to�察�until such time as he must carry 

back to his general a reply to the dispatch he had brought。 

     From     outside    came    the   voices    of  tired  and    lounging     soldiers。   A 

traveling kitchen   had   just   been   set   up   near   by。   From  it   arose   a   blend   of 

smells that were mighty tempting to a healthily hungry dog。 Thither�察�at a 

decorous but expectant pace�察�Bruce bent his steps。 

     Top´Sergeant Mahan was gazing with solicitous interest upon the toil 

of the cooks at the wheeled kitchen。 Beside him�察�sharing his concern in the 

supper preparations�察�was Mahan's closest crony�察�old Sergeant Vivier。 The 

wizened little Frenchman�察  �as a   boy�察�had been in the   surrender of   Sedan。 

Nightly�察�ever since�察�he had besought the saints to give him�察�some day�察�a 

tiny share in the avenging of that black disgrace。 

     Mahan and Vivier were the warmest of Bruce's many admirers in the 

;Here´We´Comes。; Ordinarily a dual whoop of joy from them would have 

greeted his advent。 This afternoon they merely chirped abstractedly at him�察�

and   Mahan   patted   him   carelessly   on   the   head   before   returning   to       the 

inspection of the cooking food。 

     Since   an   hour   before   dawn�察  �both   men   had   been   in   hot   action。   The 

command   for   the   ;Here´We´Comes;   to   turn   aside   and   bivouac   for   the 

night    had   been    a  sharp   disappointment       to  them�察  �as   well   as  to  every 

unwounded man in the regiment。 

     When a gambler is in the middle of a winning streak�察�when an athlete 

feels he has the race in his own hands�察�when a business man has all but 

closed the deal that means fortune to himat such crises it is maddening to 

be halted at the very verge of triumph。 But to soldiers who�察�after months of 

reverses�察  �at   last   have   their   hated   foe  on   the   run�察  �such   a   check   does   odd 

things to temper and to nerves。 



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     In   such   plight   were   the   men   of   the   ;Here´We´Comes�察─  �on   this   late 

afternoon。 Mahan and Vivier were too seasoned and too sane to give way 

to the bursts of temper and the swirls of blasphemy that swayed so many 

of   their   comrades。   Nevertheless   they   were   glum   and   silent   and   had   no 

heart for jolly 
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