they would not follow; nor did they, for having witnessed my

experience, they wisely concluded that, after all, they did not care

so much to see the French rifle-pits.

When I had climbed to the top of the bluff I was much disappointed,

for I could see but little--only the advanced rifle-pits across the

river, and Fort Nogent beyond them, not enough, certainly, to repay a

non-combatant for taking the risk of being killed. The next question

was to return, and deciding to take no more such chances as those we