Just fancy, they gave me drink, fed me! Such bread, it was exquisite! _Delicieux!_ And the vodka, I never tasted any better.

And they would not take a penny for anything.

And they kept saying: 'Excuse our homely ways.

'" "What should they take anything for? They were entertaining you, to be sure.

Do you suppose they keep vodka for sale?" said the soldier, succeeding at last in pulling the soaked boot off the blackened stocking.