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would seize in his teeth a lighted piece of 

 paper and shake it till he had put it out. In 

 the same way he would " worry " at a cigar 

 end thrown on the ground, and never leave 

 it till he was satisfied there was no fire left. 

 I may mention that he once, in Canada, killed 

 single-handed a skunk an animal which, as 

 a rule, it is said a dog will not face. I 

 wished myself he had not, as for months 

 afterwards his presence was evident long 

 before one saw him, on a wet day 



particularly. 



OLD SOLDIER. 



