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she was ; while her full, prominent eye and ample 

 brain-room, and her quick paper-thin ear, told of 

 courage and intelligence that made her invaluable 

 throughout four years of hard and often danger- 

 ous service. Like many other ill-favored little 

 people, she was very lovable, and Wettstein loved 

 her like a woman. He would never hesitate to 

 relax those strict rules of conduct by which Ger- 

 man cavalrymen are supposed to govern them- 

 selves, if it was a question of stealing forage for 

 Klitschka ; and he was (amiable fellow !) never 

 so happy as when, from a scanty supply in the 

 country, he had taken enough oat-sheaves to bed 

 her in and almost cover her up, while other 

 horses of the command must go hungry ; and 

 was never so shaken in his regard for me as 

 when I made him give up all but double rations 

 for her. 



Double rations she often earned, for Wettstein 

 was a heavy youth, with a constitutional passion 

 for baggage out of all proportion to his means 

 of transportation. Mounted for the march, he 

 was an odd sight. Little Klitschka's back, with 



