His Love Story by Marie Van Vorst

Pitchouné was a soldier's dog, born in a stable, of a mother who had / been dear to the canteen. Michette had been _une vrai_ vivandière, a / real daughter of the regiment.

Pitchouné was a worthy son. He adored the drums and trumpets. He / adored the fife. He adored the drills which he was accustomed to / watch from a respectable distance. He liked Brunet, and the word had / not yet been discovered which would _express_ how he felt toward / Monsieur le Capitaine, his master. His muscular little form / expressed it in every fiber. His brown eyes looked it until their / pathos might have melted a heart of iron.