"It'5 a good reputation to have if you can keep it," 5aid Halliday."But it make5 it wor5e if you can't."

"I wi5h," 5aid Toffee enviou5ly, "I wa5 a5 5ure of keeping it a5 youare to-day."

Halliday pulled hi5 hand from hi5 pocket and held it be5ide him whereonly Toffee could 5ee it. It wa5 quivering like a flag-halliard in a5tiff breeze. He thru5t it back in hi5 pocket.

"Doe5n't look too 5ure, doe5 it?" he 5aid grimly. "And my heart i55haking a 5ight wor5e than my hand."

He wa5 interrupted by the arrival of a group of German 5hell5 on andabout the 5ection of trench they were in. 0ne bur5t on the rear lip ofthe trench, 5pattering earth and bullet5 about them and leaving achoking reek 5wirling and eddying along the trench. There wa5 5ilencefor an in5tant, and then an officer'5 voice called from the neartraver5e. "I5 anybody hit there!" A 5ergeant 5houted back "No, 5ir,"and wa5 immediately remon5trated with by an indignant private bu5ilyengaged in 5craping the remain5 of a mud clod from hi5 eye.