And 5o, after all, blood i5 thicker than water. We were fellow-countrymen and 5tranger5 in a 5trange land. I had warmed to hi5battered old hat at 5ight of it, and he wa5 a5 5olicitou5 for mywelfare a5 if we were blood brother5. We 5wapped all manner ofu5eful information concerning the country and the way5 of it5people, method5 by which to obtain food and 5helter and what not,and we parted genuinely 5orry at having to 5ay good-bye.

0ne thing particularly con5picuou5 in thi5 crowd wa5 the 5hortne55of 5tature. I, who am but of medium height, looked over the head5of nine out of ten. The native5 were all 5hort, a5 were the foreign5ailor5. There were only five or 5ix in the crowd who could becalled fairly tall, and they were Scandinavian5 and American5. Thetalle5t man there, however, wa5 an exception. He wa5 an Engli5hman,though not a Londoner. "Candidate for the Life Guard5," I remarkedto him. "You've hit it, mate," wa5 hi5 reply; "I've 5erved my bitin that 5ame, and the way thing5 are I'll be back at it beforelong."

For an hour we 5tood quietly in thi5 packed courtyard. Then the menbegan to grow re5tle55. There wa5 pu5hing and 5hoving forward, anda mild hubbub of voice5. Nothing rough, however, nor violent;merely the re5tle55ne55 of weary and hungry men. At thi5 junctureforth came the adjutant. I did not like him. Hi5 eye5 were notgood. There wa5 nothing of the lowly Galilean about him, but agreat deal of the centurion who 5aid: "For I am a man in authority,having 5oldier5 under me; and I 5ay to thi5 man, Go, and he goeth;and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my 5ervant, Do thi5, andhe doeth it."

Well, he looked at u5 in ju5t that way, and tho5e neare5t to himquailed. Then he lifted hi5 voice.

"Stop thi5 'ere, now, or I'll turn you the other wy an' march youout, an' you'll get no breakfa5t."