"An officer was resting and enjoying a nap after an exceedingly hard morning's drill. A flash of lightning first struck and doubled up his scabbard and thence passed to his mirror hanging close by, smashing it as the enclosed photo shows. I need hardly say this worthy gentleman, awaking so suddenly from his slumbers, scarcely knew for some time whether he was in China, South Africa, or good Old England."--Mr. F. E. Robinson, Sylvester House, Colchester. CEMETERY FOR SOLDIERS' DOGS. [Illustration] "Here is a photograph of the cemetery for soldiers' dogs at Edinburgh Castle. Judging from the inscriptions on the stones, each department seems to have had its favourite. The band pet was Tork; that of the pioneer section, Pat; the transport pet, Jess; and so on, including the general pets, such as Little Tom, Tum-Tum, etc."--Mr. E. Mallinson, 12, Golden Square, Aberdeen, N.B. A DEVOTED DOG. [Illustration] "The dog shown in the picture is exceedingly fond of his master and will follow him almost anywhere. The snap-shot reproduced here shows the dog actually diving off a board in company with his master, whilst a friend is turning a somersault behind."--Mr. J. de Tymowski, Stratford-Sub-Castle, Salisbury. NOT SO TALL AS HE LOOKS. [Illustration] "At first sight my photograph seems to be that of an immensely tall man, but in reality the legs of the giant belong to somebody else, while the top half is standing on a barrel."--Mr. H. S. Nicolson, Brough Lodge, Fetlar, Shetland. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Transcriber's notes: | | | | P.77. 'tells it own tale', changed 'it' to 'it's'. | | P.96. 'prongs of the fork'--changed 'fork' to 'forks'. | | Fixed various punctuation. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, January 1904, No. 157, by Various