It can't always be white picket fences and cottages.

"Ah, that's the way to talk French," said the picket soldiers.

The soldiers forming the picket line, like showmen exhibiting a curiosity, no longer looked at the French but paid attention to the sight-seers and grew weary waiting to be relieved.

Sandford, but just at that moment the picket boat with his brother (Lieut.-Comm.

Behind the guns were their limbers and still farther back picket ropes and artillerymen's bonfires.