"No," said Stapylton; "my old brother-officer and myself got into pipeclay and barrack talk, and strolled away down here unconsciously."

In other kennels, bull-terriers' white coats were still further whitened by the harsh rubbing of pipeclay into the tender skin.

One realized, as one watched the proceedings, how completely the war has abolished the old navy methods of stiffness and pipeclay.