It was the first moment since leaving home that the thought of luggage had entered into his brain!  That thought naturally aroused other thoughts, such as lodgings, food, friends, funds, and the like.  On turning to the spot where his military companions had stood, he discovered that they were gone.  Running to the nearest door-way he found it to be the wrong one, and before he found the right one and reached the street the two soldiers had vanished from the scene.