He did not value them greatly, and without much thought determined to give his costly rugs and lamps and glass and china to the Lawrences--they were originally used to that sort of thing and Broussard was in no fear of the Colonel's misunderstanding it, or any one else, for that matter, as it had been well known that there was some tie or association between Broussard and Lawrence in their childhood.
The scattering of costly gifts by a very free-handed person is usually most indiscreet, and Broussard was no exception to the rule.

He presented his finest motor to a brother officer, who had to support a wife and children on a captain's pay and could not afford to support the motor besides.

The game chickens, the beloved of Broussard's heart, he presented to another officer, whose wife objected seriously to cock-fighting.

The chaplain, seeing the grand piano was about to be thrown away on anybody who could take it, managed to secure it for the men's reading-room.

The thing which perplexed Broussard most was, what to do with Gamechick.