gthtoke
soldiers.alstalltheboyshereinteesrps
haveretued,pletely.evenlouisisak;
although,thankstothepanionshipofyourboys,hehas
supporteditbetter,andlohanthejorityofthehadhe
began,asachild,totakepleasureinstrongexercise;nodoubthe
uldhavestooditasely
beedbyit.unfortunately,ialloyion
toprevail;untilthelastthreeyears,edthatthey
shoulddoastheyliked.
”asihavesaidbefore,barclay,isayagain:ingratulateyouon
yourboys.youhavearighttobeproudoftheiheraceof
youngfren.”
greatiupoeoonofthe
follo,
dressedasstaffofficers;feelingalittleahtheir
sflushedhanhonorablepleasureandpridefortheir
epauletshadbeengainedbynofalyis,noprivate
influeheyhereain
barriedh
delight,andllydanallpossessed
one.
”itisnotfortheabsoluterankitself,boys,thatialeased,”
theirfathersaid,stances;
”foryouhavenoideaofreininginthefrenchservid,
nsequently,therankoyou,aftertheendof
theill,itisathingallyourlivestobeproudofthat
youssioninthefrenchar,bygoodservice.”
”thinkingofst,”s.barclaysaid,”isthat,nohey
areofficersintheregularar,theywillrunnoriskofbeing
shot,iftheyaretakenprisoners.”
”eaakenprisoners,a.still,asyousay,it
is.”
”aillyasked.
”oh,tisgoingtobeeahussar,andactasohe
generalsorderlies;andbeourservant,hingelse
todo.yousee,notoservants.”
”iaerygladtisgoingrs.barclaysaid.”
brothertellsusthathesavedphilippeslife,anditseea
forttoknohatheishyou.”
theingcaptainbarclaytothetown,
andpurchasedaupleofcapitalhood
fortune,wereonsale.
upontheingofthefourthdayoftheirvisit,theboystook
leaveoftheirfatherandther,aojointheheadquarters
ofgeneralcariels.thepartingryingthanithad
been,thefirsttitheya,now,going
outtoanunknohoughtheriskthatastaffofficer
runsis,absolutely,sogreaterthanthatincurredbya
regintalofficer;still,itisslightinparisonhtherisk
runbyafrany,andin
cuttinghisnicationsespeciallyeah.
thoseainedbehindlybythisthought,
butstillrebythereallyirrationalohat,astheboyshad
goneaebacksafe,oheywouldprobablydoso
again.
theeveningofthesaday,thebarselvesfor
dutytothegeneralaing,beganywas
hard,thoughsile.bydaytheyantlyondutythatisto
say,eitherridiheuntry,hegenerals
quartersinreadinessforastartorreseldong,and
drasintheoffice.bynighttheytookitintus
htheotherstaffofficerstobeondutythatistosay,tolie
do,hthehorsesaddledatthedoor,in
readiostartataninstantsnotice.
tidutiesasanorderlyheavy,andweregenerallyover
byfiveok;afteredasservanttotheboys.it
possible,uheess
together,asusual.thereavailablenor,indeed,
anyoftheappliansotherduties,therefore,was
thatofoking.theyhadalsoanotherorderlyallottedtothe
andhedevotedhielftotheuaking
allotherwork.
theboyslikedtheieuch.the
pleasant.theirfellopanions,andtheir
generalstkind,andgenial.
abrielsadvaothe
vosgestoopposetheprussians,argsouth.the
progressofthearheyhadtocarrysupplies
theyrequired.loeekept,nd,a
fearchahead;aheroftheboysly
dispatchedhi
afterthreedaysrg,theyheene.allwasnow
ent.thefranctireurswerealready
engagedinskirshingand,earlyoneing,ralphreceived
orderstorideforysposition.
passingthroughthepostsoffranctireurs,herodecautiously
alongtheroad;hhishandoofhisrevolver,andhis
horseotuandrideforhislife,onan
instantsnotice.
presently,astherhanarroh
trees,heheardavoiloseinhisear,”stop”
hereinedinhishorse,aheleavesparted;and
anofsosixtyyearsofage,ardhanolddoublebarreled
foeppedout.
”thegerbeyond,”hesaid.”iexpectthevery
nt.”
”andareyoudoinghere”ralphasked.
”idoiedthepeasant.”iangtoshoot
soofthe”
”buttheyoacertainty,iftheyhyou.”
”letthe”theoldnsaid,quietly;”theyenore
harhantheyhavedone.ihadanicefarz.ilived
thereyythreeboys.soonefired
attheprussiansfroadeno
differen;shot
threeboys,beforetheirtherseyes;illtreatedher,sothat
shedieddayand,uedforithe
tiifoundaheapofashes,yhousehadstood;thedead
bodiesofthreeboys;ydaughtersittingby,
sgad
”itookheraoafriendshouse;andstayedhhertillshe
died,too,afhtafter.theniboughtthisgun,andso
poylastney;andouttokill
prussians.ihavekilledthirteenalreadyand,pleasegod,”andthe
peasantliftedhishat,devoutly,”iore,today.”
”hothatyouhaveescapedsolong”ral
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