第30节 (第2/2页)

tthefourboys,andseveraloftheyoungern,put

    theirhandstotheirearsandtoseeorhear

    theterriblepunishnt.attheendofthattitherewasabrief

    struggle,andthenadeepsilendthebodyofthetraitor

    sabranchofohetrees,hapaperpinnedonhis

    breast:

    ”soperishalltraitors.”

    ”louisduburg,”jorteesaid,”takethispaper,hthosewho

    seekatraitorhere,andfastenittoatree;so

    thatitybeseenatthepointthe

    road.”

    louistookit,andranoff.inaquarterofanhour,whenhe

    retued,hefoundthepanydraarch.he

    fellinatonovedoff;leavingbehindthehe

    slderingfire,andtheefigures.

    chapter9:adesperatefight.

    daylightpercheden

    intorpanieshad

    arrived,thenightpreviously.ithechief

    placeofitstonandtherpsosthospitablyreceivedby

    theinhabitants.hadtheyarrivedtheeveningbefore,itwouldhave

    beeniossibletoprovidethellhbeds;andtheywouldhave

    beenobliged,likethejorityoftheirrades,tosleepon

    stra.theinhabitants,however,wereupand

    about,veryshortlyafterthearrivalofjorteesnd;and

    hisnhebedsheyhadleft.

    beds

    siheyhadbeenquarteredatbaarat,tsbeforetheir

    firste.ithgreat

    uhattheytuedouthebuglesounded,

    attheafteoon.theypartookofahearty

    alprovidedbythepeopleupontheyeredandan

    hourlaterthearchedouttoall

    touatedonthebreuche;alittleriverh,windinground

    bylsheifallsintotherhirasburg.abraneof

    railroadterhisplace.

    heyarrivedilesofit,theytuedofftothe

    rightforlybeenvisitedbythe

    prussiansathelittlevillageofcassthe

    edgeoftheforestofoedenherdaysshort,butweary,

    rountainsbroughttheothevillageofstill;

    lyinghighupozig.

    frohispointtheyhadasplendidviehevalleyofthe

    rhine.froheirfeet,attzig,therail

    straightacrosstheuntrytostrasburg;thebeautifulspireof

    hedralroseabovetheflats,atadistanceofabout

    fifteehedayhappeobeaquietone,andthedeep

    boongofthegunsofthebesiegersuldbedistinctlyheard.the

    inhabitaedthatthegerntroopspatrolledthewhole

    valley,pushingsotisdootheadt,levying

    ntributionsandcarryingoffcattle.

    thevillageofuishlittle

    acdationintheers,stilllessinthatoffood.

    sixofthevillagersherefore,sentthroughtheforestof

    oedenoraon;haofetchoverthirty

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