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    ”thefireisveryheavy,”thegeneralsaid,”butusthavethe

    villagebackagain.”

    andherodeoff,hielf,tothebattalionofzouaves.theshotand

    shell,buthesatonhishorseasiovable

    asifatareview.

    ”lads,”hesaid,inaloud,cleartone,”generallythe

    difficultyhasbeentopreventthezouavesrushingtoanattack.

    dobesaidthatafreneralhadtorepeat,tofrench

    zouaves,ao.”

    inaninstantthezouavesheirfeetand,hacheer,

    ansinpossessionfiredrapidly,as

    thefrenhed,andthenhastilyevacuatedit;thezouaves

    takingpossession,andholdingit,urendousfire.

    alltheafteooleraged,villagesbeingtakenand

    retaken,severaltis.thegerns,however,weregradually

    gainingground.sooftheregintsofbileshadquitelostall

    orderanddiscipline,andtheirofficersinvaiopersuade

    theoholdthepositioninheyhe

    staffofficershreeotherswounded.

    periracle.overandain,hehad

    carriedthegeneralsordersacrossgroundsys

    shotandshell.ahorsehadbeenkilledunderhibuthehadnot

    receivedevenascratdnoounteduponthehorseofoneof

    theoffiarryingan

    orderacrossaveryopenpieceofground,atfullgallop.suddenly

    hecauponasighthhurriedashewas,andexposedaswas

    thepositioncausedhinstantlytodraetoa

    fullstop.

    illustration:thechildrenolefield.

    there,intheopenfield,heoneaboy,ofsix

    orsevenyearsold;theotheralittleflaxenhaired,blueeyed

    girl,offive.theylypigflowers.

    ”ent.

    hespokeinfrend,receivingnoahequestion

    ingern.

    ”areyoudoinghere”

    ”ifyouplease,sir,”theboyansinthe

    ebacktherewas

    agreatfireinthehouse,andagreatnoiseallround,andi

    uldntfindfatherandther;a,tolookfor

    the”

    percydidnotknotodo.itoopitifultoleavethepoor

    littlecreatures

    athattheirparentshewoods.

    ”lookhere,”hesaid;”ifitakelizzieuponhorse,willyourun

    alongafter”

    ”no,no,”thelittlegirlsaid,vehently.

    thereeforparley.

    ”lookhere,doyouseethosesoldierslyingdoy

    asked,pointingtoalineofbiles,notfiftyyardsinfront.

    thechildrennodded.

    ”thingyoupossiblydoistoplayat

    beingsoldiers.itiscapitalfun.youliedoeflatinthat

    ditdthrotlestonesoverthebank.dontyougoaway.

    doup,everyoudo;andifyoodchildren,and

    playnicely,iothertoyou,ififind

    theiftheydonte,yougoonplayingatsoldierstillall

    thisops;andthen,e,

    andothereback.”

    thechildreheidea,andthrehe

    ...

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