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,andtaketheartherintothe

    wood.”

    ralph,hisbrother,andtioyleothewoodby

    theirguardsbutstrian

    artheyuldseethattheydisapproved,inthehighestdegree,

    ofthenduandingofficer.

    theyillnearenoughtoseehevillage.

    notanofthefranctireursbeggedhislife,butstoht

    againsttheitatedtheirexale,as

    didaboyofnotoverthirteenyearsofage.therladsofthe

    saage,andapeasant,fellontheirkneesandprayedpiteously

    forlife.

    theyoungofficertuedroundtoajorinone,noute,

    appeal.itwasinvain.

    ”putyourrifleshinafootoftheirheads,”thelieutenant

    said.”fire”

    okeclearedahesoldiersandingalone;and

    thepeasantsandfranctireurslay,inanfusedss,onthe

    ground.

    thelieutenantajorhasteadystep,buth

    afaceaspaleasashes.

    ”ihavedoy,jorkolbach;yourordersareobeyed.”

    then,houtanotherhisrevolver,putitrapidly

    tohistele,andblehisbrainsanhistorit.

    brutalasjorkolbachartedbahorrorastheyoung

    lieutenantfelldeadathisfeet;ryofsurpriseand

    ionbrokefrohen.thejordidnotsaya

    tuedahdisturbedsteps;he

    otherlieutenaoverthebodyofhisradeand,seeingthat

    heeno

    digagrave,uhetrees,andbringhihere.

    hisentofallinplagthe

    barclays,andtintheirdstandthenajorand

    saluted,sayingldlythatthenarch.thejor

    nodded,sigheorderlyo

    approach,vaultedintothesaddle,androdealongtheroadback

    toainbodyofthear.thelieutenantgavetheword,and

    thelurokinghouses,

    aillbodiesofsosixtyn.

    thereoverthefaen;andnoone

    uldsuppose,froheirair,thattheya

    suessfulexpedition,inheyhadannihilatedabodyof

    eystrong,hthelossofonlyfiveorsixoftheirown

    n.disciplinee,or

    evenofnttobespoken;andnotasoundthe

    heavy,asuredtraasthetroopsrkthroughthe

    forests.thejorrodeon,odily,sofortyorfiftyyards

    aheadoftheinbody.

    theyhadnotgonehalfalebeforetherefiredinthe

    ajaveastart,andnearlyfell

    froishorse;thenreveredhielf,aoridebackto

    thelu,herehershot,andhefelloffhishorse,

    heavily,totheground.

    theluhadinstinctivelyhalted,andthelieutenantgavethe

    word,”load.”

    ashoutoftriuhheyone”andthen

    allill.

    
    ralphsaid;”andbyjoveasihen,ido

    thinkthatiaratefulnow.”

    findingthattheshotsetyorthirty

    skirshersintoth

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